Vessel electrification feasibility study for the New York state canals.

Details

• Creators:
  Owens, Russell ; Windover, Paul
• Corporate Creators:
  New West Technologies, LLC
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Canals And Waterways Cost Effectiveness Electric Vehicles Feasibility Analysis Hybrid Vehicles Marine Diesel Engines Power Trains Work Boats
• Publication/ Report Number:
  C-11-10
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New York
• Corporate Publisher:
  New York (State). Dept. of Transportation ; New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
• Abstract:
  The objective of this study was to determine the technical and economic feasibility of repowering a diesel-fueled
  
  New York State Canal Corporation (NYSCC) work boat with a diesel hybrid-electric or full-electric powertrain.
  
  The project team instrumented a NYSCC dredge tender to capture in-use data to determine the vessel’s duty cycle.
  
  A comprehensive evaluation of commercially-available hybrid-electric and full-electric marine powertrains was
  
  performed. The results revealed that only one full-electric system met NYSCC’s performance and cost targets. A
  
  cost-effective electric powertrain system is expected to handle approximately 95% of the dredge tender’s typical
  
  duties. The remaining high energy use cases that are not met will be handled by NYSCC dispatching a diesel boat.
  
  An evaluation of the available electric recharging infrastructure on shore and using excess power from mobile work
  
  platform generators was also performed. The investigation revealed that shore power was available at many, but
  
  not all, locations where the boat frequently visits. The project concluded that hybrid-electric and full-electric
  
  powertrains are a potentially viable technology option for NYSCC to consider to reduce its operating costs, carbon
  
  footprint, and energy use. Thus, NYSCC and New West Technologies proposed a Phase II field demonstration
  
  project to NYSERDA and NYSDOT to install a full-electric powertrain and perform a long-term field
  
  demonstration project to validate the electrically-powered boat’s performance. The Phase II project was awarded
  
  and is expected to be completed in early 2014.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  25735
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:40fbab750b92aca6e417f8c18e72cdf917515f1f1848629c0ac992a352171a91
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26901/dot_26901_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.21 MB ]