The objectives of this study were to review the potential fuels that may be available to the marine industry from 1980 to 2000 and to define the economic, technical, environmental, and social impacts of these alternative fuels on marine power plants. From the outset of this study the committee agreed that three basic questions face the maritime industry concerning alternative fuels: (1) What are the likely alternative fuels that may be used by the maritime industry. (2) What has to be done to use these fuels. (3) How will these fuels perform in various types of prime movers. Many groups are currently engaged in similar studies, and in reaching our conclusions we have tried to make maximum use of the information available. We hope this report will assist the industry in making decisions about which power plants to use in new construction and which alternate fuels may be used in current vessels.


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    Title :

    Alternative Fuels for Martime Use


    Publication date :

    1980


    Size :

    204 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English