Ammonia SOFC Feasible For Deepsea Container Ships

First published online at Motorship

A research team at NTU has evaluated various propulsion options for a deep-sea container ship, including one based on a solid oxide fuel cell with integrated ammonia cracker, and concluded the SOFC-based system has a comparable cumulative cost to that of LNG-fuelled or heavy fuel oil-fuelled combustion engines when projected over a period of 20 years.

PhD student Shengwei Wu, who is affiliated with the Maritime Energy and Sustainable Development – Centre of Excellence, conducted the study under the supervision of Dr SH Chan, Professor in the School of MAE, and Dr Bin Miao, research fellow at ERI@N.