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1. BES VA P z Q ta N Lae Design of a fuel cell system Design of a specification of requirements for a fuel cell system for the electric power generation in a 77 foot sailing ship Master of Science Thesis SEBASTIAN EMANUELSSON JONATAN PERSSON Department of Energy and Environment Division of Electric Power Engineering CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY G teborg Sweden 2007 Design of a fuel cell system Design of a specification of requirements for a fuel cell system for the electric power generation in a 77 foot sailing ship SEBASTIAN EMANUELSSON JONATAN PERSSON Department of Energy and Environment CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY G teborg Sweden 2007 Design of a fuel cell system Design of a specification of requirements for a fuel cell system for the electric power generation in a 77 foot sailing ship SEBASTIAN EMANUELSSON JONATAN PERSSON COPYRIGHT SEBASTIAN EMANUELSSON amp JONATAN PERSSON 2007 Technical report Department of Energy and Environment Chalmers University of Technology SE 412 96 G teborg Sweden Telephone 46 0 31 772 1000 Sebastian Emanuelsson sebema etek chalmers se Jonatan Persson jonapers etek chalmers se Cover The picture on the cover featu
2. 37 0 3 3 On board production using an Electrolyzer 37 64 Additional Components Su con E NN teak ces ounces cH Uns 37 6 4 1 COMPILESSOS nr rim Nieten godes Prae nies s qhulu Ero 38 6 4 2 Fans DA Blower ELA dead 38 6 4 3 PU ia 38 ADDITIONAL POWER PRODUCTION 39 7 1 Energy extraction from the propeller 39 72 Phofoyolluecels nee u ee 39 1 3 NV POWER E sss 39 HYBRID FUEL CELE SYSTELMA 41 8 1 Power consuinpUoR SUI ni ista 41 8 1 1 SCENHAHOT E 43 8 1 2 Sendilo A A e U 44 8 1 3 SENO OR A AE da dao 45 8 1 4 Choice of DPOWEF Were 45 8 2 FUEL cell system dimensions es 46 8 3 CHOICE TNS ae oe TE 47 84 Energy and duel estimation iio eu 48 8 4 1 E A east 48 8 4 2 NL A A O A Mua De 49 8 5 Control of the Dias a seien 49 8 5 1 Switching between generator and fuel cells 49 8 5 2 Load contra 49 8 6 Block dardo koe tuas 50 ALTERNATIVE HYBRID SYSTEM S 51 9 1 Beatles And Generale ra 51 9 2 Fgel eells and Balteties os A a a de 52 SPECIFICATION OF REQUIREMENITS 53 DISCUSSION s q A S
3. m configuratio Figure 14 Unit configuration where the sample time and reference levels are set for the different measurable parameters PQ Online is not only used for the configuration of the instrument but also for downloading the data When the data has been downloaded the instrument can be emptied of the information The collected data is then analyzed using another Unipower program called PowerProfile 5 2 2 2 PowerProfile PowerProfile PP is a Windows based program that is used for evaluation of the collected data from Unilyzer 901 and similar measurement instruments from Unipower The program shows the measurements graphically with the possibility to choose which 29 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology h parameters that should be plotted Different measurements such as voltage load analysis voltage quality harmonics and temperature can be evaluated with this software 9 An example of how measurements are presented in PowerProfile can be seen in Figure 15 2007 09 18_1 Evaluation 2 inl xl Measure 1 U Y 4 234 3 4 232 Y 20 y n 228 4 226 4 4 E 07 09 18 07 09 18 07 09 19 07 09 19 12 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 EE Fl E mem Figure 15 Example on how a measurement presentation in PowerProfile looks like In this case the presented parameters are the phase voltages from the generator in the ship The diagrams that are created in PP can easily be printe
4. sat te me His Figure 26 Block diagram of the battery and generator hybrid system where G is the generator Batt are the batteries and LC is the load control This is a simplified schematic of the three phase part of the system 31 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 9 2 Fuel cells and Batteries The fuel cells are intended to have the same function as in chapter 8 which means that the fuel cells will have a power rate of 2 5 kW The batteries will replace the diesel generator and are meant to deliver the peak powers The difference for the fuel cells in this system is that they will be running constantly whatever the power consumption is If the needed power for the ship is below 2 5 kW the fuel cells delivers this power and at the same time charges the batteries When the needed power is above 2 5 kW the batteries delivers the surplus Since the fuel cells will be running all the time the needed amount of fuel will increase compared to the calculations in chapter 8 Control En FCH FG fuse Figure 27 Block diagram of the fuel cell and battery hybrid system where FC are the Fuel cells Batt are the batteries and LC is the load control This is a simplified schematic of the three phase part of the system m m 52 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology gt 10 SPECIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS In t
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6. www sgc se Energigas index2 asp Area Energigas amp ID 422 amp Submenu2 V C3 AAtgas gt Accessed October 22 2007 13 T S PROLIFIC Web document online Available at lt http www prolific se gt Accessed November 20 2007 66 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology b 14 Environmentally Adapted Power Production Onboard Ships 2005 Web document online Available at lt http www etcab se vatgas gt Accessed November 21 2007 15 Carlson Ola Associate professor Electric Power division Chalmers University of Technology Discussions November 2007 16 Hochfeld C 1997 Bilanzierung der Umweltauswirkungen bei der Gewinnung von Platingruppen Metallen fur PKW abgaskatalysatoren Freiburg Oko Institut e V 67 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 15 PERMISSIONS P1 Fuel cell systems explained Larminie James amp Dicks Andrew 2003 Copyright John Wiley amp Sons Limited Reproduced with permission 68
7. 8 2 Fuel cell system dimensions When the desired power rate is chosen an interesting parameter for future decisions is the dimensions of the fuel cell system It is difficult to estimate these dimensions without actually designing the system To get a rough estimation of the size an idea is to study already commercially available systems An example is the Swedish fuel cell company Cellkraft which offers a2 KW system with the following specifications Table 3 Model Power kW Current A Voltage V Dim WxHxD Weight mm kg S 1000 1 0 50 24 36 471x281x513 27 8 S 2000 2 0 50 48 72 471x281x513 30 2 Table 3 Specifications for a 1 and a 2 kW fuel cell system from Cellkraft From the table it can be seen that the size of the system is not especially large both concerning the dimensions and the weight It is also interesting to note that there is almost no difference in size between a 1 and a 2 kW system The fuel cell systems from Cellkraft contain all components except fuel storage and inverter In this project a 2 5 kW system was decided to be used which can be assumed to have more or less the same dimensions as a 2 kW system Based on observations and measurements made on board T S Prolific a system of this size could be placed in an over deck compartment by the stern Figure 24 46 Emanuelsson S Persson J 14 09 2007 Figure 24 Over deck compartment for the possible placem
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9. has limitations some other program had to be used A mathematical program called Matlab was used at the beginning of the measurement analysis To access the data in Matlab a conversion of the PP file must be done using PFExport which is another Unipower program The new file is a Microsoft Excel file which is easily imported and read in Matlab In Excel different files from PP can be linked together to overcome the problem of disorder described above In the end it was Excel that turned out to be the most useful program in the analysis 31 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology h 5 6 Results of the measurements As mentioned before the phases in the 400 230 V systems are used to power different appliances This can be seen in Figure 16 where the phase currents are seen to differ from each other PowerProfile 2007 09 18_1 Evaluation 2 lej x ES File Edit Diagram Measurement Window Help xj 9 N SR E lt amp X EH Measure 1 HAI J I 12 10 4 8 m J nal E n zl D 4 xl T I T T T T T I T T T T T T T T T T I T T 1 a 07 09 18 07 09 18 07 09 19 07 09 19 12 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 y a Ready les Figure 16 Data from the generator three phase current measurement The power outtake during 24 hours has the same shape as the current due to that the voltage is more or less constant over tim
10. in output power are small which gives a longer lifetime 1 3 8 Manufacturing and environment Most people consider fuel cells to be an environmentally benign energy converter That is true with some modifications Depending on how the hydrogen fuel is produced the fuel is more or less carbon dioxide CO free If it is produced with green electricity i e environmentally benign produced energy from renewable and non polluting energy sources the fuel is said to be clean However when the production uses electricity from fossil fuels such as coal oil and natural gas there will be emissions to the atmosphere 20 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology An aspect that is seldom thought of is the manufacture of the cell The fact that the electrodes and electrolyte are made thin and that the electrode surfaces have a microstructure makes the manufacturing energy demanding When the cells are bound together into a stack bipolar plates could be used These are made from good conducting materials such as graphite or stainless steel 1 The mining of the raw materials for the plates is energy demanding and gives air pollution and soil contamination 7 Another environmental problem is that platinum often is used as a catalyst for the electrodes Platinum is a very scarce metal and when mining the percentage of pure platinum is very low This leads to many different processes which are both energy demanding and polluti
11. leak out of the edges of the electrodes The solution to this problem is to seal the 16 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology edges This is done by making the electrodes smaller than the electrolyte and then fitting a sealing gasket around them Figure 7 1 Edge sealing gasket Electrolyte Edge sealing gasket Anode Cathode Assembly Figure 7 Structure of a fuel cell with edge seals to prevent leakage of the gas at the edges of the electrodes Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 When supplying fuel and oxygen to a fuel cell stack where the edges of the electrodes are sealed four manifolds one at each side are used Because of the seals the hydrogen fed vertically only comes in contact with the anodes and the oxygen fed horizontally only comes in contact with the cathodes The arrangement can be seen in Figure 8 where the manifolds are not assembled This is called external manifolding and the main advantage is the simplicity of it However there are two important disadvantages The first one is the problem regarding the cooling of the system It is difficult to supply some kind of extra cooling and therefore the cells have to be cooled using the air passing through the cathodes This leads to that the air has to be supplied at a higher rate than necessary In some cases this is enough to cool the cells but energy is wasted The second disadvantage concerns the gasket around the edg
