Towards a modular product architecture for electric ferries using Model-Based Systems Engineering

The paper deals with the design, construction and the early operation of the worldwide 1 st battery driven high-speed catamaran passenger ferry MS Medstraum. The paper elaborates on unique issues of the design process, on the superior hydrodynamic performance, on the modular construction of vessel and on the land-based electrical/charging installation. MS Medstraum was built by Fjellstrand AS and was launched in early June 2022. After successful sea trials that superseded the expectations of designers, builders and operators, achieving a maximum speed of over 27 knots, it started operations in the Stavanger/Norway area in late September 2022. The prototype character of MS Medstraum led to its selection as “Ship of the Year 2022” at the major international maritime exhibition SMM 2022 (September 2022, Hamburg). The presented research is in the frame of the H2020 funded project “TrAM – Transport: Advanced and Modular” (www.tramproject.eu).

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“…A well-known illustration to describe this principle is shown in Fig. 15 based on the work of Göpfert (Pfeifer at al., 2020).…”

Section: Modular Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Medstraum: Design and Operation of the First Zero-Emission Fast Catamaran

Papanikolaou

Dahle

Tolo

et al. 2023

Day 2 Wed, March 08, 2023

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“…Adjusting the number of passengers means changing the expected weight. This means that the ship's batteries have to be adjusted and the hull has to be designed for the new weight distribution of the ship (Pfeifer et al, 2020).…”

Section: Problem Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Platform Approach for Modularising Battery Electric Fast Ferries

et al. 2023

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The transportation sector is responsible for a relevant share of the total emissions and offers great potentials. It is necessary to implement as many zero-emission mobility systems as possible in the shortest time. For fast ferries, which are a relevant transport manner for a large share of the global population, technical issues could be solved and the successful operation was demonstrated. Up to today high-speed ships have been fully individually designed because physical effects demand for an individual optimisation for each use-case. Specifically for battery electric ships the overall efficiency is crucial to ensure not only an ecological but also economical operation.With today's methods the design and production of such an individual designed ferry does take too long. To cover the rising demand, new approaches for mass production need to be established.In this paper we describe a method for designing a platform for ships with the example of a battery electric fast ferry. The focus is on the actual modularisation, as other aspects like requirements or results of our example case are published elsewhere and are therefore just included briefly.The method is validated on the world's first battery powered high-speed ferry.

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“…In real life requirements, functions and components have to be grouped into modules, against the background of having as little impact as possible on other modules when making changes. A well-known illustration to describe this principle is shown in Figure 5 based on the work of Göpfert (Pfeifer at al. 2020).…”

Section: Modular Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation of Zero Emission Fast Shortsea Shipping and Design of the Stavanger Demonstrator

Boulougouris

Papanikolaou

Dahle³

et al. 2023

Journal of Ship Production and Design

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_ The paper describes the implementation of state-of-the-art “Industry 4.0” methods and tools, of a holistic ship design optimization and of modular production methods, as well as of advanced battery technologies in the development of an innovative, fully electrical, fast zero-emission catamaran for waterborne urban transport. The design of a fast catamaran passenger ferry prototype (Medstraum), planned for operation as a waterborne shuttle in the Stavanger/Norway area, and of a replicator for operation at the Thames River/London are elaborated, including on land infrastructural issues that are necessary for their operation. The presented research is in the frame of the H2020 funded project “TrAM—Transport: Advanced andModular” (www.tramproject.eu). Introduction The international maritime community is amassing momentum in its efforts towards a drastic reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is expected to be further accelerated after the upcoming COP261 (COP26: UN Climate Change Conference of Parties) in Glasgow in autumn 2021. The maritime industry is examining alternative ways to contribute actively to this endeavor, despite the additional challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Towards a modular product architecture for electric ferries using Model-Based Systems Engineering

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Medstraum: Design and Operation of the First Zero-Emission Fast Catamaran

Medstraum: Design and Operation of the First Zero-Emission Fast Catamaran

Platform Approach for Modularising Battery Electric Fast Ferries

Implementation of Zero Emission Fast Shortsea Shipping and Design of the Stavanger Demonstrator

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