Partnership with Sea Forrest, ABS, and SIT aims to advance battery safety and maritime electrification
U-M brings world-class research and testing capabilities to help improve batteries for marine applications.
Representatives from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Sea Forrest Technologies (S) Pte Ltd. and the University of Michigan signed a memorandum of understanding to explore batteries and electrification in maritime applications.
The partners aim to develop a framework that can be used to streamline the certification, testing and approval processes for batteries in maritime vessels. Such certifications ensure batteries can maintain their performance, reliability and safety in maritime environments.
To do this, the researchers plan to conduct experiments to understand which battery parameters are critical for certification testing. They also plan to build computer simulation tools that replace some physical tests, which could help streamline the certification process. U-M can leverage world-class research and testing capabilities to meet these goals, including a Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department and an Electric Vehicle Center.
Read ABS’s press release for more information.