Design of marine hydrogen internal combustion engine

ABSTRACT The introduction of new fuel types like hydrogen into the field of maritime transport is considered to be a challenge due to the severe environmental conditions the marine power plant has to work in. Therefore, any attempt to introduce a new technology in this field must be accompanied by sufficient studies and experimental data to provide the engineers and ship operators with enough data about the new fuel type used. This data has to be experimentally approved but in the first and preliminary stages of design of power plants working with new fuels it may not be available or feasible to make large scale experiments, so a computer program is used to give reasonably accurate data about the new design. The demand on energy production will be increased by increasing the population and sea borne trade. The use of other alternatives oil should start to replace diesel oil onboard ships. Hydrogen is considered a good candidate for such replacement.