12. no possibility of using the shore connection and then the diesel generator has to be used In certain harbors there are policies against noise and exhaust and therefore the use of fuel cells could be a good solution As an alternative to fuel cells a hybrid system with batteries and the existing diesel generator could be used Since the amount of energy delivered by the batteries for a two day trip is the same as for the fuel cells then new batteries have to be installed Also a new inverter has to be bought because of the high power Another alternative hybrid system is the use of fuel cells together with batteries For T S Prolific it is not justified to replace the generator but for shipping companies it could be an idea when building new ships It is more environmentally benign to use this hybrid system in comparison with the one with generator and fuel cells There are other ways of making sea travel more environmentally benign besides new techniques such as fuel cells In the case of T S Prolific the main engine propeller is braked during sailing instead of converting the mechanical energy into electric power There are also other ways of extracting more energy to contribute to the power generation in boats This could be an advantage when using fuel cells because less hydrogen has to 55 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology be used for the power production and therefore the fuel cells could be used for a lon
13. of Technology Figure 11 Measurement unit Unilyzer 901 The small black box seen to the left is the coupling device for the voltage measurements and has four inputs The orange coil in the center is a Rogowski coil used for AC current measurements 5 2 1 Unilyzer 901 The instrument that was used for the measurements is the Unilyzer 901 borrowed from the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology The instrument is capable of measuring different electrical units e g voltage current power frequency transients etc Unilyzer 901 is able to measure four currents and four voltages simultaneously It can measure different electrical grid configurations such as 3 wire system 4 wire system phase to phase and different Y and A connections 8 The measurement unit is based on a 32 bit DSP Digital Signal Processor and has eight inputs which are moist and dust proof It can be equipped with different current probes depending on different needs For AC current measurements Rogowski coils 0 2000 A can be used and for DC current measurements DC current probes can be connected to the device 8 When the instrument is switched on it starts to measure and saving the data continuously until it is switched off The unit has a memory of 4 Megabytes which does not appear to be much but since the saved data files are quite small in size 1t means that the memory 25 Emanuelsson S Persson J C
14. power levels corresponds to In order to get an idea of this the levels are compared to the measurement diagrams The results are seen in Table 2 Power consumption Percentage of time Time of the day kW 7c 0 1 72 1 Night and light day sailing 1 2 2 3 15 1 Day sailing and night sailing combined with low use of the kitchen 3 4 11 1 Day sailing combined with full use of 4 5 the kitchen 5 6 1 7 High load 6 7 Table 2 Division of the power consumption with respect to the time of day and the field of application From Table 2 it can be seen that there are three main divisions night day and high load Three scenarios for the power rate of the fuel cells are constructed based on the desired capacity The target is to design a silent system especially for night sailing The first scenario is therefore designed so that the fuel cells cover the power consumption during the night The second and third scenarios are then designed to cover larger portions of the power consumption 8 1 1 Scenario 1 The power consumption is divided into three levels low medium and high The idea is that the fuel cells should deliver the low power level As mentioned before each level corresponds to a percentage of the time Figure 21 shows the percentage content of each level for Scenario 1 43 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology Scenario 1 1 7 E 0 2 kW Low El
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16. q gt edsoj w Yy3d u p lj l Ad au3 eu pejar 1uasaid w uoN sabed 65 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 14 REFERENCES 1 Larminie James amp Dicks Andrew 2003 Fuel Cell Systems Explained Second edition Wiley Chapter 1 2 Larminie James amp Dicks Andrew 2003 Fuel Cell Systems Explained Second edition Wiley Chapter 2 3 Larminie James amp Dicks Andrew 2003 Fuel Cell Systems Explained Second edition Wiley Chapter 7 4 Larminie James amp Dicks Andrew 2003 Fuel Cell Systems Explained Second edition Wiley Chapter 9 5 Larminie James amp Dicks Andrew 2003 Fuel Cell Systems Explained Second edition Wiley Chapter 10 6 Karlstr m Magnus PhD Hydrogen Sweden Discussions September November 2007 7 Wikipedia 2001 Web document online Available at lt http en wikipedia org wiki Graphite gt Accessed September 22 2007 8 Unilyzer 901 User manual Swedish version 3 2 2004 Unipower 9 PowerProfile User manual Swedish version 1e 2000 Unipower 10 T S PROLIFIC Schematics of electrical system Project number 5141009 2004 Callenberg Engineering 11 AGA Web document online Available at lt http www aga se international web lg se likelgagase nsf DocB yAlias about_vatgas gt Accessed October 22 2007 12 Svenskt Gastekniskt Center AB 2003 Web document online Available at http
17. the fuel cells as well as for the generator To reduce the number of switch overs batteries could be used to cover the excess energy for a short period of time 8 5 2 Load control Another way of controlling the hybrid system is to control the power consumption itself This is done by switching off certain loads that are not important at times when the consumption rises above the fuel cell limit To achieve this the loads have to be ranked on a scale from the least to the most important The advantage of this method is that the 49 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology h switching between the generator and fuel cells becomes less frequent leading to less strain on the whole system 8 6 Block diagram The hybrid system with fuel cells and generator can be seen in Figure 25 As explained in chapter 3 the output voltage from the fuel cells is DC and therefore an inverter is needed which is located after the fuel cells in the block diagram The Control box has the function of controlling the turn on and turn off of the generator and fuel cells when switching between them The box named LC is the load control and is used to switch off certain loads if necessary Control G H Loads m Figure 25 Block diagram of the fuel cell and generator hybrid system where FC are the Fuel cells G is the generator and LC is the load control Th
18. the possibilities of using fuel cells in ships and to attract attention to the use of fuel cells in maritime applications A reason for not installing a too large system is that it may not work out as planned as it is only a test If a system capable of delivering the total amount of needed power to T S Prolific was installed the generator would in all likelihood have to be removed The drawback with this is that the power supply would rely solely on the fuel cells When testing a new system there is a need for having a backup system if something would go wrong One important aspect to keep in mind is the placement of the entire fuel cell system A well ventilated compartment is necessary to ensure the safety on board due to the risk of explosions If possible the best placement is above deck where the concentration of hydrogen in the air if a leakage happens is not able to reach the critical level 54 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology gt When people hear the word fuel cell most associate it with environmental advantages Hydrogen as a fuel is carbon dioxide free and is not contributing to global warming Hydrogen gas is not naturally available and has to be produced The most common ways of producing hydrogen are by reforming fossil fuels or by electrolysis of water The first way will lead to emissions of green house gases and the second way will be more or less free of emissions depending on how the elect
19. through the cells instead of across the surface resulting in better efficiency The block also becomes more robust and strong due to that the electrodes are better 15 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology supported The design of the bipolar plate is somewhat complex where a balance between electrical contact and gas flow has to be considered If the contact points are made as large as possible optimization of the electrical contact is achieved but then the gas flow is decreased over the electrodes Small contact points are also possible but then they should be frequent which makes the manufacturing difficult and expensive as well as a fragile plate To obtain low resistivity and a small stack size the bipolar plate should be made thin This results in narrow channels which makes it harder for the gas to flow around the cell 1 Hydrogen fed along these vertical channels over the anodes Negative connection Positive connection Y Air or oxygen fed over the cathodes through these channels Figure 6 A fuel cell stack consisting of three cells connected with bipolar plates Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 In reality when designing a stack with bipolar plates further considerations have to be done The difficulties include supply and leakage of the gases As mentioned before the electrodes are made porous to allow the gas to pass through it A result of this is that the gas can
