Fuel cell ship
AssigneeYanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
InventorsManabu Shinagawa, Takehiro Maruyama, Yasuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takuya Hiraiwa, Yukihiko Kimura
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Abstract
An exemplary fuel cell ship is a fuel cell ship for propelling a hull by using electric power supplied by a fuel cell that generates electric power through an electrochemical reaction of fuel, and includes at least one compartment including an emission source of the fuel, and a vent pipe through which the fuel in the compartment is released to outside of the hull. A release port of the vent pipe is located at a position higher than a cabin or a bridge provided on the hull.
Claims4
A fuel cell ship for propelling a hull by using electric power supplied by a fuel cell configured to generate electric power through an electrochemical reaction of fuel, the fuel cell ship comprising:
- at least one compartment including an emission source of the fuel, wherein the emission source includes the fuel cell and a fuel tank that stores the fuel, and wherein the at least one compartment includes:
- a fuel cell compartment in which the fuel cell is disposed, wherein the fuel cell compartment is sealed,
- a fuel tank compartment in which the fuel tank is disposed, wherein the fuel tank compartment is sealed, and
- a third compartment that is sealed;
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- a vent pipe through which the fuel in the at least one compartment is configured to be released to outside of the hull, wherein a release port of the vent pipe is located at a position higher than a cabin or a bridge provided on the hull,
- wherein each of the fuel cell compartment and the fuel tank compartment is in fluid communication with the vent pipe,
- wherein the fuel cell compartment is in fluid communication with the vent pipe via the third compartment, and
- wherein an upper portion of the third compartment is disposed above a deck of the hull and a lower portion of the third compartment is disposed below the deck of the hull.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.