Picture from the September 2018 main introduction of guy Energy Solutions’ ME-LGIP engine in Copenhagen, an LPG-burning kind as well as the most up to date enhancement to the business’s dual-fuel, two-stroke profile
MALE Energy Solutions reports that its two-stroke, dual-fuel engine profile has actually currently logged over 500,000 operating hrs. The business has actually reserved greater than 250 sales throughout its whole variety of dual-fuel 2 strokes– all working on LNG or various other tidy gas such as LPG as well as methanol.
“This is a massive milestone that highlights the success of the dual-fuel strategy we have laid over the past decade,” claimed Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President, Head of Two-Stroke Business at MALEEnergy Solutions “The engines’ efficiency –in all fuel modes – is the best in the market, which gives shipowners enormous flexibility, and we note that all fuel modes are employed. Half a million hours of dual-fuel operation stands testament to our leadership in this critical market segment. On behalf of MAN Energy Solutions, I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to our customers for their support, and the trust they have placed in these future-proof solutions.”
MALE Energy Solutions’ ME-GI (-Gas Injection) as well as ME-LGI (-Liquid Gas Injection) engines develop the core of its two-stroke, dual-fuel profile as well as have actually scratched up numerous noteworthy firsts given that their intro to the marketplace, consisting of the very first oceangoing ships powered specifically by LNG, methanol, ethane as well as LPG.
The business claims that solution records have actually likewise declared, mentioning that current experience from a 174,000 cu.m LNG service provider powered by an ME-GI engine logged integrity as well as accessibility numbers of 99%.
“With references in every major marine segment, our dual-fuel portfolio can rightly be considered as mature technology,” claimedFoldager “With 2020 and the new IMO emissions legislation fast approaching, our ME-GI and ME-LGI engines continue to act as standard bearers for environmentally friendly, reliable propulsion technology with their seamless switching between fuels and elimination of methane slip. Furthermore, their use of the Diesel combustion principle ensures that they can easily adapt to run on whatever fuels the industry may prefer in the future.”
With the aquatic sector waiting to see exactly how gas rates as well as accessibility develop after 2020, which will certainly have a substantial influence on shipowners’ selection of brand-new engines, MALE Energy Solutions anticipates– for brand-new or existing, electronically-controlled guy B&W- well-known engines– the selection of retrofitting to ME-GI or ME-LGI engines will eventually end up being a requirement.
