ABS and DSME Sign JDP to Explore Using Solid Oxide Fuel Cells On-Board VLCCs
Second ABS and DSME JDP Aims to Replace a Diesel Generator(OKPO, Korea) ABS and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) have signed a joint development project (JDP) to use Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology to replace at least one of three diesel generators typically on-board a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC). It’s the second SOFC focused JDP between ABS and DSME, with the first collaboration in 2019 revealing the high efficiency of a SOFC and gas turbine hybrid system due to the re-use of hot exhaust off-gas. “SOFC systems have significant potential for