Over the Summer break, several members of staff from the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, attended the Europe-Korea Conference on Science and Technology 2024 (EKC2024), Coventry, UK, 30 July to 2 August 2024.
EKC2024 was the 16th Europe-Korea Conference in the series hosted by the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in the UK (KSEAUK) together with the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) and eight other Korean Scientists and Engineers Associations in Europe which are based in Germany (VeKNI), France (ASCoF), Austria (KOSEAA), Finland (KOSES), Scandinavia (KSSEA), the Netherlands (KOSEANL), Switzerland (KSEAS), and Belgium (KOSEAbe).
Professor Peilin Zhou was invited to give a presentation on de-carbonisation within the Maritime Industry at the event. Prof. Zhou’s talk entitled “Research and Development of De‐carbonisation Fuels’ Application for Waterborne Transport”, introduced the vision, objectives, main tasks and expected outcomes of the NH3CRAFT Project.
Following Prof. Zhou’s talk, Dr Hayoung Jang presented some of the work that was also carried out within the NH3CRAFT Project. His presentation with the title “Safety evaluation on Ammonia-Fuelled Ship: Gas dispersion Analysis through Vent Mast”, focussed on the Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) of the gas dispersion from the vent mast in a multi-purpose cargo ship. Simulation results were presented for various conceptual designs and recommendations on design considerations as well as control measures were given.
The presentations were well received by participants and generated a good discussion on de-carbonisation within the maritime industry.
NH3CRAFT is a Co-funded by the European Commission Project. UK participation in NH3CRAFT Project is funded by UK Research and Innovation(UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe guarantee [grant numbers 10038548 and 10037828].
