MAN Power Options has has demonstrated its newest low-speed, dual-fuel engine – an MAN B&W ME-GA kind designed for LNG/fuel-oil operating – at a ceremony live-streamed from its Copenhagen Analysis Centre right this moment. The brand new engine is an Otto-cycle variant of the corporate’s profitable ME-GI engine.
As its pre-mixed combustion ends in low NOx emissions, the ME-GA engine is inherently Tier II and Tier III compliant in gas-operation mode. To completely utilise its dual-fuel potential in Tier III areas, the engine is being provided with Exhaust Gasoline Recirculation (EGR).
Wayne Jones OBE, Chief Gross sales Officer, MAN Power Options, participated within the occasion, which was hosted by Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President and Head of Two-Stroke Enterprise, and Thomas S. Hansen, Head of Two-Stroke Promotion and Buyer Help.
Jones mentioned: “Our growth of latest applied sciences is straight influenced by the shut relationships we now have with our prospects. We initiated this ME-GA mission in late 2017 once we recognised a powerful market want for a lower-cost various to the ME-GI engine, pushed primarily by the LNG provider market. Crucially, this new complement to our dual-fuel portfolio continues our mission to decarbonise shipping and additional the maritime power transition to sustainable fuels.”
MAN Power Options goals to begin testing the primary, industrial ME-GA design by the top of this yr, with the primary engine supply following in early 2022.
Foldager mentioned: “It’s taken a group of 150 colleagues, and a whole lot of exams and operational hours, to get the engine to this essential stage. In doing so, we now have drawn on the invaluable expertise gained from creating our profitable ME-GI idea. Equally, our proprietary EGR system additionally performs an essential position within the ME-GA set-up. Not solely does it ship NOx-compliance, it additionally helps preserve management of the ignition course of and reduces gasoline consumption by 3 and 5% in fuel and fuel-oil modes, respectively.”
He added: “That is simply the most recent milestone within the dual-fuel technique we now have adopted over the previous decade, and additional confirms our management on this crucial marine phase. Our dual-fuel engines proceed to behave as normal bearers for environmentally pleasant, dependable propulsion-technology with their seamless switching between fuels. In the end, we count on the ME-GA to change into normal amongst LNG carriers.”
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