20. u uqu Su s aS e az RM CE EQ EHE RPRRS MESA EUER 54 CONCLUSIONS uses 57 APRENDE li 58 Emanuelsson S Persson J 1321 GAppendIK 2 eI nsu n E t 58 13 2 Appendix B Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology l Definitions and abbreviations PEM CHP BOP DC AC H Wh LHV kg H2 Or Proton Exchange Membrane Combined Heat and Power Balance of Plant Direct Current Alternate Current Power Watt Energy Energy content in one kilogram of hydrogen gas Watt hour Low Heating Value Voltage Volts Current Ampere Area Ampere hour Current density Joule Mass Kilogram Hertz Hydrogen gas Oxygen Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology OH H gt 0 CO DSP PP PC PV LPG Proton Hydroxil ions Water Carbon dioxide Digital Signal Processor PowerProfile Personal Computer Photovoltaic Liquefied Petroleum Gas Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 1 INTRODUCTION The development in the world today is contributing to major emissions of green house gases This has lead to debates on how to make the manufacturing processes and the technology more environmentally benign Thoughts like these have inspired several actors to search for innovative solutions with new technology The objective of this thesis is to design a specification of requirements for a fuel cell system which should complement the diese
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24. 2 5 kW Medium E 5 7 kW High Figure 21 Scenario 1 for the power consumption levels As seen in Figure 21 the low power consumption section in Scenario 1 corresponds to the interval 0 2 kW It is interesting to observe that although the fuel cells maximum output will only be a small part of the peak power it is able to cover almost three quarters of the total time Most of this time is during night sailing and light day sailing 8 1 2 Scenario 2 Scenario 2 was based on the first one but the thought was to see what happened when the low section was increased to 2 5 kW The result can be seen in Figure 22 Scenario 2 1 7 17 0 E 0 2 5 kW Low El 2 5 5 kW Medium E 5 7 kW High 81 3 Figure 22 Scenario 2 for the power consumption levels 44 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology The time of use for the fuel cells is increased by nine percentage units by increasing the system output with 0 5 KW compared to Scenario 1 This leads to that the fuel cells can be used for night sailing as well as for a longer time during day sailing 6 1 3 Scenario 3 In the last scenario the low power region was increased to 3 kW This is illustrated in Figure 23 Scenario 3 11 196 1 7 E 0 3 kW Low El 3 5 kW Medium E 5 7 kW High 87 2 Figure 23 Scenario 3 for the power consumption levels In this scenario the time of use increased a
25. H tubes to the harbor then this idea seems to be out of the question 6 4 Additional components To provide cooling to the fuel cell stack air has to be circulated in the system Oxygen and fuel has to be supplied to the cathode and anode respectively For these purposes compressors fans blowers and pumps have to be used 4 37 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 6 4 1 Compressors The compressors that are used in fuel cell systems are of the same type as those used in other engines There are four main types of compressors 4 They will just be mentioned briefly but their function will not be presented here The simplest is the Root compressor which is cheap to produce and it works over a wide range of flow rates These compressors are commonly used as superchargers for petrol engines in cars 4 Another type is the Lysholm or screw compressor which has the advantage that it can be designed to provide a wide range of compression rates up to eight times the input pressure Unlike the Root compressor the screw compressor is quite expensive to manufacture due to that the rotors need to be produced with high precision 4 The most common compressor is the centrifugal or radial type It is used in the majority of engine turbocharging systems The centrifugal compressor is cheap well developed and available over a wide range of flow rates A problem with this type is that the rotor must rotate at a v
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27. arried out After deciding the type of fuel the quantity was calculated using the energy content of the fuel and the number of days at sea The specification of requirements was presented in a table which will be used as a foundation for future decisions concerning the fuel cell system Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 FUEL CELLS The first fuel cell was demonstrated in the middle of the 19 century by a scientist named William Grove In a fuel cell a reaction takes place where hydrogen and oxygen recombine into water and thereby releasing electrical energy The chemical formula of the reaction is seen in equation 1 1 2H 0 2H 0 Energy 1 A fuel cell consists of two electrodes anode and cathode with a layer of electrolyte between them Figure 1 The electrodes are normally made flat and porous to achieve good contact between the electrolyte and the gases The layer of electrolyte is made thin for the purpose to allow ions to pass through it without too much ohmic losses 1 Hydrogen Cathode Electrolyte Anode Figure 1 Basic structure of a fuel cell Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 10 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology There are many different fuel cell types The differences between them are the reactions at the electrodes and the electrolyte used In the following subchapters some of the most common types of fuel cells are explaine
28. ctrons have to travel across the surface of the electrode to the edge Even if the electrodes are good conductors there will be a voltage drop This drop will be substantial in comparison to the low cell voltage and therefore this method is not used unless the current is very small 1 14 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology u Load Cathode Electrolyte Anode For reactions in this part the electrons have to pass all along the face of the electrode J Oxygen fed to each cathode Hydrogen fed to each anode Figure 5 Simple series connection from the anode of one cell to the cathode of the next one Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 3 5 2 Bipolar series connection A better solution for the construction of a stack is to make the connections with bipolar plates made from materials with good conductivity such as graphite or stainless steel These plates make connections all over one cathode to the anode of the next cell hence bipolar The conditions that they must fulfill are that there has to be a good electric connection between the electrodes and that the different gases must be separated 1 In the bipolar plates there are normally horizontal channels used to feed oxygen to the cathode and vertical channels to feed hydrogen to the anode Figure 6 When assembling the stack with bipolar plates a solid block is formed where the current flows more or less straight
29. curacy will be worse 5 4 Performing the measurements During the first stages of the trip the plan was to download the data on board via the communication cable between the PC and the instrument This was done to be sure that the equipment functioned the way it was supposed to and to get some documentation about where the power was consumed The dimensions of different areas in the ship were measured and photographed for the purpose of finding a place where the fuel cell system possibly could be installed When it was confirmed that the system worked as planned the measurement downloads were made from land via modem communication The time for downloading the data in this way was longer than when it was done on board 5 5 Data analysis When the measurements were finished the first program that was used to analyze the data was PowerProfile This was used for studying voltages currents power and energy delivered from the generator The possibilities for analysis are however limited The measured values can be plotted and different quantities can be shown in the same graph There is also a possibility to see minimum and maximum values for all the parameters but this is as far as the analysis goes Another thing that has to be kept in mind is that depending on when data is downloaded a disorder in the files can emerge This means that values from the same day can end up in different files which make the analysis harder in PP Since PowerProfile
30. d plotted or copied to other programs such as word processors and mathematical programs 9 5 3 Installation of equipment The plans for the ship during autumn were a one month trip from the west coast of Sweden Hilleviksstrand to the east coast Stockholm and back This trip consisted of several shorter stages where the ship rested in harbor between each stage The equipment was installed at H lleviksstrand about a week before the departure date The measurement instrument was safely placed in a compartment under the electric central located in the wheelhouse All cables used for the measurement including the power supply for the instrument were drawn from the underlying compartment up into the electric central The voltage cables were directly connected to the output phases of the generator The Rogowski coils used for the current measurement were placed around the phase cables The power supply for the instrument and the modem were taken from one phase of the generator output 30 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology The configuration of the unit was set for the important values to be stored at a higher rate than the less interesting ones The voltages and currents were saved every 15 minutes and the rest of the measured quantities more seldom The reason for this is that if the quantities are stored more frequently the memory of Unilyzer 901 will be full at a higher rate With a less frequent storage the ac
31. d briefly 3 1 Acid electrolyte fuel cell The most common type of fuel cell is the acid electrolyte seen in Figure 2 At the anode the following reaction takes place 1 2H gt 4H 4e 2 Hydrogen gas ionizes into hydrogen ions and electrons equation 2 The electrons released from the reaction flow through an external load to the cathode creating a current The H ions pass through the electrolyte which is possible because an acid is a fluid with mobile H ions At the cathode the H reacts with oxygen and the electrons forming water equation 3 1 O 4e 4H gt 2H O 3 The electrons are not allowed to pass through the electrolyte because then no current would flow in the external circuit 1 Hydrogen fuel Cathode Oz 4e Electrons flow around Oxygen usually from the air the external circuit Figure 2 Electrode reactions and electrical flow for an acid electrolyte fuel cell The electrons flow from the anode to the cathode via an external circuit Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 11 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 2 Alkaline electrolyte fuel cell In the Alkaline electrolyte the reaction is similar to the acid electrolyte but the reactions at each electrode are different In this case the mobile ions are hydroxyl ions OH The hydrogen fuel reacts with OH at the anode producing water and releasing electrical energy equation 4 1 2H 40H
