Third general assembly of the Seabat project
Third general assembly of the Seabat project
Third general assembly of the Seabat project
The project aims to develop a fully electric, hybrid battery system for ships, based on the combination of high power and high energy batteries and modular converters. Mondragon University is one of the 15 partners involved in the project.
The third General Assembly meeting of the European SEABAT project was held on 4 February in hybrid format. The face-to-face meeting was held in Leuven, Belgium, and was streamed online for those who could not make the journey. The purpose of the meeting was to monitor each one of the work packages and establish new phases that will be launched shortly.
One of the most relevant results of this General Assembly was the definition and selection of the battery system's topology that will be implemented into the project. The results of the preparatory work led the General Assembly to three possible alternatives:
- A modular converter in the Full Power configuration proposed by SINTEF
- Battery cells with discreet switches proposed by Flanders Make
- A modular converter in Partial Power configuration proposed by Mondragon University
To select the most suitable solution, results were presented during the meeting that were obtained during simulations carried out using the consumption profile of various ships of interest for hybridisation and the characteristics of the diffferent battery technologies. To do this, results were compared based on the predefined indicators in the second work package and it was decided to continue working with the concept proposed by SINTEF.
In view of the next steps of the SEABAT project, the actors involved also agreed to organise an academic workshop at Mondragon University for June 2022.
Proposal from Mondragon University
The Partial Power solution proposed by Mondtragon University was not the alternative that was selected for the project, as it proposes a highly innovative technology, and the simulations had to be based on data from a non-optimised prototype. However, the researchers of the University will continue with their commitment to this technology, as they consider its possible use in future projects.
The SEABAT project, Solutions for large batteries for waterborne transport, was financed by the European Commission as part of the "H2020-LC-BAT-2019-2020" programme at the 2020 event. Reference: 963560.