Tuckerboot (hydrogen) explained

-- commercial vessels -->	+Tuckerboot Ship Builder: HYacht WerftAMS Marine Yachten Ship Length: 6.76m (22.18feet) Ship Beam: 2.44m (08.01feet) Ship Draft: 0.54m (01.77feet) Ship Power: 2 × 1.2 kW/24 V PEM fuel cells 24V/180Ah battery Ship Propulsion: 2 × 672W, 24 V, 28 A electric motors Ship Capacity: 8 passenger

A Tuckerboot on hydrogen is an 8-person ship, power-assisted by an electric motor that gets its electricity from a fuel cell. Two boats are operating in Hamburg.^[1] The design is based on the AMS Tuckerboot 675.

Refueling

The boats are refueled with exchangeable tanks at the hydrogen station at Hamburg Airport^[2]

Specifications

Boat 6.76 m long, 2.44 m wide, draft 0.54 m, 15 Nm hydrogen storage tank, with two 1.2 kW/24 V PEM fuel cells, a 24V/180Ah battery, two electric motors (672W, 24 V, 28 A each) for 8 passengers.

See also

• Hydrogen ship
• Hydrogen vehicle
• Hydrogen economy

External links

• Web site: Hydrogen Vehicles . HMobility.
• Web site: AMS H2Yacht 675 – Technik von morgen . AMS H2Yacht 675 – Technology of Tomorrow . German . Ostsee-Portal . https://web.archive.org/web/20120209183654/http://www.eilunh.de/html/h2yacht.html . 2012-02-09.

Notes and References

1. Web site: HYacht . German.
2. Web site: Wasserstoffversorgung . Hydrogen Supply . German.