Clean Power Technologies

This event qualifies for 4 PDH

New environmental regulations require ships near major ports around the world to turn off dirty (high-sulfur) bunker fuel engines and switch to clean energy. These regulations have started impacting the operating modes of ships, tugboats, and ferries. Possible options, other than expensive low-sulfur fuel, for clean power on ship or on land, often for short time, include batteries and super-capacitors charged from shore power or using solar power on board. Likewise, fuel cells using stored hydrogen procured from shore or generated on board is another alternative.

The course will briefly cover the basics of Battery, Super-capacitor, Fuel Cell, and Solar Power Technologies.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Mukund R. Patel, PhD, PE, is a tenured full professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. He holds a BE, ME, and PhD degree in electrical power from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. From 1997 to present, Dr. Patel has taught undergraduate and graduate electrical power courses at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. He has published 50 research papers and two books “Shipboard Electrical Power Systems” and “Shipboard Propulsion, Power Electronics and Ocean Energy,” both published by CRC Press. From 1967 to 1997, he worked in companies such as GE (Principal Engineer), Westinghouse Research Center (Fellow Engineer), Lockheed Martin Space Division (Senior Staff Engineer) and Siemens (Development Manager). He has taught 1-day and 3-day courses in electrical power at GE, IEEE, NASA and several corporations. Dr. Patel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (UK), Senior Life Member of IEEE, Associate Fellow of AIAA, Associate Editor of Solar Energy Journal. He is a Professional Electrical Engineer in Pennsylvania and Charter Mechanical Engineer in UK.