TERA of gas turbine propulsion systems for RORO ships

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dc.contributor.authorAlzayedi, Abdulaziz M. T.
dc.contributor.authorAlkhaledi, Abdullah N. F. N. R.
dc.contributor.authorSampath, Suresh
dc.contributor.authorPilidis, Pericles
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-16T15:23:06Z
dc.date.available2023-08-16T15:23:06Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-08
dc.description.abstractRecently, regulations on emissions produced by vessels from international maritime organizations, along with the instability of fuel prices, have encouraged researchers to explore fuels and technology that are cleaner than heavy fuel oil and diesel engines. In this study, we employed the TERA method to evaluate the feasibility of using gas turbine engines with cleaner fuels as a replacement for diesel engines as a propulsion system for RORO ships. A sensitivity evaluation and risk assessment were also conducted to investigate the impact of applied emission taxes on the economic results. The findings indicated that the diesel engine emitted higher nitrogen oxide emissions than the gas turbine fuelled by natural gas and hydrogen. The gas turbine with hydrogen had zero carbon dioxide emissions, making it a sustainable energy production option. The economic aspects were evaluated based on an international route, and they revealed that economic profitability significantly depended on fuel costs and consumption. The diesel engine fuelled by marine diesel oil and the gas turbine fuelled by natural gas were economically attractive, whereas the gas turbine fuelled by hydrogen was less viable due to its high operating cost. However, in a scenario where a carbon dioxide tax was introduced, the gas turbine fuelled by hydrogen showed high potential as a low-risk investment compared to the other technologies. In summary, this study demonstrated the usefulness of the TERA method in the maritime sector for selecting and comparing various propulsion systems.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAlzayedi AMT, Alkhaledi ANFNR, Sampath S, Pilidis P. (2023) TERA of gas turbine propulsion systems for RORO ships. Energies, Volume 16, Issue 16, August 2023, Article number 5875en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/en16165875
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20109
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectTERAen_UK
dc.subjectgas turbineen_UK
dc.subjectdiesel engineen_UK
dc.subjectnatural gasen_UK
dc.subjecthydrogenen_UK
dc.subjectemissionsen_UK
dc.subjectnitrogen oxideen_UK
dc.subjecttotal carbon dioxideen_UK
dc.subjectnet present valueen_UK
dc.subjectpayback perioden_UK
dc.titleTERA of gas turbine propulsion systems for RORO shipsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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