Power generation sailing ship and a hydrogen production and supply system

Abstract

A power generation sailing ship has a sail provided on a deck, a water turbine connected to a front end of a shaft passing through a bow part outer hull and extending forward, a power generator disposed in a front body of the sailing ship and connected to a rear end of the shaft, and an energy storage device for directly storing electric energy generated by the power generator or converting the electric energy into energy of a substance and storing the substance.

1 . A power generation sailing ship comprising a sail provided on a deck, a water turbine connected to a front end of a shaft passing through a bow part hull shell plate and extending forward, a power generator disposed in a front body and connected to a rear end of the shaft, and an energy storage device for directly storing electric energy generated by the power generator or converting the electric energy into energy of a substance and storing the substance. 
     
     
         2 . A power generation sailing ship comprising a pair of power generation sailing ships of  claim 1  disposed parallel to each other at a predetermined distance apart with their bows directed in the same direction, wherein the pair of power generation sailing ships are connected to each other at upper decks. 
     
     
         3 . A power generation sailing ship of  claim 1 , further comprising a hydrogen generator for electrolyzing water by electric power generated by the power generator, storage tanks for storing aromatic compound and hydrogenated aromatic compound, a hydrogenated aromatic compound generator for reacting aromatic compound with hydrogen, a liquid feeder for feeding aromatic compound in a storage tank to the hydrogenated aromatic compound generator and feeding hydrogenated aromatic compound from the hydrogenated aromatic compound generator to a storage tank, and an unloader for unloading the hydrogenated aromatic compound from the storage tank. 
     
     
         4 . A power generation sailing ship of  claim 3 , wherein the aromatic compound is benzene or toluene or naphthalene, and hydrogenated aromatic compound is cyclohexane or methylcyclohexane or decalin. 
     
     
         5 . A hydrogen production and supply system comprising a power generation sailing ship of  claim 3 , a ground-based aromatic compound storage tank, a ground-based hydrogenated aromatic compound storage tank, a ground-based hydrogen separator for separating hydrogenated aromatic compound into hydrogen and aromatic compound, a first aromatic compound feeder for feeding aromatic compound from the ground-based aromatic compound storage tank to the storage tank of the power generation sailing ship berthed at a pier or anchored offshore, a hydrogenated aromatic compound feeder for feeding hydrogenated aromatic compound from the ground-based hydrogenated aromatic compound storage tank to the ground-based hydrogen separator, and a second aromatic compound feeder for feeding aromatic compound from the hydrogen separator to the ground-based aromatic compound storage tank. 
     
     
         6 . A hydrogen production and supply system of  claim 5 , wherein the aromatic compound is benzene or toluene or naphthalene, and hydrogenated aromatic compound is cyclohexane or methylcyclohexane or decalin. 
     
     
         7 . A power generation sailing ship of  claim 2 , further comprising a hydrogen generator for electrolyzing water by electric power generated by the power generator, storage tanks for storing aromatic compound and hydrogenated aromatic compound, a hydrogenated aromatic compound generator for reacting aromatic compound with hydrogen, a liquid feeder for feeding aromatic compound in a storage tank to the hydrogenated aromatic compound generator and feeding hydrogenated aromatic compound from the hydrogenated aromatic compound generator to a storage tank, and an unloader for unloading the hydrogenated aromatic compound from the storage tank. 
     
     
         8 . A power generation sailing ship of  claim 7 , wherein the aromatic compound is benzene or toluene or naphthalene, and hydrogenated aromatic compound is cyclohexane or methylcyclohexane or decalin. 
     
     
         9 . A hydrogen production and supply system comprising a power generation sailing ship of  claim 7 , a ground-based aromatic compound storage tank, a ground-based hydrogenated aromatic compound storage tank, a ground-based hydrogen separator for separating hydrogenated aromatic compound into hydrogen and aromatic compound, a first aromatic compound feeder for feeding aromatic compound from the ground-based aromatic compound storage tank to the storage tank of the power generation sailing ship berthed at a pier or anchored offshore, a hydrogenated aromatic compound feeder for feeding hydrogenated aromatic compound from the ground-based hydrogenated aromatic compound storage tank to the ground-based hydrogen separator, and a second aromatic compound feeder for feeding aromatic compound from the hydrogen separator to the ground-based aromatic compound storage tank. 
     
     
         10 . A hydrogen production and supply system of  claim 9 , wherein the aromatic compound is benzene or toluene or naphthalene, and hydrogenated aromatic compound is cyclohexane or methylcyclohexane or decalin.