Molten-carbonate fuel Cells for Waterborne APplication

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1 Molten-carbonate fuel Cells for Waterborne APplication Project coordinator: CETENA S.p.A. Italian Ship Research Centre MC-WAP at a Glance Programme: FP6 Joint Call 2004-Hydrogen-1 Coordinator: CETENA Total Budget: 17,2 M EU funding: 9,9 M Partners: additional Countries: 7 Duration: 5 years (2005 to 2010) The Consortium 3 Research centres 1 Engineering consultant 5 Universities 5 OEMs 1 Class society 1 Shipyard

2 Project Objectives The main objective of MC-WAP project is to give to the maritime industry a benchmarking based on real-life and real-size tests on board of MCFC performance in terms of efficiency, volumes / weight and costs to be comparable to existing power units, providing a timeline for possible future availability of the fuel cells as a commercial product to be installed on board. Improvement of MC Fuel Cells and Fuel Processing Unit performance and relevant components, to allow an efficient, reliable and safe use on board Best integration between the MC Fuel Cells and the Fuel Processor Design, construction, installation on board and testing of a 150 kwe Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Safe, efficient and reliable operation and integration of the APU prototype Concept design of new merchant/passenger ships lay-out. The aim is to partially replace the traditional Diesel generators with multi-mw Fuel Cells power plants with diesel reforming units FC module FP module Current 500kW Research Plant Turkey

3 Major Milestones Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year Selection of diesel oil for system development Requirements definition and concept design of 500 kw APU Long-term test on MCFC-NG plant completed Desulphurization unit upgraded FP unit components upgraded MCFC unit upgraded Final design of 150 kw APU APU installation APU testing phase completed Interactions with other EU & National projects

4 Project Perspectives Valuable first experience with application and test of high power (150 kw) FC APU prototype on board ships A stepping stone in the difficult way to the expansion of FC Multi-MW systems in maritime sector A group of European Companies will achieve knowledge and experience like no other in FC application on large merchant and passenger ships An Italian-born technological platform, developed in the MCFC-NG project, has decided to open itself to a number of European partners MC-WAP wants to acquire leading position in world s run to fuel cells marinization MC-WAP Results after 4 years in brief SotA in MC-FC rules and in Fuel Cells rules in marine applications SotA in desulphurisation and fuel reforming in marine applications Set of data concerning power profiles expected on board and needs by ships auxiliary plants Set of data concerning expected operating conditions on board for the Fuel Cells (motions, vibrations and environmental conditions) Selection of Diesel Oil for the APU development Partners agreement on preliminary APU architecture, including FC and FPM schemes Extensive tests on existing on-shore 500kW Research Plant in Marmara research centre (Turkey) and data analysis Design and optimisation activities for FCM and FPM Remarkable volume and weight savings Final design of target MCFC APU power and architecture Identification of sites for FCM and FPM development Contacts and project promotion for the selection of the ship on which to install and test the APU solution identified for a hired ship, interest expressed by one important ship-owner Dissemination/Training activities

5 MCMC-WAP Basic Scheme Syngas 150 kwel FCM kwel MTG kwel Process Fuel FPM kwel Fuel to MTG Exhaust Steam Generator Fuel Steam Construction drawings of the FPM

6 Construction drawings of the FCM FA200 FC stacks Public Awareness Newsletter MC-WAP periodic newsletter to be sent in electronic format to a selected industrial and research mailing list Leaflet MC-WAP paper leaflet printed in hundreds of copies to be distributed to interested contacts during exhibitions and meetings Video MC-WAP video produced with professional quality to be distributed before the end of the project Articles & Publications MC-WAP partners will select a number of specialized magazines and newspapers where MC-WAP Project will have the opportunity to publish and inform about its results

7 For more information, please have a look at: Project website wap.cetena.it Project mc-wap@cetena.it Contacts: Marco Schembri - CETENA S.p.A. marco.schembri@cetena.it