Three Japanese firms partner to develop hydrogen fuelled marine engines 07 May 2021 (Last Updated May 7th, 2021 15:31)
Japanese firms Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Yanmar Power Technology and Japan Engine Corporation have formed a consortium to jointly develop hydrogen fuelled marine engines for ocean and coastal vessels.
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Each company aims to launch a hydrogen fuelled engine by 2025. Credit: Fredrick Filix on Unsplash.
The three companies agreed to collaborate on common fundamental technologies to support the development of hydrogen fuelled marine engines.
The scope of the collaboration will include elementary experiments and analysis on hydrogen combustion, materials and sealing techniques, along with the requirements of the classification society.
KHI gets ClassNK’s AiP for world’s largest liquefied hydrogen carrier CCS May 7, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić
Japanese corporation Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has been awarded approval in principle (AiP) by ClassNK for designing the world’s largest liquefied hydrogen carrier cargo containment system (CCS) of 40,000 cbm class per tank.
Large liquefied hydrogen carrier (image of 40,000 cbm × 4 tanks)
Courtesy of Kawasaki Heavy Industries
The CCS for which the AiP was obtained is designed to contain cryogenic liquefied hydrogen, reduced to a temperature of –253°C and one eight-hundredth its initial volume, for shipping by sea in large amounts.
This containment system is said to have the largest capacity of its kind worldwide used in liquefied hydrogen marine transport.
Japanese Manufacturers Cooperate on Development of Hydrogen Fueled Marine Engines
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd., and Japan Engine Corporation formed a consortium of Japanese engine manufacturers to pursue joint development of hydrogen fueled marine engines for ocean-going and coastal vessels towards establishing a world-leading position in hydrogen engine technologies.
With the growing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, marine engines are expected to transition to various alternative fuels in the coming years. Among the many alternatives, hydrogen is attracting global interest for its application in a wide range of energy and mobility industrial sectors as a fuel that offers zero-emissions. The companies are looking to develop technologies in the hydrogen value chain towards global expansion of this important alternative fuel. By cooperating on common fundamental technologies such as basic experiments and analysis on hydrogen combustion, m
Japan heavyweights combine on hydrogen engines
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Yanmar Power Technology and Japan Engine Corporation have got together to develop hydrogen fuelled marine engines for ocean-going and coastal vessels towards establishing a world-leading position in hydrogen engine technologies.
With the growing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, marine engines are expected to transition to various alternative fuels in the coming years.
Among the many alternatives, hydrogen is attracting global interest for its application in a wide range of energy and mobility industrial sectors as a fuel that offers zero-emissions.
The companies are looking to develop technologies in the hydrogen value chain towards global expansion of this important alternative fuel.
Japanese trio to jointly develop hydrogen-fueled marine engines May 6, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Yanmar Power Technology, and Japan Engine Corporation recently formed a consortium of Japanese engine manufacturers to pursue joint development of hydrogen-fueled marine engines for ocean-going and coastal vessels.
With this move, the trio aims to establish a dominant position in hydrogen engine technologies.
With the growing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, marine engines are expected to transition to various alternative fuels in the coming years. Among the many alternatives, hydrogen is attracting global interest for its application in a wide range of energy and mobility industrial sectors as a fuel that offers zero-emissions.