32. e The power for the same time period as for the current above can be seen in Figure 17 From this figure one can see that the maximum power drawn is about 5 3 kW and that the peak powers appear at breakfast lunch and dinner time This is because of the use of the oven fans and other kitchen appliances The shape of the power will look essentially the same from one day to another due to that the routines on board are similar 32 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology b 28 2007 09 18 1 Evaluation 1 Measure 1 P1 7 P Iw 5000 4000 3000 ri 2000 1000 A 07 09 18 07 09 18 07 09 19 07 09 19 12 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 El i o Figure 17 Power consumption for a one day and night sailing trip The time period for the energy seen in Figure 18 is the same as for the power measurement The mean value of the energy is around 550 Wh The transformation factor between energy and power is four since the sample interval was chosen to be 15 minutes N 2007 09 18_1 Evaluation 1 Measure 1 Wp Wh E 1200 1000 800 ll 600 400 200 A zl 07 09 18 07 09 18 07 09 19 07 09 19 12 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 B Figure 18 Energy consumption for a one day and night sailing trip 33 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 6 DESCRIPTION OF A FUEL CELL SYSTEM Although the design part should be taken care of by the contracted supplier a princi
33. e an inverter will be needed When using a DC AC inverter there is no use for a DC DC converter because it is also capable of regulating the output voltage level 15 6 3 Hydrogen storage To be able to use hydrogen as a fuel the first thing to look into is how to produce and get the hydrogen to the boat There are different ways of achieving this and the most common ways are by buying Hb tubes by using an electrolyzer or by using a reformer Irrespective of which method that is utilized the hydrogen will be stored under pressure in tubes in the boat The biggest problem is to find a good place to store the fuel on board If it is below deck then a well ventilated and safe area is needed to prevent accidents An interesting observation to keep in mind is that hydrogen will take a lot of room at low pressures To illustrate how the density varies with the pressure an example is that 1 m 36 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 2 contains 0 1 kg H at a pressure of 1 bar and 15 kg H at a pressure of 200 bar Another interesting fact 1s that one kilogram of hydrogen has the same energy content as one gallon about 4 liters of gasoline 6 6 3 1 Delivered hydrogen tubes At the moment hydrogen fuel is far less available than diesel which will make it more difficult to acquire However AGA is able to deliver hydrogen gas tubes everywhere in Sweden In these tubes the gas is compressed up to 200 bar The tubes com
34. e in three different sizes 10 20 and 50 litres An advantage of buying from AGA is that the hydrogen is produced by an electrolyzer which leads to pure hydrogen 11 6 3 2 On board production using a Reformer Fossil fuels such as LPG diesel etc can be reformed into hydrogen by using an additional component called reformer By using this component other fuels than hydrogen can be used for regular fuel cells This can be an advantage since there is an already available diesel tank in T S Prolific By using hydrogen reformed from diesel the pollution will be less than if the diesel is used in the generator because of the higher efficiency of the fuel cells and the fact that the generator runs idle most of the time 6 6 3 3 On board production using an Electrolyzer The theory of this is based on the electrolysis of water By letting a current pass through the water hydrogen and oxygen are separated 1 With this method the hydrogen is produced with an electrolyzer and is stored in tubes The idea behind this is that the fuel production will be taking place on board when the boat lies in the harbor using the shore connection The greatest advantage of this method is that the dependency upon others is reduced and as in the case with AGA the produced hydrogen is very pure The main disadvantages are the additional cost of the electrolyzer and that it takes up extra space in the boat Considering this and the fact that AGA is able to deliver
35. ell system a larger part of the time extra systems for producing electrical power could be installed to cover a part of the power consumption in the boat At first different ideas were thought of but some were sorted out because they were considered to be non realistic The three suggestions that could be used are presented here 7 Energy extraction from the propeller In the present system the propeller shaft is locked in place mechanically when traveling by sail If the shaft is not locked when the motor is not running it will rotate due to the movement in the water This leads to extra heat and that the bearings take harm due to that they are not lubricated when the motor is not running An idea to eliminate this problem and at the same time extract energy from the propeller is to transfer the mechanical energy into electrical via a generator To achieve this the shaft has to be decoupled from the motor and the movement has to be transferred to the generator shaft by cog wheels This is a good idea of extracting extra energy since it is already available and in the present system it is just wasted 7 2 Photovoltaic cells A complication with solar cells is that a large area is needed to produce relatively small amounts of power The only possible place that Photovoltaic PV cells can be placed is at the roof of the wheelhouse The disadvantage of placing them there is that the mast is located above the cabin This results in that there wil
36. em 8 In the real time analysis all the measured quantities are shown The voltages and currents are shown for each phase Unbalance between the phases and the frequency can also be seen The active reactive and apparent power are shown for each phase as well as the sum of all three phases 8 All this can be seen in Figure 12 26 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology bi MM Realtime Analysis i Oscilloscope Harmonics Vector Calculated power and ener Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Total Pw 2n 33w t6z29w vo470w 449 09w ova A203iva 63 095vAr 15 472047 7328700 sia e9433v sos35va 801 84va 20215kvA PF 02221 osso foosos 6222 CosPH 08274 Jose Jos y U2 U3 Unbalance 0 0663 0 3524 0 3143 0 2471 0 3940 0 3534 0 3437 Frequency 52 656Hz 0 3940 0 3534 0 3437 Settings gt gt Cancel Figure 12 Real time analysis where the measurement data can be monitored live When starting the unit configuration the first thing that is done is to describe how the unit is connected i e if it is 4 wire phase to phase connection etc To make it easier for the user all the connection schematics are shown graphically in the program There is also a possibility to multiply data with a constant to alter the scaling in the program 8 This can be seen in Figure 13 27 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University
37. ent of the fuel cell system 8 3 Choice of fuel There are some types of fuel cells that use other fuels than hydrogen e g Direct Methanol Fuel Cell DMFC It is called Direct because it uses methanol in liquid form directly as a fuel However it is most suitable for low power portable electronics and is not designed to deliver powers of the magnitude needed for the system in this project 1 To illustrate this examples of power rates for DMFC can be found in Appendix B There is another way of using other types of fuels but in an indirect method Fossil fuels can be reformed into hydrogen before being used in the fuel cells One thing to mention is that an extra component a reformer has to be added to the system for the indirect use of fossil fuels Considering the drawbacks with the methods mentioned above and that AGA can deliver very pure hydrogen to the ship the best solution for the problem of choosing fuel is the direct use of hydrogen 47 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 2 8 4 Energy and fuel estimation The objective of this chapter is to calculate the quantity of fuel needed for the fuel cells to deliver power during an estimated time The first step is to find out the energy consumed for the level below 2 5 kW i e the power which the fuel cells will provide The energy was calculated from the measurement data to be about 25 3 KWh day 24 hours The energy content LHV Low Heat
38. entioned before made highly porous which gives the benefit of an increased effective surface area The electrodes in modern fuel cells have a microstructure that makes the effective area hundreds or even thousands times larger than the straightforward area For practical fuel cells the micro structural design and manufacture of the electrode is an important matter Other considerations in the design are that catalysts may be added to the material and that the electrode has to withstand high temperatures in a corrosive environment 1 What counts as a high temperature depends on which type of cells that are used For a low temperature PEM fuel cell a high temperature is around 80 C 6 13 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology Energy Activation energy Energy released Stage of reaction Figure 4 Activation energy diagram for a simple exothermic chemical reaction Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 3 5 Fuel cell stack 3 5 1 Simple series connection A single fuel cell is made very thin for purposes stated before This however limits the voltage across it A typical value for the voltage is about 0 7 V when drawing a useful current A higher voltage can be achieved by connecting several cells in series which is known as a stack The easiest way of doing this is to connect the edge of the anode to the cathode of the next cell Figure 5 With this configuration the ele
39. ery high speed and then the lubrication of the bearings must be done regularly 4 The last one is the axial flow compressor which has roughly the inverse structure as the turbine used in gas and steam thermal power systems This compressor is expensive to manufacture and it is used for systems above a few mega watts 4 0 4 2 Fans and Blowers Fans and blowers are used for cooling purposes and they are available in a wide range of sizes The normal axial fan which is used as cooling device in many types of electronic equipment is an excellent unit for moving air but only when dealing with low pressures At higher pressures a centrifugal fan can be used to blow the air in heating units It functions in the way that it draws air in and throws it out sideways 4 6 4 3 Pumps A very simple type of pump is called Ejector which has no moving parts It has the ability to circulate hydrogen gas if it is stored under high pressure or to recycle anode gases 4 For some fuel cells the pressure needed to circulate the reactant gases is too high for the ejectors to work properly For these applications a different type of pump called Diaphragm pump or Membrane pump is used 4 38 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 7 ADDITIONAL POWER PRODUCTION The fuel cell system is going to be designed to cover the low power consumption What this means will be explained in the next chapter To be able to use the fuel c
