Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Engineering
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7411MMEE-SEP-CTY
7411MMEE-SEP_NS-CTY
Aims
After completing the module, the student should be able to demonstrate a detailed and critical understanding of the changing energy outlook in the maritime sector and be able to contrast this with an appreciation of the conventional mix of energy, fuels, and infrastructure. Students will be able to critically compare a range of conventional and alternative fuel sources, providing an analysis of the differing environmental, economic, and technological pros and cons for each. Finally, they will be able to scan the horizon and discuss the prospects for new and emerging technologies which may form part of the energy mix in future.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically reflect upon the regulatory and economic drivers for decarbonisation in the global shipping industry.
2.
Evaluate the current landscape and future prospects for ship technologies and fuels.
3.
Critically review requirements for the production and use of alternative fuels.
4.
Critically reflect on different pathways towards the decarbonisation of shipping.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Regulation, economics, and the environment – drivers for a change in the energy and fuels mix in the maritime industry.
Technology – establish the status-quo in ship technologies and review short, medium, and long-term prospects in fuel and vessel technology. The role of renewable energy generation in the production of fuels.
Fuels – consider how fuels are produced, transported, stored, and used in the maritime industry. Evaluate how these things will change as alternative fuels are adopted. Fossil Fuels, Biofuels, Electrofuels will all be considered.
Pathways to decarbonisation – recognising that there may be multiple pathways to decarbonisation, evaluate options and consider the relative merits of different scenarios.
Regulation, economics, and the environment – drivers for a change in the energy and fuels mix in the maritime industry.
Technology – establish the status-quo in ship technologies and review short, medium, and long-term prospects in fuel and vessel technology. The role of renewable energy generation in the production of fuels.
Fuels – consider how fuels are produced, transported, stored, and used in the maritime industry. Evaluate how these things will change as alternative fuels are adopted. Fossil Fuels, Biofuels, Electrofuels will all be considered.
Pathways to decarbonisation – recognising that there may be multiple pathways to decarbonisation, evaluate options and consider the relative merits of different scenarios.
Module Overview:
This module recognises that the ways in which the maritime industry fuels vessels and the wider maritime sector is changing. In the light of rapidly shifting regulation and stringent goals for decarbonisation, the module will consider what the prospects are for new alternative fuels and how the maritime industry will adapt.
This module recognises that the ways in which the maritime industry fuels vessels and the wider maritime sector is changing. In the light of rapidly shifting regulation and stringent goals for decarbonisation, the module will consider what the prospects are for new alternative fuels and how the maritime industry will adapt.
Additional Information:
This module will reference national and international regulation and law arising from flag states and the IMO.
This module will reference national and international regulation and law arising from flag states and the IMO.