CHyPS

The shipping industry is highly diverse and encompasses the carriage of goods by sea, along the coast and by inland waterways. A great deal of research is conducted into energy carriers and powertrains to make vessels more environmentally friendly. In this context, the CHyPS project has recently been launched.
Status
Past
Duration
May 2022 - Oct 2024
Type
Intercluster project, National project

The CHyPS project, which stands for Clean Hydrogen Propulsion for Ships, is aimed at paving the way for a fully-fledged numerical toolbox, through the simulation of various components of a vessel’s propulsion system driven by clean fuels such as (liquid) hydrogen, e-methane or methanol.

This project is therefore aimed at the development of high-fidelity 3D numerical models for several critical components for which no adequate simulation models are currently available, such as a fuel tank for clean cryogenic fuels and a combustion engine using such fuels.

In a second step, a new machine learning methodology is used to convert these high-fidelity models into simpler yet realistic models that require considerably less computing time. With a view to valorisation, these models are integrated into a ready-made simulation platform.

CHyPS explainer video

When developing critical models within this project, the project partners strive to ensure that the future simulation platform can be used for various vessel types and a wide range of sailing profiles.

In addition to the state of the art, the project encompasses the following innovative elements:

  • Development of detailed models of the physical processes in the fuel tank and chemical reactions in the combustion engine;
  • Focus on future fuels not having any impact on the environment, including hydrogen, e-methane and methanol;
  • Focus on scale laws: it will be possible to implement the models for different usages, e.g. a vessel’s size or capacity;
  • Focus on the dynamic aspect, such as different load profiles.

Partners: Ghent University (research group Sustainable Thermo-Fluid Energy Systems) and von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (research group Propellant Management Systems).

Clusters involved: VIL and Blue Cluster

With the support of: VLAIO (Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship)

Contact: Eveline Buyck

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