40. es of the electrode At the points where there is a channel it is not pressed down evenly which can cause a leakage of the gases 1 17 Emanuelsson S Persson J Manifolds Cathode electrolyte anode assemblies Figure Fuel cell stack with external manifolding Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 A better yet more complex bipolar plate is made with internal manifolding where the channels are located inside the plate The plates are also made larger than the electrodes with extra channels running through the stack as seen in Figure 9 The fuel and the oxygen are fed into the channels via holes placed at each corner of the end plates A fuel cell stack with internal manifolding has the appearance of a solid block and the gases are fed where the positive and negative connections are made This arrangement can be cooled in different ways The easiest way is to drive cooling air or water through the stack by channels at the edges 1 18 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology Air removed Hydrogen removed Air supplied through through here here Channel for distributing air over cathode Channel for supplying Hydrogen supplied hydrogen to surface of through here anode Figure 9 Fuel cell stack with internal manifolding A more complex bipolar plate is used to allow the reactant gases to be fed to the electrodes through internal channels Courtesy of John Wil
41. ey amp Sons Limited P1 3 6 Fuel cell system In a fuel cell system the stack is the main component but it is only one part of the whole system The other components are often called the balance of plant BOP Elements such as pumps or blowers are used to circulate the air and fuel in the stack Compressors can be used sometimes together with intercoolers as for internal combustion engines To drive the pumps blowers and compressors electric motors are needed 1 The output of a fuel cell stack is a direct current DC which is almost never suitable for direct connection to any load Therefore some kind of power conditioning is needed What kind of device that is used depends on the need of the load It can be a DC DC converter or a DC AC inverter 1 19 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 Some kind of fuel storage will always be a part of the system In the case when the fuel used is not hydrogen a fuel processing system is needed e g to produce hydrogen from fossil fuels 1 Different control valves pressure regulators and in most cases a controller for coordination of the system are needed Start up and shutdown of the fuel cell system are complex problems for the controller 1 In larger fuel cell systems a cooling system is necessary In the case of CHP systems it is called a heat exchanger which takes care of the excess heat and uses it for another application When using high temperatu
42. future decisions regarding the investment in the equipment The goal is to achieve a specification of requirements for the system This specification is based on measurements of the consumed power in the ship The thesis is divided into different sections starting with a description of the method used during the thesis work A chapter about fuel cells follows and then a short description of T S Prolific and its electrical system is given A chapter concerning the measurement equipment installation and the measurements follows thereafter The next part is a basic description of a fuel cell system and after that thoughts about additional power production is presented Then a description on hybrid systems for the ship and the specification of requirements for the fuel cell system is given Finally the thesis is ended with a discussion and conclusion chapter Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 2 METHOD The procedure used during the thesis work was made up of measurements analysis and design In the approach to the measurements the first thing that had to be done was to decide which parameters that were interesting for this study The power was decided to be the most useful parameter because of its importance when deciding the power rate and the physical size of the fuel cell system Voltage and current were measured for the three phases at the output of the diesel generator in order to calculate the power The total po
43. gen Sweden to carry on with the project The owner of T S Prolific and Hydrogen Sweden have to come to an agreement before a supplier of fuel cell systems is contacted When this is done the specification of requirements will be sent to a supplier who will design and budget the entire system If everything goes according to plan the system will be installed in the ship 57 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 13 APPENDIX 13 1 Appendix A Schematic of the electric system in T S Prolific 58 Chalmers University of Technology Emanuelsson S Persson J ISIO puenssxrA2 H 1opmez Surpres orsse W 97 OLIITIO3d S L 33 93 33 Sr WS 98 abpuug uonyebinen ul 8083 DJeog isi WI IPA apq uoeDieN ur 808 pJeog 3S0 PIO WAZ 3d N Ud AOEZ BEC AE OE 8 59 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 13 2 Appendix B Different commercially available fuel cells can be seen in the following document from US Fuel Cell Council 60 2007 223sn 1u3u do5 A08 AcZ At AYE sens sinoy uonesiunumuio5 Surjan 1 0097 345 D Zap OF pois amp HI N eut A ial ul JE CEN Dur prt 0005 514 02 oz a3ue dwa Sunesado ju aldu s uo un ANNEID jo sss 1321102 pue Org ul Aot MPN REES ERE 103 SAP 06 010 uayo _ ER YN YN EIER 2 1318 1221102 Suipnj2u Wad dn 10 sJuswase da Ayoupkyy usdosp y jeseuen saduey gt Aroyuanu ER es he en 14
44. ger time period with the same amount of fuel If the system described in this thesis would be installed in T S Prolific it would attract attention to the use of fuel cells in the boat industry It could be a first step towards a more widespread commercial market which would lead to a development of less polluting power generation in boats 56 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 2 12 CONCLUSIONS The fuel cell system that is planned to be installed in T S Prolific is intended to be silent rather than environmentally benign This system should be capable of delivering the needed energy during night sailing and for some periods during the day With respect to this the power rate was chosen to be 2 5 KW The cells used in this project will use hydrogen as fuel The storage was designed to hold enough hydrogen for two days at sea This amount was calculated to be 1 52 kg which is equivalent to a volume of 100 dm ata pressure of 200 bar The placement of the entire fuel cell system is intended to be above deck to minimize the risk of accidents The dimensions for a 2 5 KW fuel cell system which does not differ a lot from that of a2 KW system is of reasonable size This is a positive aspect since the compartments in sailing ships are normally limited This thesis is intended to be a foundation for the design and installation of a fuel cell system in T S Prolific As the thesis is finished it is the task of Hydro
45. gt 4H 0 4e 4 At the cathode side the electrons released from the anode reacts with oxygen and water creating new OH ions equation 5 Although water is consumed at the cathode twice the amount is produced at the anode 1 O 4e 2H 0 40H 5 As for the acid electrolyte there must be an external load so that the electrons can flow from the anode to the cathode Figure 3 1 Hydrogen fuel Load e g electric motor Electrons flow around the external circuit Oxygen usually from the air Figure 3 Electrode reactions and electrical flow for an alkaline electrolyte fuel cell Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 Worth mentioning is that for both the acid electrolyte and the alkaline electrolyte twice as many moles of hydrogen as of oxygen are needed in the reaction 12 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 3 3 Proton exchange membrane fuel cell The Proton Exchange Membrane PEM fuel cell is the most useful at present time 6 A solid polymer in which protons H are mobile is used as electrolyte The fact that the electrolyte is solid and immobile makes this cell very simple The working temperature of these cells is quite low around 30 100 C which gives a problem of slow reaction rates but at the same time the startup is fast The problem of slow reaction rates is solved by the use of more effective electrodes and catalysts such as platinum 1 Another drawback
46. halmers University of Technology k will last a rather long time When the memory is full it starts to write over the old measurement data 8 Unilyzer 901 has a sampling frequency in the range of 6 4 12 8 kHz in a 50 Hz system In the unit configuration the user chooses the sampling interval 1 e how often the data is stored Unilyzer 901 samples the data constantly at a frequency in the range and a mean value of the sampling interval is stored With this method of collecting data information about variations in the measured quantities can be lost but Unilyzer 901 saves the max and min values which can be shown in the plot However the sampling interval has to be adjusted to the occasion e g 1f the measured quantities have a lot of fast variations the interval has to be small for the curve shapes to be obtained 8 The accuracy of the device is about 0 2 for both voltage and current channels in the temperature area of 0 40 C 8 5 2 2 Software There are two different computer programs from Unipower that are used together with the measurement device A short summary of their functions is given below 5 2 2 1 PQ Online PQ Online is a program that is mainly used for the configuration of Unilyzer 901 The configuration can be done either at the site of the measurement or by modem communication The program can also be used to study the measurements in real time create files from the instrument and analyze disturbances in th
47. his maximizes the number of hours that the fuel cells could be used at night The different scenarios for the power rate were all chosen to be below 3 KW The reasons for not considering a scenario with higher values were that the gain in time of use was not justified and that the power consumption above 3 kW was not even with fluctuations and more often switching that affects the lifetime of the fuel cells in a negative way When studying the power rate of the system in this thesis the important factor was the technical aspects but the cost and the size of the fuel cell system were kept in mind As mentioned above the power delivered by the fuel cells is preferred to be even and there are several ways of reducing the fluctuations and the total amount of power From the analyzed measurement data it can be seen that the peak powers occurred during meal times The electric oven is normally used and since it consumes 3 5 kW it could be replaced with a gas oven The hotplates are already gas fired so it will not be such a big transition to install a gas oven Another way of reducing the power consumption is to use load control where loads can be disconnected for a period of time The peak powers could also be delivered by batteries leading to that the fuel cells can be used for a longer time period The amount of fuel needed will then be greater than what has been calculated for The fuel cell system that have been studied is for testing purposes to see
