3 container ships per year were lost between 2013 and 2022. Not sure we really want that many nuclear reactors disappearing into the ocean.
Mark > On Oct 7, 2024, at 8:16 PM, Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > Nuclear probably beats diesel for energy density, but I presume that is not > an option. > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: "Mark Radabaugh" <m...@amplex.net> > Sent: 10/7/2024 7:13:41 PM > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] solar container ships > > Back of the envelope calculations…. > > Panamax (largest container ship through the Panama Canal) burns 63,000 > gal/day. > > 63000 gal of diesel is 2400MWH of energy. It takes roughly 10 acres to > generate 1MW of power so 24,000 acres * 3 (to account for night). Call it > 40 square miles…. I don’t think that’s going to work. > > Batteries…. The Panamax ships hold ~3M gallons of fuel or 114298 MWH of > energy. A typical nuclear power plant puts out 900MWH so it’s going to take > the full output for 5 days to recharge that battery. But the typical > turnaround is 1-2 days to we need 5 reactors to recharge the ship by the time > it’s ready to sail. > > Hard to beat dead dinosaurs for energy density. > > Mark > > > >> On Oct 7, 2024, at 5:22 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> i dont know how much batteries it would take to run one of these beasts, but >> what is the fuel to batter weight ratio? like 100 tons to cross the atlantic >> in fuel would require how many tons of battery with 30% sun and how many >> tons of solar panels to charge them >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
