No. 1 is the name of a sailing yacht which is power-assisted by an electric motor that gets its electricity from hydrogen fuel cells. It is the first ever yacht to be fuel cell-powered.[1] The boat was certified under the Germanischer Lloyd guidelines for fuel cells on ships and boats.[2][3] The yacht's debut was in August 2003 in Japan, and it is commissioned at Lake Constance (Kressbronn am Bodensee).
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | No. 1 |
| Owner | IPF Energie- und Umwelttechnik GmbH |
| Builder | Beneteau, in partnership with MTU Friedrichshafen |
| Maiden voyage | August 2003, Japan |
| Homeport | Kressbronn, Lake Constance |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 12.26 m (40.2 ft) |
| Beam | 3.76 m (12.3 ft) |
| Installed power | 6 kg of hydrogen in 3 hydrogen tanks at 300 bar, four 1.2 kWa |
| Speed | 7-knot (13 km/h) by fuel cell/electric |
| Notes | First fuel cell-powered yacht |
MTU Friedrichshafen, the company that designed the boat's power system, has said that it views a move towards fuel cell-based power systems as logical given the demand for clean, quiet energy sources in leisure craft such as yachts.[4]
Specifications edit
Boat 12.26 m long, width 3.76 m, 6 kg of hydrogen in 3 hydrogen tanks at 300 bar, four 1.2 kWa[5] PEM fuel cells, 9 gel batteries, radius of action 225 km at a speed of 8 kts on the propeller.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "First yacht with certified fuel cell propulsion". Fuel Cells Bulletin. 2003 (12): 4–5. 2003. doi:10.1016/S1464-2859(03)00015-4. ISSN 1464-2859.
- ^ GL- Rules for classification and construction
- ^ US Department of Energy. "Specialty Vehicles Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine"
- ^ Fuel cell technology
- ^ Specifications
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