Royal IHC: Finding the right Energy Management System for dredging vessels

Finding the right Energy Management System (EMS) to support on-board electrification is one of the key challenges in the transition to electric power on dredging vessels.

Demanding dredging operations present unique challenges for integrating an EMS. Royal IHC is conducting a thorough exploration of fuel cell and battery concepts for dredgers.

Although the fuel cell/battery concept may be a fairly new application in the maritime sector, it is certainly not the most challenging aspect of the design project.

For this reason, Royal IHC has been focusing on further development of this type of system for some time, in a number of projects which are part of the R&D mobility sectors (MENENS and Sh2ipdrive) grant scheme.

In the latest article, Jan Boone, one of IHC experienced engineers, provides key insights into the challenges of developing an energy management system for dredging vessels to optimize the on-board power supply.