Marine Log - August 2007 - (Page 24) ICE CLASS TANKERS nius Lines, and propulsion company Wartsila Corporation, Helsinki, Finland, were also involved in the first phase of the project. FellowSHIP is also receiving support from the Research Council of Norway and Innovation Norway. Back in 2006, a Wartsila-led consortium that included DNV, Lloyd’s Register, Wallenius and the University of Genoa received a EUR 1 million grant to develop methane-consuming fuel cells to provide auxiliary power for ships. The two-and-one half year research project, “Renewable Methanol Based Auxiliary Power System for Commercial Vessels,” is aiming to develop and validate renewable fuel-based technology on board a cargo vessel involved in international trade. Wärtsilä’s task A methanol-based fuel cell system will be fitted on board a Wal- in the project is to lenius Lines car carrieras part of an EU-backed research project study the suitability of a methanol-based fuel FellowSHIP include offshore operator Eidesvik Offshore ASA, Bømlo, Norway; CFC Solutions GmbH (formerly MTU CFC Solutions GmbH), Ottobrunn, Germany; naval architectural firm Vik + Sandvik AS, Fitjar, Norway; and Wartsila Automation Norway AS, Stord, Norway. Wallenius Marine, Stockholm, Sweden, which supports the manning and technical requirements of its sister company, Walle- cell system on board the cargo vessel. A further important aim of the project is to lay the technical groundwork to support the introduction of the regulations necessary to allowing the use of methanol as a marine fuel. The specific components of the technology to be validated are methanol fuel bunkering, distribution, storage system and a solid oxide fuel cell system that consumes methanol. The consortium’s research will deal with the SOFC unit of 250 kW -class and the focus is on marine application issues, as well as the unit’s safety and reliability aspects. For marine validation purposes a smaller 20-kW unit will be installed on board a Wallenius Marine car carrier. The 20-kW unit will be factory-tested, laboratory-tested and approved before installation. LNG-FUELED VESSELS Beyond LNG ships (See “Appetite for LNG,” on page 35 of this issue, for news on the delivery of the British Emerald, the first LNG ship equipped with a dualfuel diesel-electric propulsion system), there are very few ships using LNG as fuel. Norway has been a frontrunner in 24 MARINE LOG AUGUST 2007 www.marinelog.com http://www.marinelog.com
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