Enhancing energy efficiency in high-speed craft: a trigeneration energy recovery system for lng-fuelled vessels in the mediterranean sea

This work presents an integrated energy recovery system for high-speed craft, which was developed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions in maritime transport. The proposed system consists of three subsystems: cold energy recovery from LNG vaporisation, an organic Rankine cycle, and a Seebe...

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Autores: Fernández Álvarez, Aitor Nicolás, Díaz Secades, Luis Alfonso
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:ruo_________::8ac456b8fe3e17c3a1db0deba4be0c77
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10651/82365
https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2025-0024
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Waste heat recovery
Cold energy recovery
Organic Rankine cycle
Seebeck effect
Maritime decarbonisation
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Sumario:This work presents an integrated energy recovery system for high-speed craft, which was developed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions in maritime transport. The proposed system consists of three subsystems: cold energy recovery from LNG vaporisation, an organic Rankine cycle, and a Seebeck effect generator for waste heat utilisation. A comparative evaluation of five organic fluids was conducted to identify the optimal working fluid for both the cold energy and organic Rankine subsystems, with R1233zd(E) giving the highest efficiency. The results indicate that the proposed energy recovery system can reduce fuel consumption and emissions, achieving CO2-equivalent reductions of up to 1,784.7 tons annually. These findings highlight the potential of combined energy recovery technologies in aligning maritime operations with increasingly stringent environmental regulations.