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Feasibility Study of Replacing the R/V Robert Gordon Sproul with a Hybrid Vessel Employing Zero-emission Propulsion Technology

Klebanoff, Leonard E.; Caughlan, Sean A.M.; Madsen, Robert T.; Leach, Timothy S.; Conard, Cody J.; Appelgate Jr., Bruce

This project is a natural "follow-on" to the 2017 MARAD-funded project establishing the technical, regulatory, and economic feasibilities of a zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell coastal research vessel named the Zero-V. In this follow-on project, we examine the applicability of hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion technology for a different kind of vessel, namely a smaller coastal/local research vessel targeted as a replacement for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) R/V Robert Gordon Sproul, which is approaching the end of its service life.