48. his part the parameters calculated for the fuel cell system in chapter 8 are presented in an organized way The decision makers and the suppliers will then get a better understanding of the system requirements The complete list of requirements is seen in Table 4 This is the most important part of the thesis because the decisions will be made based on these specifications and the system will be designed from the values presented here Description Specification Power rating 2 5 kW Output voltage 400 230 V Fuel H gt Fuel storage 100 dm at 200 bar Control system Power electronics Table 4 Specification of requirements for the design of a fuel cell system for T S Prolific 53 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 11 DISCUSSION One of the most important aspects during the thesis was the study of the power consumption in T S Prolific Different scenarios for the power rate of the fuel cell system were presented in chapter 8 to show how that affected the usage time of the fuel cells A larger power rate allows a longer time of use which implies that a larger volume of hydrogen is needed Another factor that influences the volume of hydrogen is the number of days at sea The fuel cells are preferably used during night time instead of the generator for noise reasons If a longer trip without the possibility to fuel is made a choice of only using the fuel cells at night could be done T
49. ing Value in one kilogram of hydrogen at room temperature and at atmospheric pressure is around 120 MJ which equals 33 3 kWh E To be able to know the quantity of hydrogen that is going to be stored on board the number of days that will be spent at sea without any possibilities to refuel must be known In order to calculate a reasonable value of the storage area for the fuel different scenarios are taken into consideration 8 4 1 Scenario 1 The first scenario is based on the boat trip that was used for the measurements During this voyage the different stages at sea were not longer than 2 days For this reason the first calculation is done with 48 hours as the time frame Ez 253x2 50 6 kWh 8 E ays 50 6 m Em E 333 1 52 kg 9 Where E gt days Energy during two days delivered by the fuel cell system kWh E Energy content of one kg of H gt kWh m Mass of the hydrogen kg As said in chapter 6 3 AGA delivers hydrogen gas tubes at a pressure of 200 bar At this pressure the volume needed for 15 kg of H is 1 m It is easy to see that the mass needed for two days has a volume of one tenth of a cubic meter 100 dm with this pressure This volume can be decreased if a higher pressure is used 48 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 2 8 4 2 Scenario 2 This scenario is made up to see the difference in mass if the trip at see is chosen to be longer The number of day
50. is is a simplified schematic of the three phase part of the system 50 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology k 9 ALTERNATIVE HYBRID SYSTEMS Asan alternative for the hybrid fuel cell system explained in chapter 8 there are other possibilities and two of them are described briefly in this section The first possibility is to use batteries instead of fuel cells together with the generator a block diagram of this can be seen in Figure 26 The second is to replace the generator with batteries and use them together with fuel cells a block diagram of this can be seen in Figure 27 9 1 Batteries and Generator Batteries could be used for the hybrid system instead of fuel cells For this hybrid system new batteries have to be added and they are supposed to be charged from land with shore connection The batteries have to deliver the same power for the same amount of time as the fuel cells leading to an energy output of 25 3 KWh day With a battery voltage of 24 V their capacity has to be 1050 Ah day As for the fuel cell system the batteries have to be able to deliver energy for two days sailing which corresponds to 2100 Ah This new battery system is very large and can be compared with the existing consumer batteries 650 Ah for the low voltage applications The capacity of the batteries can be reduced if they are charged from the generator when the generator is running Control L
51. is that the membrane is fragile and breaks easily 6 The field of application is essentially in vehicles portable applications and low power CHP Combined Heat and Power systems 1 3 4 Technical and physical description of a fuel cell Electrical energy is produced when hydrogen reacts at the anode and oxygen at the cathode To release it an activation energy must be supplied in order to overcome the energy hill The reaction has the form shown in Figure 4 If the probability of a molecule having enough energy is low a slow reaction takes place This is not the case for fuel cell reactions at very high temperatures 1 To speed up the reaction the most common solutions are e Increasing the electrode area e The use of catalysts e Raising the temperature The latter two are applicable to any chemical reaction The first one is the most important when working with fuel cells For a reaction like the one in equation 4 fuel gas OH ions and the necessary activation energy are needed The hydrogen fuel and OH ions comes in contact on the surface of the electrode and at the same time the produced electrons must be removed The time that this takes is reversed proportional to the area of the electrode i e the larger the electrode area is the less time it takes The area is such an important issue that the performance of a fuel cell is expressed in ampere cm 1 The area of an electrode is not only length x width The material used is as m
52. l be people climbing on the roof and therefore the PV cells have to be resistant to pressure and hits Also the sail will cast shadow and the cells will not have the ultimate angle towards the sun due to that the roof is almost horizontal Another disadvantage is that sea travel involves salt water and wind which leads to a reduced performance of the cells 7 3 Wind power A small wind power station could be placed in the stern of the ship to produce extra power The turbine is normally located at a height of five meters and has a diameter between 0 5 and 1 meter The output power is very wind dependent and it increases with the cubic of the wind speed It has also a dependency on the square of the turbine radius Since the diameter of the turbine in boats is small in comparison with stationary wind 39 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology power plants the output power is quite small e g 67 W for a 1 meter turbine at a wind velocity of 7 m s 15 40 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 8 HYBRID FUEL CELL SYSTEM The existing diesel generator in T S Prolific seems to be over dimensioned when studying the power consumption of the ship This means that the generator runs almost idle most of the time The consumption of diesel in the generator is not proportional to the output power In idle running it consumes about 30 40 of the amount of diesel that is used to generate
53. l generator with the electrical power production in a ship Diesel generators are at this moment the best way to generate power in ships but other energy sources such as wind and solar power could be used as a complement The reasons for using fuel cells are that it is environmentally benign that the noise from power generation is less than for the conventional method and that there are no exhaust gases from the system In this thesis the priority is mainly on the latter two and the environmental issue comes in second The initiative force behind this project is Hydrogen Sweden a non profit association with the goal of promoting the use of hydrogen in Sweden To achieve this purpose Hydrogen Sweden cooperates with different partners such as legislators industries universities and research institutes Studies on the use of fuel cells in large ships have been performed in cooperation between several actors Unfortunately the results were negative due to that fuel cells were not economically competitive compared to the existing technology and that there is no available infrastructure for hydrogen 14 Therefore the attention is focused on smaller ships The ship used in this study is a 77 foot sailing ship named T S Prolific used for educational purposes at Maritima gymnasiet high school located at Orust on the west coast of Sweden The objective of the thesis is not about designing the fuel cell system but to function as a foundation for
54. n additional six percentage units compared to Scenario 2 This means that the fuel cells can be used for most of the day and during low use of the kitchen 8 1 4 Choice of Power rate The decision for the power rate of the fuel cells was based on the time of use as can be seen in the different scenarios above and the behavior of the power consumption The concept of time of use has already been explained but the second criteria need some further explanation It means that the variations in the power consumption were studied to see 1f some power levels were more suitable for the fuel cells to deliver Fast variations in the power consumption are not recommended for the lifetime of the fuel cells If a power rate of 2 kW were to be used there would be some time periods with a rather constant power demand appropriate for fuel cell use which could not be delivered by the 45 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 2 fuel cells because of insufficient output power It could also be noted that most of the power in the interval between 2 5 and 3 kW were concentrated in quite fast varying peaks and would not be good for the fuel cells to deliver because the lifetime would be decreased Therefore after comparing the scenarios in this way the power rate of the system was decided to be 2 5 KW A system with this output power would cover a large portion of the total time and almost all of the slow varying power consumption
55. ng 16 3 9 Advantages and Drawbacks As all technical equipment fuel cells have both advantages and drawbacks The different drawbacks are more or less important depending on the application and the economy of the project A short summary of important advantages and drawbacks are listed below The advantages are Low emissions More efficient compared to a conventional internal combustion engine Simplicity few 1f any moving parts Reliable and long lasting system Silent The drawbacks are Lifetime Cost Hydrogen has to be produced Not yet available infrastructure for hydrogen 21 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology b 4 T S PROLIFIC T S Prolific is a 77 foot sailing ship which was taken into use in 2005 The ship has been sponsored by around 25 companies and is owned by a foundation called Navigare Necesse Est It is used for educational purposes at Maritima gymnasiet high school located at Orust on the west coast of Sweden and for hiring out to private persons 13 T S Prolific can be seen in Figure 10 Figure 10 T S Prolific The reason for choosing T S Prolific for this project is the attention it attracts which gives publicity for fuel cells in maritime applications Many people come in contact with the ship through the school the sponsors private persons that rent the ship and via Prolifics webpage Also because of its size and that it sails around Sweden and in internati
