Development of Design Configurator Tool for Rapid Initial Design of Fast Zero-Emission Battery-Electric Vessels

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Aung, Myo Zin and Boulougouris, Evangelos and Nazemian, Amin; (2025) Development of Design Configurator Tool for Rapid Initial Design of Fast Zero-Emission Battery-Electric Vessels. In: Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility. Springer Cham., IRL, pp. 432-437. ISBN 978-3-031-89444-2 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89444-2_63)

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Abstract

Small vessels, such as river buses, ferries, and workboats, have significant decarbonization potential by implementing battery-electric propulsion systems. Designing battery-electric vessels presents unique challenges due to the lower energy density of the battery. The battery constitutes a significant portion of the vessel’s weight and space, and it size heavily influenced by operating profiles and availability of charging stations and charging speed. This creates feasibility concerns for pure battery-electric vessels in terms of weight, space, and charging requirements. To address this, a design configurator tool has been developed, which can swiftly generate initial designs of battery-electric vessels and evaluate feasibility based on the specific design and operational requirements. The tool takes design requirements as inputs and outputs include potential design candidates together with various ship design calculations including feasibility and optimality assessments. The design of the tool is based on a hull design database containing various combinations of main dimensions, with the corresponding hydrostatic and hydrodynamic data. The capability of the tool was demonstrated in designing two replicator vessels in the EU Horizon TrAM project. This design automation tool aims to expedite the transition to zero-emission battery-electric vessels by aiding decision-making processes for ship operators and designers, considering their unique operational requirements.

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Aung, Myo Zin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6370-0029, Boulougouris, Evangelos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5730-007X and Nazemian, Amin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6861-4488;
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