Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance

Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance

<p>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...

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Main Authors: A. Babarit, G. Clodic, S. Delvoye, J.-C. Gilloteaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-07-01
Series:Wind Energy Science
Online Access:https://wes.copernicus.org/articles/5/839/2020/wes-5-839-2020.pdf
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spelling doaj-8c96efdf4f534623bc1be693916025352020-11-25T03:15:43ZengCopernicus PublicationsWind Energy Science2366-74432366-74512020-07-01583985310.5194/wes-5-839-2020Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performanceA. BabaritG. ClodicS. DelvoyeJ.-C. Gilloteaux<p>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.</p> <p>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&thinsp;% and that such an energy ship deployed in the North Atlantic Ocean could produce approximately 5&thinsp;<span class="inline-formula">GWh</span> per annum of chemical energy (900&thinsp;<span class="inline-formula">t</span> of methanol per annum).</p>https://wes.copernicus.org/articles/5/839/2020/wes-5-839-2020.pdf
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S. Delvoye
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J.-C. Gilloteaux
Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance
Wind Energy Science
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G. Clodic
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title Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance
title_short Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance
title_full Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance
title_fullStr Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance
title_full_unstemmed Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance
title_sort exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – part 1: energy ship design and performance
publisher Copernicus Publications
series Wind Energy Science
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2366-7451
publishDate 2020-07-01
description <p>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.</p> <p>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&thinsp;% and that such an energy ship deployed in the North Atlantic Ocean could produce approximately 5&thinsp;<span class="inline-formula">GWh</span> per annum of chemical energy (900&thinsp;<span class="inline-formula">t</span> of methanol per annum).</p>
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