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57. o store the fuel were performed based on the desired running time of the fuel cells A control system based on power electronics to integrate the fuel cells and the generator into a hybrid system were thought of The fuel cell system that has been studied for T S Prolific is intended to be silent rather than environmentally benign This system should be capable of delivering the needed energy during night sailing and for some periods during the day and therefore the power rate was chosen to be 2 5 kW The cells used in this project will use hydrogen as fuel and the storage was designed to hold enough hydrogen for two days at sea This amount was calculated to be 1 52 kg which is equivalent to a volume of 100 dm at a pressure of 200 bar The placement of the entire fuel cell system is intended to be above deck to minimize the risk of accidents This thesis is intended to be a foundation for the design and installation of a fuel cell system in T S Prolific The results of the analysis are presented in a specification of requirements table to function as a foundation for the decision makers and suppliers These specifications are based solely on technical aspects and the economical part is up to the decision makers and suppliers to look into Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology l Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following people for their help and encouragement during the thesis work Dr Magnus Karlst
58. of Technology h Unit Configuration i xi Measure Communication Clock Sync Measure Configuration 4 Wire Y Measure Diagram m Browse Save m configuration Figure 13 Unit configuration where different kind of wiring and connection settings can be made The second step of the configuration is to decide how the measurements should be stored Different sample intervals can be set for each of the measured quantities This means that shorter intervals can be chosen for the interesting quantities which gives better accuracy and longer for the rest 8 Figure 14 shows how it looks in the program 28 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology Unit Configuration x Wiring Connection Measure Communication Clock Sync Measure standard User defined y Reference Levels Storage length dd hh mm 721437 uiua 230 M mas fo 1 ua io v 14 o A Storage interval Freq 50 Hz Freq dev E Current Yoltage 15 min Power fis c min Sags Swels Transients Harmonics Flicker Harmonics E 20 E min 5 m U1 U3 trig 3 y 2 U1 U3 Ref Frequency min ROM gel U4 trig 1000 V diff U4 Flicker Pst 120 min Storage time 2500 y ms Flicker Plt 120 min Power Harmonics 120 y min Signalling 120 min Trend 120 min m Browse Save
59. of measurable days were almost fifteen due to that the generator was not running when the ship was at harbor which resulted in no measurements An example of how the data looks like over a random period of time is seen in Figure 20 41 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 Measure 1 P Wl 7000 4 6000 4 5000 4 4000 Y 2000 J 1000 o IT ree 07 09 25 07 10 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 Figure 20 Power measurement during a 14 day period The periods without measurements occurred when the ship was at harbor where the generator is not used To be able to identify the different levels in the power consumption a first step was to divide it into small sections and calculate the percentage of the total time that corresponded to each section The first division is presented in Table 1 Power consumption kW Percentage of time 0 1 29 3 1 2 42 8 2 3 15 1 3 4 7 2 4 5 3 9 5 6 1 6 6 7 0 1 Table 1 Division of the power consumption into 1 kW sections From Table 1 it can be seen that most of the power consumption is found in the region below 3 kW Depending on the cost and size of the fuel cell system different scenarios for the power consumption levels are thought of Another important issue is which time 42 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 of the day the different
60. onal waters it attracts many peoples attention in harbors promoting fuel cells for those interested in boats 4 1 Existing electrical system The electrical system in the sailing ship consists of two main parts the three phase system 400 230 V and the low voltage 24 V DC system 10 22 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology There are two different ways to provide electric power to the three phase system It can be generated by an on board diesel generator 17 5 KW or by using power directly from land via the shore connection The latter is possible to use when the ship lies in the harbor Sometimes there is no possibility for shore connection and in that case the generator delivers the needed power The three phase system consists of many users The users with the highest energy demand are the anchor winch 5 5 kW outlet fan heaters 2x2 kW 5 kW and electric oven 3 5 kW To deliver the power to the low voltage applications such as navigation equipment lighting pumps and winches batteries are used These consumer batteries are charged via a battery charger either from the diesel generator or from the shore connection There is a possibility to use the batteries for the three phase applications by the use of an inverter 10 This is seldom used due to that the inverter has a limited power The motor used for propulsion of the ship is a Volvo Penta that is capable of recharging its own start batter
61. pal description of a fuel cell system is gone through in this chapter First an example of how to calculate the stack size is performed In the following subchapters the different parts that may be needed in the system are presented 6 1 Fuel cell stack The parameter that will be crucial for the size of the stack is the maximum power that should be delivered As an example a maximum power level of 2 5 kW is chosen The reason for choosing this specific value will be explained in chapter 8 6 1 1 Size The first step to obtain the size of the fuel cell stack is to calculate the number of cells needed to deliver a specific voltage level The cell voltage is chosen to 0 7 V based on the voltage current density graph seen in Figure 19 At 0 7 V the power is about its maximum value In this example the needed voltage will be assumed to be 230 V The number of cells will be 329 328 57 when the fuel cells produce this voltage Even the open circuit voltage is less than the theoretcial no loss value IIC Rapid initial fall in voltage Voltage falls more slowly and graph is fairly linear 0 8 0 6 Cell voltage V m 0 4 Voltage begins to fall faster at higher currents 0 2 T T T l 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Current density mA cm Figure 19 Voltage current density diagram for a low temperature air pressure fuel cell Courtesy of John Wiley amp Sons Limited P1 34 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmer
62. r m Hydrogen Sweden for being our supervisor and for his help with issues regarding fuel cells Associate professor Ola Carlson Electric Power division Chalmers University of Technology for being our examiner and for his help and guidance throughout the thesis work Mr Ingemar Mathiasson PhD student Electric Power division Chalmers University of Technology for his engagement and encouragement during the thesis work and for his help with the measurements MSc Bj rn S dahl Senior Consultant Canea Consulting Group for the reflections and point of views shared during meetings Mr Holger Formgren responsible for T S Prolific for his time and effort assisting us in issues regarding the ship MSc Anders Lindskog for sharing his ideas and thoughts on measurement techniques We would also like to thank the crew members of T S Prolific for making our trip at sea pleasant Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 2 Table of Content 1 INTRODUCTION suscrita a ae 8 2 METHOD ee een 9 3 FUEL CEL ES sia w wS ha utasa su 10 3 1 Acid electrolyte fuel cell lar 11 3 2 Alkaline electrolyte fuel cell secs sess t Dto epa qb 12 3 3 Proton exchange membrane fuel cell 13 3 4 Technical and physical description of a fuel cell 13 3 5 Fuel cellstack nase 14 3 5 1 Simple series COHWEUCHOR su eei aaa
63. re cells the generated heat is sometimes used in fuel or air pre heaters In PEM fuel cells the reactant gases are often humidified 1 3 7 Energy efficiency Power and Lifetime The energy efficiency from a fuel cell stack can be as high as 80 For the total system the efficiency is lower How high the efficiency is depends on the amount and what kind of components that are used For a fuel cell car engine including the whole system the efficiency from chemical input to kinetic energy is about 30 4096 For comparison it should be known that in a conventional internal combustion engine the same efficiency is typically around 18 22 6 The power drawn by the load is an important aspect for the lifetime of a fuel cell A smoother power consumption i e an even power outtake without that many peaks is preferable This gives a more durable fuel cell Car engines can be used as an example to illustrate this A normal internal combustion engine could be assumed to have a lifetime of approximately 5000 hours in comparison with a fuel cell engine where the lifetime is around 2000 hours This problem occurs due to the frequent speed variations during car travel as the power consumption rises during the accelerations If the speed were more or less constant the lifetime could be increased with a factor of 10 to 20 6 An application where the fuel cells have better lifetime is in CHP systems of hundreds of kilo watts In these systems the changes
