Hydrogen tanker
{{Short description|Tank ship designed for transporting liquefied hydrogen.}}
File:SUISO FRONTIER left rear view at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard October 18, 2020 01.jpg, at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on October 18, 2020]]
A hydrogen tanker or liquid hydrogen tanker is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied hydrogen.
Research
The World Energy Network research program of the Japanese New Sunshine Project was divided into 3 phases[http://www.enaa.or.jp/WE-NET/newinfo/station_taka_e.html Phase 3 - Development of Fundamental Technologies in the Safe Utilization of Hydrogen] during the period 1993 to 2002, its goal was to study the distribution of liquid hydrogen with hydrogen tankers{{cite journal | url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319997000323 | doi=10.1016/S0360-3199(97)00032-3 | title=Studies of the large-scale sea transportation of liquid hydrogen | journal=International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | date=February 1998 | volume=23 | issue=2 | pages=115–121 | last1=Abe | first1=A. | last2=Nakamura | first2=M. | last3=Sato | first3=I. | last4=Uetani | first4=H. | last5=Fujitani | first5=T. | bibcode=1998IJHE...23..115A | url-access=subscription }} based on the LNG carrier technology of self-supporting tank designs such as the prismatic and spherical tank. Further research on maritime transport of hydrogen was done in the development for safe utilization and infrastructure of hydrogen project (2003–2007).{{Cite web |url=http://www.nedo.go.jp/kankobutsu/pamphlets/kouhou/2007gaiyo_e/79_86.pdf |title=Development for safe utilization and infrastructure of hydrogen |access-date=2008-08-11 |archive-date=2009-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326013047/http://www.nedo.go.jp/kankobutsu/pamphlets/kouhou/2007gaiyo_e/79_86.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Similar to an LNG carrier the boil off gas can be used for propulsion of the ship.{{Cite press release|date=30 November 2022 |title=World's First AiP Granted to Kawasaki's 2.4 MW Class Dual Fuel Generator Engine Using Hydrogen Gas as Fuel |url=https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/newsroom/news/detail/?f=20221130_6926 |publisher=Kawasaki Heavy Industries |access-date=28 June 2023 }}
Demonstration tests
The "Suiso Frontier" collected a cargo of liquid hydrogen from the port of Hastings in Victoria, Australia on 28 January 2022 and arrived back in Kobe, Japan at the end of February, 2022 with the cargo.{{cite web|url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/suiso-frontier-brings-worlds-1st-lh2-shipment-to-japan/ | title=Suiso Frontier brings world's 1st LH2 shipment to Japan |date=25 February 2022 }}
A second cargo was collected from the Hastings terminal in May, 2022 with a return to Japan in June 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/SUISO-FRONTIER-IMO-9860154-MMSI-431874000#:~:text=The%20current%20position%20of%20SUISO,20%2C%2004%3A37%20UTC |title=SUISO FRONTIER, LPG Tanker - Details and current position - IMO 9860154 |publisher=VesselFinder |date= |accessdate=20 July 2022}}
In November 2022, Approval in Principle (AiP) was granted by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for Kawasaki Heavy Industries's dual fuel generator engine using hydrogen gas as fuel, which will be installed on a 160,000 m3 liquefied hydrogen carrier developed by Kawasaki. Kawasaki intends to conduct a demonstration test of this engine after installing it on a large-scale liquefied hydrogen carrier which is planned to be commercialized in the mid-2020s.{{cite web|date=30 November 2022 |author=Arnes Biogradlija |title=First AiP for dual-fuel generator engine using hydrogen
|url=https://www.industryandenergy.eu/hydrogen/first-aip-for-dual-fuel-generator-engine-using-hydrogen/ |website=Industry & Energy |access-date=28 June 2023 }}
In June 2023, Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced its completion of technological development for a cargo containment system (CCS) to be used in large liquefied hydrogen carriers.{{Cite press release|date=6 June 2023 |title=Technological Development of Cargo Tank for Large Liquefied Hydrogen Carriers Completed |url=https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/newsroom/news/detail/?f=20230606_4159 |publisher=Kawasaki Heavy Industries |access-date=4 July 2023 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.enaa.or.jp/WE-NET/ronbun/1996/e1/ishikawa1996fig.html#z1 1996 - Design of a 200,000 cubic meter Hydrogen Tanker]
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