Description du projet
Utilisation sécurisée et efficace de carburants alternatifs durables
De nouvelles technologies d’énergie et de carburants doivent être développées et approuvées pour remplacer les carburants nocifs et contribuer aux objectifs climatiques. Les carburants durables, tels que l’H2 vert liquide ou comprimé, constituent une solution prometteuse, mais leur innocuité et leur efficacité doivent encore être approuvées. Le projet SAFeCRAFT, financé par l’UE, se propose de développer et de démontrer l’efficacité et la sécurité des carburants alternatifs durables (CAD) pour le transport par voie d’eau, afin d’encourager leur adoption. Le projet fera la démonstration de quatre technologies CAD tout en utilisant de l’H2 sur un navire de démonstration. Le projet évaluera également, de manière exhaustive, la sécurité, l’efficacité énergétique et rentabilité, ainsi que l’impact sur l’environnement.
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SAFeCRAFT’s overall goal is to develop and demonstrate the safety and viability and accelerate the adoption of Sustainable Alternative Fuels (SAFs) in waterborne transport. It demonstrates four technologies, acting as SAF enablers for different types of oceangoing and short sea shipping vessels, both newbuilding and retrofits. SAFs used during handling, storage, and for main propulsion include liquid & compressed green H2, and two green H2 carriers, LOHCs and ammonia. SAFs used will be demonstrated on a bulk carrier and assessed and validated through detailed desktop studies for four other types of vessels typical in EU ports.
For the demo vessel, H2 will be used as the primary fuel source for a Generator Set providing power to a shaft motor (Power-Take-In) in parallel with the M/E, thus covering part of ship’s propulsion needs.
The desktop studies feature the aforementioned SAFs that lead into three powertrain options for each vessel, 1) fuel cell stacks & marine-type battery packs, 2) internal combustion M/E (for newbuildings), 3) internal combustion PTI generator similar to the demo.
These SAF enabling power train systems will be analyzed in-depth, using specific KPIs for safety, energy efficiency, environmental impact and technoeconomic feasibility.
SAFeCRAFT A-Z approach in utilizing SAFs, including bunkering, storage, handling and fuel consumption onboard, and the issuance of Approval in Principle for the engineering and design processes, will accelerate their implementation.
Three societal objectives will be served: 1) facilitating the creation of highly skilled jobs, 2) economic growth in the EU by development of new technologies and regulatory standards for waterborne transport, 3) reduction of the environmental footprint and acceleration of the transition to SAFs.
The core consortium members of the current proposal are also the core team of the NH3CRAFT and LH2CRAFT projects, while the well-balanced consortium consists of 11 partners from 6 countries.
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L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.