Hydrogen now making its way on board!
For the very first time, there’s now a leisure boat in the water that’s equipped with a fuel cell! Using a standard Samana 59 as a base, the Fountaine Pajot and EODev teams have developed and installed an electro-hydrogen generator with a nominal power of 70 kW.
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Publié le
11/07/2023
Par
Emmanuel van Deth
Numéro :
SP20
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2023
Boosted by 450 square feet (42 m²) of solar panels (giving 6,145 kWp), the 650 lb (300 kg) generator installed in the starboard engine compartment powers a 64 kWh LiFePO4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate) battery - comparable to the one used in a top-of-the-range electric car, it weighs 775 lbs (350 kg). The actual motors offer 50 kW each. The 33 lbs (15 kg) of hydrogen is stored at just over 5,000 psi (350 bar) in special carbon tanks - each tube weighs just 66 lbs (30 kg)! Self-sufficiency in electro-hydrogen mode is 40 hours at anchor and 10 hours under way at a speed of 5 knots. Of course, energy f…
