Towards Zero Emission Shipping – Simulation and Assessing Energy Grids for Europe’s next Generation of Ships

Final Conference of the EU Research Project JOULES

Reducing harmful emissions from shipping is a technical challenge as well as an urgent political and societal issue. For the last four years, the research project JOULES has been developing assessment and simulation tools to analyse ship’s energy grids, and applied them for a variety of ship designs and operation scenarios. The final conference will present the project results and possible ways towards their implementation will be discussed.

Conference Programme:

08:15 am – 09:00 am: Registration, Coffee and Refreshments

09:00 am – 09:10 am: Opening, Conference Agenda and Welcome Address

Heinrich Klingenberg (Conference Moderator), Managing Director, hySOLUTIONS GmbH

Peter Crawley, JOULES EU-Project Officer, European Commission

09:10 am – 09:30 am: Keynote Speeches

• The Paris Agreement: A societies GHG-emission budget: Prof. Olav Hohmeyer, Head of Department of Energy and Environmental Management, Europe-University Flensburg

• Expectations from the ship owners: TBC, Member of the JOULES Advisory Group

09:30 am – 09:55 am: Objectives and Technical Approach

Rolf Nagel, JOULES Project Coordinator, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbh & Co. KG

09:55 am – 10:20 am: Emission and Operating Expenses Reduction Potential by Optimised Engine and SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) Combination

Erik Seidel, System Engineer, Emission & Gas Technologies, MAN Diesel & Turbo SE,

Rolf Nagel, JOULES Project Coordinator, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbh & Co. KG

10:20 am – 10:50 am: Coffee Break

10:50 am – 10:55 am: Keynote – JOULES Impact from Technology Providers’ Point of View

Steve Mountain, Key Technology Owner - Electrical Systems, Rolls-Royce Marine

10:55 am – 11:20 am: University Knowledge Impact for and beyond the JOULES Project

Klaas Visser, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology,

Erik-Jan Boonen, Research Engineer, DAMEN Shipyards Group,

Rick Lotman, Manager R&D, Royal IHC

11:20 am – 11:45 am: Measurement, Modelling and Fuel Choice for HTPEM (High Temperature Polymeric Electrolyte Membrane) Fuel Cells

Christoph Thiem, Scientific Associate, Hamburg University of Technology,

Kurt Sommer, Research & Development, MEYER WERFT GmbH & Co. KG

11:45 am – 12:15 pm: From Idea to Design by Means of Simulation

Erik-Jan Boonen, Research Engineer, DAMEN Shipyards Group,

Sandor Ivancsics, Research Engineer, DAMEN Shipyards Group,

Frederick Vandepitte, Development Engineer, DAMEN Shipyards Group

12:15 pm – 13:25 pm: Lunch & Coffee

13:25 pm – 13:30 pm: Keynote – JOULES Impact from Shipyards’ Point of View

Mario Dogliani, Technical Director, Sea Europe

13:30 pm – 13:55 pm: A Case Study regarding Uncertainty Propagation in JOULES Ship Energy Grid Simulations and LCPA (Life Cycle Performance Assessment) Calculations

Arthur Vrijdag, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology,

Erik-Jan Boonen, Research Engineer, DAMEN Shipyards Group,

Markus Lehne, Managing Partner, BALance Technology Consulting

13:55 pm – 15:05 pm: JOULES Demonstrators

• Marine ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) Demonstrator: Alexandros Zymaris, Research Engineer, DNV GL Maritime R&D and Advisory

• Low Energy Cabin: Kurt Sommer, Research & Development, MEYER WERFT GmbH & Co. KG

• Operational Displacement Optimisation Tool: Dominique Pons, R&D Project Manager, STX France

15:05 pm – 15:35 pm: Coffee Break

15:35 pm – 15:40 pm: Keynote – JOULES Impact from NGOs Point of View

Faig Abbasov, Aviation and Shipping Officer, Transport & Environment

15:40 pm – 16:00 pm: Summary of Results and Political Recommendations

Rolf Nagel, JOULES Project Coordinator, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbh & Co. KG

16:00 pm – 16:55 pm: Panel Discussion

Prof. Olav Hohmeyer, Head of Department of Energy and Environmental Management, Europe-University Flensburg

Steve Mountain, Key Technology Owner - Electrical Systems, Rolls-Royce Marine

Mario Dogliani, Technical Director, Sea Europe

Faig Abassov, Aviation and Shipping Officer, Transport & Environment

Dr. Heike Deggim, Senior Deputy Director, Marine Environment Division, International Maritime Organization

Peter Crawley, JOULES EU-Project Officer, European Commission

Rolf Nagel, JOULES Project Coordinator, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbh & Co. KG

17:00 pm: Closing of the Conference followed by a “Get Together” – Reception with Flying Buffet