Renk’s MARHY aquatic hydraulic drive
Gearing and also transmission professional Renk AG records that its Rheine, Germany, plant has actually won its initial brand-new building agreement for its MARHY maritime crossbreed system.
The system makes it possible for ships with two-stroke engines to effectively create on-board power supply by utilizing the primary engine (PTO-operation). In enhancement, a completely electrical drive (PTH- procedure) is offered for areas with reduced discharges areas (port locations) and also for emergency situations.
The newbuild is a 30,000 cu.m LNG service provider on order for Knutsen OAS (see earlier story). It is outfitted with a 6,000 kW two-stroke primary engine. Renk’s extent of distribution consists of a passage transmission (kind SHHII-1600), a fully-automatic PSC-85 (prop shaft clutch), flexible combinings, and also, for the very first time, vital electrical parts. These consist of a 1 MW generator/e-motor in addition to the matching regularity converter.
n enhancement, Renk is accountable for the system combination.
After conclusion of the ship at the Hyundai Mipo shipyard in South Korea, it will certainly be based in the Italian Mediterranean Sea and also run by Milan- based Edison Energy HEALTH SPA. The LNG service provider becomes part of a framework approach, which attends to the building of a number of LNG depots along the Italian shore to give a dependable power supply.
