Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships. Part A. Energy ship design and performance
This paper deals with a new concept for the conversion of far-offshore wind energy into sustainable fuel. It relies on autonomously sailing energy ships and manned support tankers. Energy ships are wind-propelled. They generate electricity using water turbines attached underneath their hull. Since e...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:wesd82314 2023-05-15T17:32:50+02:00 Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships. Part A. Energy ship design and performance Babarit, Aurélien Clodic, Gaël Delvoye, Simon Gilloteaux, Jean-Christophe 2020-02-24 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2019-100 https://www.wind-energ-sci-discuss.net/wes-2019-100/ eng eng doi:10.5194/wes-2019-100 https://www.wind-energ-sci-discuss.net/wes-2019-100/ eISSN: 2366-7451 Text 2020 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2019-100 2020-03-02T15:42:01Z This paper deals with a new concept for the conversion of far-offshore wind energy into sustainable fuel. It relies on autonomously sailing energy ships and manned support tankers. Energy ships are wind-propelled. They generate electricity using water turbines attached underneath their hull. Since energy ships are not grid-connected, they include onboard power-to-X plants for storage of the produced energy. In the present work, the energy vector is methanol. The aim of the paper is to propose an energy ship design and to provide an estimate for its energy performance as function of the wind conditions. The energy performance assessment is based on a numerical model which is described in the paper. Results show that the wind energy-to-methanol (chemical energy) conversion efficiency is 24 % and that such energy ship deployed in the North Atlantic Ocean could produce approximately 5 GWh per annum of chemical energy (900 tonnes of methanol per annum). Text North Atlantic Copernicus Publications: E-Journals |
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This paper deals with a new concept for the conversion of far-offshore wind energy into sustainable fuel. It relies on autonomously sailing energy ships and manned support tankers. Energy ships are wind-propelled. They generate electricity using water turbines attached underneath their hull. Since energy ships are not grid-connected, they include onboard power-to-X plants for storage of the produced energy. In the present work, the energy vector is methanol. The aim of the paper is to propose an energy ship design and to provide an estimate for its energy performance as function of the wind conditions. The energy performance assessment is based on a numerical model which is described in the paper. Results show that the wind energy-to-methanol (chemical energy) conversion efficiency is 24 % and that such energy ship deployed in the North Atlantic Ocean could produce approximately 5 GWh per annum of chemical energy (900 tonnes of methanol per annum). |
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Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships. Part A. Energy ship design and performance |
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Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships. Part A. Energy ship design and performance |
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Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships. Part A. Energy ship design and performance |
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Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships. Part A. Energy ship design and performance |
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Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships. Part A. Energy ship design and performance |
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