The Green Maritime Methanol consortium researches the opportunities for sustainable Methanol as a maritime transportation gas. Green Methanol is a crucial prospect as a future gas for the delivery sector. It is commonly offered, can be generated in a lasting means, is conveniently saved aboard of ships and also can be shed in engines with small alterations.
Within the Green Maritime Methanol job a brand-new turning point has actually been attained, the effective beginning of the engine examination program on 100% methanol. New examinations are being intended and also 2 crucial brand-new companions have actually signed up with the consortium just recently.
In January 2020 Pon Power began its engine screening program with a Caterpillar 3508 spark-ignited high-speed gas engine. With tailor-maked cyndrical tube heads and also a tailor-maked engine control monitoring system the engine operated 100% methanol as a gas.
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The examinations were carried out efficiently and also the examination configuration makes it possible for the scientists to research inquiries when it come to optimization of ignition timing, lubricating demands, exhausts of e.g. CARBON DIOXIDE and also NOx. In the coming months Pon Power and also the Netherlands’ Defence Academy will certainly remain to execute even more engine examinations on this Caterpillar 3508 engine.
The Netherlands’ Defence Academy (NLDA) is additionally preparing an examination program for their MALE engine (type4L20/27). These examinations consist of methanol shot straight in the cyndrical tube combined with diesel which functions as pilot gas for sparking the mix. The examinations are intended to consist of both a mix secured by an emulsifier and also a mix combined mechanically.
In the longer run additionally examinations are intended with methanol consumption by means of the air inlet and also ignition making use of diesel infused straight in the cyndrical tube. The behavior of numerous diesel, methanol and also emulsifier structures is presently being researched in cooperation with TNO Eindhoven and also the Netherlands’ Navy Chemical Laboratory in Den Helder.
At a later phase examinations are intended with methanol consumption by means of the air inlet and also ignition making use of diesel straight infused right into the cyndrical tube. During 2020 even more engine examinations will certainly be implemented, giving vital information for numerous future ship styles and also propulsion trains aboard.
The consortium has actually just recently expanded its subscription with the enhancement of 2 leading organisations; Rijksrederij and also Ghent University.
Rijksrederij is the Dutch governmental organisation in charge of the monitoring, manning and also upkeep of greater than 100 specialized vessels. The fleet offers e.g. solutions for Customs, Coast Guard, Fisheries Research and also the Ministry of Infrastructure and alsoWater Management Rijksrederij stays under the Directorate-General for Public Works and also Water Management.
The University of Gent is just one of the very early moving companies in the research study for methanol as a transportation gas for delivery. In the European LeanShips job, Ghent University transformed a Volvo Penta D7C-B-TA high-speed diesel motor for Dual Fuel procedure on both methanol and also diesel. To reduced the limit of embracing this innovation, the transformed engine additionally kept 100% diesel capacity.
Green Maritime Methanol currently has a checklist of companions that includes: Arklow Shipping, Bio MCN, Royal Boskalis, Bureau Veritas, C-Job Naval Architects, Damen Shipyards, Defence Material Organisation, DEME, Feadship, Helm Proman, Royal IHC, the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA), Royal Association of Netherlands’ Shipowners (KVNR), Lloyds Register, MARIN, Marine Service Noord (MSN), Maritime Knowledge Centre (MKC), Methanol Institute, MTU, Pon Power, Port of Amsterdam, Port of Rotterdam, Ministry of Infrastructure and also Water monitoring (Rijksrederij), TNO, TU Delft, Ghent University, Van Oord, Netherlands Association of Importers of Combustion Engines (VIV), Royal Wagenborg and also Wärtsilä.
The job is sustained by “TKI Maritiem” and also the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and also Climate Policy and also runs up until December 2020.
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