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000007701 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2515-818X.2020.060
000007701 035__ $$a4498404
000007701 037__ $$aGENERAL
000007701 245__ $$aA Study on the Integration of a Sodium Borohydride (NaBH4) Fuelled Hybrid System for a Small Inland Vessel
000007701 269__ $$a2020-10-05
000007701 336__ $$aConference Proceedings
000007701 520__ $$aThe use of fuel cells as a power source for propulsion can reduce the thermal and noise signatures of naval vessels drastically. However, safe and high energy-dense storage of hydrogen prevents this technology from being widely used. In this paper, a battery and hydrogen hybrid propulsion system fueled by NaBH4 for a small inland vessel is designed and evaluated using MATLAB Simulink modelling. NaBH4 is a hydrogen carrier that can react with water to produce pure hydrogen. The water can be produced on-board resulting in a high-density hydrogen storage option. In addition, the solid form of NaBH4 is stable under atmospheric conditions, leading to a safe hydrogen storage option. The effectiveness of the system is studied by defining three operational profiles and using these profiles as inputs to size the energy storage components. To regulate the power between storage components, an energy management strategy (EMS) is implemented. Finally, different configurations are used to estimate the energy density of the system. The highest energy density is found at 1.2 kWh/ kg and 1.3 kWh/L of hydrogen for a 100-hour range using solid NaBH4. The results implicate that using onboard produced water for the hydrolysis of NaBH4 can enable a safe, and energy-dense hydrogen storage unique to the maritime industry.
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000007701 6531_ $$aNaBH4
000007701 6531_ $$ahydrogen generation system
000007701 6531_ $$aPEMFC
000007701 6531_ $$aSimulink
000007701 6531_ $$aEnergy Management System
000007701 6531_ $$aalternative fuels
000007701 7001_ $$aLensing, D$$uDelft University of Technology, The Netherlands;
000007701 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of INEC
000007701 773__ $$jINEC 2020
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000007701 85641 $$uhttps://www.imarest.org/events/inec-2020$$yConference website
000007701 8564_ $$99075b597-a498-4490-839e-39be4b354ffc$$s1148211$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7701/files/INEC_2020_Paper_95.pdf