64. res T S Prolific More information about T S Prolific can be found in the report Printed in Sweden by Division of Electrical Power Engineering G teborg 2007 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 3 Abstract The idea for this thesis was to design a specification of requirements for a fuel cell system for the electric power production in a 77 foot sailing ship named T S Prolific The fuel cells are intended to complement the existing diesel generator which is used to deliver power to the three phase system and to charge the batteries used for the low voltage applications The initiative to the project was first taken by Hydrogen Sweden a non profit association which has the goal of promoting the use of hydrogen in Sweden In a fuel cell a reaction takes place where hydrogen and oxygen recombine into water and thereby releasing energy A cell consists of two electrodes anode and cathode with a layer of electrolyte between them Hydrogen is supplied to the anode and oxygen to the cathode The reaction in the fuel cell generates electrons which form a current that flows from the anode to the cathode via an external circuit In order to design the specification of requirements parameters such as consumed power voltage and current were measured during one month of sailing The measured data was then studied and analyzed to achieve a value of the power rating for the new system Calculations for the volume needed t
65. ricity used for the electrolysis is produced In this project the fuel is meant to be delivered by AGA where the hydrogen is produced using an electrolyzer The delivery itself from AGA s facilities to the ship will contribute to emissions AGA has distribution centers in many places in Sweden which will make these transports relatively short However the amounts of gas delivered each time are relatively small which will lead to more frequent trips Under normal circumstances this would not be desired but the fact that this is an experimental attempt has to be taken into consideration If the use of fuel cells in ships should work on a larger scale a better infrastructure for the fuel has to be achieved This would involve fueling stations in harbors leading to fewer transports An alternative to using hydrogen as fuel is to reform e g diesel into hydrogen Diesel is available in every harbor and there is already a diesel tank in the ship which means that no extra fuel storage needs to be added The trips to deliver hydrogen tubes will also be eliminated and will result in a more independent support According to Magnus Karlstr m the efficiency in a reformer and fuel cells is high compared to a diesel generator when it runs idle which will lead to that less diesel is used to produce the same amount of energy and then the pollution will decrease In the harbor the ship normally uses the shore connection for the power consumption Sometimes there is
66. s University of Technology 2 The total current from the stack when supplying the maximum power can now be calculated noo Lil RO 6 Papap ss apas s U 0 7x329 Where P Power W U Voltage V I Current A For a specific power rate the current can be increased or decreased depending on the need of the load if the voltage is altered by changing the number of cells Ifthe needed voltage is different from the stack voltage a voltage regulator could be used to achieve the right level From Figure 19 it can be found that the current density for 0 7 V is around 550 mA cm The area of each cell can now be calculated using the current calculated in equation 6 O gu cm 7 J 0 55 Where A Fuel cell area cm J Current density A cm The total size of the stack depends on this area the number of cells and the thickness of each cell This thickness depends on material and design and will not be discussed further 6 1 2 Fuel cell types There are two main groups of cells that are available low temperature and high temperature fuel cells What determines which type to use is the field of application In low temperature cells the hydrogen has to be more pure than in the other case In the case of high temperature cells hydrogen can be produced internally in the stack by reforming other fuels such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas LPG methanol etc 6 For low temperature cells a reformer is used for this purpo
67. s will now be five Using formula 8 and 9 the mass of the hydrogen gas is calculated to 3 80 kg In this case the volume will be one fourth of a cubic meter 250 dm with the same pressure as in scenario 1 With formulas 8 and 9 different scenarios can be constructed with the desired number of days 8 5 Control of the hybrid system In most modern systems some type of control is used for the purpose of reliability durability and safety The system also becomes more user friendly and easy to operate This control system will be based on power electronics which can be found in many different applications In the following subchapters the different possibilities for controlling the hybrid system are mentioned 8 5 1 Switching between generator and fuel cells The fuel cell system is able to deliver a certain maximum power to the loads When this limit is exceeded the generator should be switched on and the fuel cells should be switched off When the power consumption goes under the limit the opposite takes place This switching would not work if done manually due to that it would be almost impossible to do this every time it should be necessary The solution to this problem would be the use of a control system for switching when the limit is passed either way The use of such a control system allows the fuel cells to be used for the estimated time The switching between the diesel generator and fuel cells could lead to reduced lifetime for
68. se Another thing to keep in mind is that the exit gases and cooling fluids in high temperature cells can be used to heat 35 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 2 buildings processes and facilities near the fuel cell The exit gases can also be used to drive turbines that can drive generators producing further electrical power This means that the high temperature cells are suitable for CHP applications 3 A list of different commercially available fuel cells with manufacturer application area power output product dimension and efficiency can be found in Appendix B 6 2 Converters 6 2 1 DC DC converter In the calculations on the fuel cell stack the number of cells is chosen with respect to that the voltage over the stack should have the same voltage as the grid voltage If for some reason the number of cells is chosen differently a DC DC converter can be used to achieve the right output voltage level 5 The voltage over the stack is normally not constant and when the current increases there will be a voltage drop In fuel cells this voltage drop is greater than in normal electrical power generators In this case there is also need for a DC DC converter to solve this problem 5 6 2 2 DC AC inverter As mentioned in the chapter on fuel cells the output from a stack is a DC current In the ship the fuel cells will be used to deliver power to the 400 230 volts three phase system and for this purpos
69. the maximum power 15 For this reason a good idea to reduce the use of the diesel generator is to have another system for the power generation that is capable of delivering the low power The hybrid system that was studied for T S Prolific consists of the existing diesel generator and the new fuel cell system The idea for the fuel cells is to deliver as much of the needed power as possible The limits are the cost as well as the size of the new equipment Also there is no need to dimension the fuel cells to deliver the peak powers as they often occur for short periods and these variations results in shorter lifetime of the cells These peaks are instead covered by the diesel generator or by the batteries via the Inverter This chapter is dedicated to the parameters for the specification of requirements for the design of the hybrid system The most important aspect to study is how the power consumption varies for a 24 hour time period How this is done and the other aspects to consider before the specification of requirements is completed are presented in this chapter 8 1 Power consumption study To get a general view of the power consumption the idea was to divide it into different levels The different levels correspond to a percentage of the total time The time frame of the studied measurement data used for the division of the power consumption was between the 13 of September and the 10 of October of 2007 During this period the number
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71. wer consumption in the ship is delivered by the generator and therefore it is sufficient to measure the generator output The measurements were performed by installing a measurement device Unilyzer 901 capable of storing information for a long time period depending on the sampling interval The instrument collected data during one month sailing and the data was regularly downloaded The first days the downloads were performed on board to ensure that the instrument functioned as planned and to get an overview of the possibilities of installing fuel cells in the ship After that the transfer of data was made via modem When all data had been collected the analysis could be started The power was studied for the entire trip to get an overview of the behavior and to map different power levels This was further analyzed by arranging it in tables and diagrams to get a better understanding of the power consumption These arrangements were made in Microsoft Excel which was used for most of the analysis From these studies different scenarios for the power rate and the quantity of fuel were thought of The goal with the thesis was to design a specification of requirements containing parameters such as power rate and the type and quantity of fuel From the studies of the power consumption the power rate was decided based on the different levels of the power and the time of use The cost and the size of the system were also kept in mind when the design was c
72. y but also to charge the consumer batteries 10 The electrical schematic of the sailing ship that was used to describe the system in this chapter can be found in Appendix A 23 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University of Technology 5 MEASUREMENTS 5 1 Analyzed parameters When designing a fuel cell system the most important parameter is the power consumption In order to calculate this the voltage and current must be known In boats each phase of the three phase system is used for different applications which leads to that they differ a lot from each other in the current and thereby in the power Therefore it is important to measure on all three phases at the same time The voltages are essentially the same but all three phases are measured to get an exact value of the power The voltages and currents that were measured are the three phases from the generator This was done because the energy consumed in the ship during sea travel is produced by the generator 5 2 Measurement equipment The measurement equipment consists of the measurement instrument Unilyzer 901 different devices for measuring currents and voltages PC Personal Computer and communication cable or modem cable In Figure 11 Unilyzer 901 is presented together with voltage and current measurement devices The company manufacturing Unilyzer 901 and the software that belongs to it is called Unipower 24 Emanuelsson S Persson J Chalmers University

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