Fuel cell ship
AssigneeYanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukihiko KIMURA, Takehiro MARUYAMA, Yasuyoshi YAMAGUCHI, Takuya HIRAIWA, Manabu SHINAGAWA
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Abstract
An exemplary fuel cell ship is a fuel cell ship for propelling a hull by using electric power supplied from a fuel cell that generates electric power through an electrochemical reaction of fuel, and includes a tank compartment installed therein with a fuel tank that stores the fuel. The tank compartment is provided below a deck of the hull and provided separately from other compartments.
Claims5
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:
- a tank compartment installed therein with a fuel tank configured to store the fuel,
- an air supply pipe connected to the tank compartment, wherein an end of the air supply pipe is disposed;
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- an external gas detector that detects a combustible gas and is disposed at the end of the air supply pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.