Ross Barlow Explained

-- commercial vessels --> Ship Image: Black Country Living Museum - narrowboat Ross Barlow - geograph.org.uk - 4201653.jpg Ship Caption: At the Black Country Living Museum in 2014 Ship Launched: 21 September 2007 Ship Type: Narrow boat Ship Power: hybrid hydrogen fuel cell Ship Propulsion: Permanent magnet brushed DC electric motor

The canal boat Ross Barlow is a hybrid hydrogen narrowboat, power-assisted by an electric motor whose electricity is supplied by a fuel cell or a battery. It debuted on 21 September 2007.

History

The Protium Project^[1] at the University of Birmingham started at the beginning of 2006. The boat is named in memory of a postgraduate student who was killed in a hang gliding accident in March 2005 at the age of 25. He had worked on the project in its early stages and was an enthusiastic supporter of sustainable energy.^[2]

Refueling

The fixed tanks are refuelled at a waterway hydrogen station. The hydrogen is generated by electrolysis using solar or wind turbines.

Specifications

Storage: of hydrogen at 10bar in 5 Ti-V-Mn-Fe^[3] metal hydride solid-state hydrogen tanks,^[4] a lead acid battery stack, a 5-kW PEM fuel cell and a high torque NdFeB permanent magnet brushed DC electric motor.

See also

• Hydride compressor
• Hydrogen ship
• Hydrogen storage#Metal hydrides
• Hydrogen vehicle
• Hydrogen economy

External links

• Hydrogen Hybrid Canal Boat: Clean and Silent Propulsion for the Inland Waterways . . https://web.archive.org/web/20071002092821/http://www.newscentre.bham.ac.uk/press/2007/09/Hydrogen_Barge_Launch_21_9_07.shtml . 2 October 2007.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Protium: Hydrogen canal boat . Hydrogen Materials Group . University of Birmingham.
2. Web site: The Ross Barlow: a zero-emission hydrogen hybrid canal boat . 6 June 2013 . Antidote Counteragent. 26 February 2011 .
3. Web site: Hydrogen Hybrid Canal Boat . 24 September 2007 . Green Car Congress.
4. Web site: In detail .