Test employees at the MALE 32/40R-DF TAT in Augsburg
MALE Energy Solutions reports that a dual-fuel retrofit package for its MALE 32/40 engine has effective ended its Type Approval Test (TAT).
The TAT verified the viability of the retrofit package for transforming the firm’s field-proven MALE 32/40 engine right into a dual-fuel system– a MALE 32/40R-DF kind– that can operate on both fossil as well as sustainable gas fuels along with traditional gas oil.
The TAT happened at the firm’s Augsburg, Germany functions from September 15 to 18., 2020 with the involvement of the 3 category cultures: DNV GL, American Bureau of Shipping, as well as Lloyd’s Register.
In a special initial, therefore the COVID-19 pandemic, the TAT was mostly held online. Classification- culture reps adhered to procedures from another location as well as just went to the testbed on the last day for part assessment as well as TAT certification finalizing.
Dr Matthias Auer, Head of Performance as well as Emission, R&D Four-Stroke at MALE Energy Solutions, stated: “Our special thanks goes to all our colleagues who made this retrofit project such a success and who helped us reach this important milestone, despite the difficult circumstances posed by COVID-19. Hosting this event virtually presented a new challenge that they met admirably and the feedback from the participating classification societies has been very positive.”
“This is another important milestone for the retrofit business at MAN Energy Solutions, offering our customers the possibility to convert their existing fleet to gas,” stated Bernd Siebert– Head of Engineering, After-Sales Marine– MALEEnergy Solutions “The momentum towards cleaner and less carbon-intensive fuels is building and we are excited to play our part in developing appropriate solutions.”
MALE Energy Solutions has actually gotten numerous demands from consumers to retrofit their MALE 32/40CD engines to gas/dual-fuel procedure. The retrofit is an economically appealing as well as extremely price-competitive remedy that fasts to perform as well as supplies extremely fuel-flexibility, while preserving the engine maximum-output.
With the effective TAT, the firm has actually currently created an easy-to-retrofit, dependable as well as durable conversion-kit created to run mostly on gas– primarily boil-off gas. The brand-new retrofit fulfills IMO Tier I exhaust limitations as well as has actually been created such that engine conversions can be executed either in completely dry dock or while cruising.
MALE Energy Solutions validates that the brand-new retrofit bundle is currently offered to order.
