Fourth general assembly of the SEABAT project
Fourth general assembly of the SEABAT project
Fourth general assembly of the SEABAT project
Representatives of the 15 collaborating entities met at DAMEN's facilities, specifically at its shipyards, where they were able to visit hybrid propulsion ships.
The fourth meeting of the General Assembly of the European SEABAT project was held on 12 and 13 September in Gorinchem, Holland, where DAMEN shipyards have one of their headquarters. The aim of the meeting was to follow up on each of the work packages and to establish the next phases.
The SEABAT project aims to develop a hybrid battery system for all-electric vessels, based on a combination of high-energy, high-power batteries and modular converters. Mondragon Unibertsitatea's Electric Energy research group is participating in the project together with 14 other European partners.
At this fourth General Assembly, the representatives were able to visit DAMEN’s facilities, specifically the shipyards where ships are built and repaired. They were also able to visit the facilities of the hybrid ships, those propelled by diesel and batteries.
Results of the 4th General Assembly
One of the most relevant results of this fourth General Assembly was the preliminary design of the battery system to be implemented in the project, a modular converter in Full Power configuration of 300 kWh and virtually scalable up to 1 MWh.
At the meeting, the design requirements (functional, performance, safety, etc.) and the definition of the interface (electrical architecture, sizing of the high-energy and high-power batteries, thermal management system, mechanical design, control and communications, etc.) were presented, among other topics.
The next steps of the SEABAT project will be the development of the components identified in the preliminary design, their assembly and finally their testing.
