HD Hyundai to develop next-generation carbon-free ship technology

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HD Hyundai is set to secure next-generation carbon-free ship technology.

HD Hyundai announced on the 9th that it recently signed a "joint development agreement for the conceptual design of nuclear-linked electric propulsion systems" with the American Association of Shipping (ABS).

The signing ceremony was attended by Kwon Byung-hoon, head of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's electrification center, HD Hyundai Samho Shim Hak-moo, head of design division, and ABS sales representative Matthew Mueller of Far East Asia.

Under the agreement, the two companies will cooperate in the basic design of nuclear-linked electric propulsion systems, electrical equipment specifications, and power equipment arrangement design for 16,000 TEU container ships. In particular, it plans to incorporate the characteristics of small module reactors (SMR) that can stably supply up to 100MW-class output into the electric propulsion system to confirm the possibility of using SMR as a new ship power source.

In the process, HD Hyundai plans to build a customized power management system for large container ships that require long sailing and high-speed operation in the new electric propulsion system, while applying a twin screw propeller propulsion system to improve propulsion and mobility.

"Nuclear-linked electric propulsion ships are a very innovative and advanced technology to achieve net zero," said an HD Hyundai official who spoke to this newspaper by phone.

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