A new scrubber is launched

A new SOx scrubber maker has joined the ranks of those covered in the last issue of Marine Propulsion.

Marine Exhaust Technology, from Fredrikshavn in Denmark, announced late last year that a closed loop scrubber installation had been up and running successfully at its test facility since the beginning of December 2013. The company claims it is now the first supplier in Denmark and one of only three world-wide with operational full scale scrubber and SCR test facilities, where technology and solutions can be tested and proven under various conditions and in various setups.

Jens Peter Faldt, its CEO, said: “The test facility enables us to test scrubbing and SCR technologies to their limits and furthermore enables us to push technology development further”. Mr Faldt revealed that the company is testing a combined system featuring SCR, boiler and scrubber put together in an all-in-one solution adding, “We are the first in the market to combine NOx and SOx removal solutions in one system and by doing so we are able to offer customers significant savings on both equipment as well as installation costs.”

The test facility features a set-up based on a 1MW MAN Diesel 9L16/24 marine engine connected to a generator and a heat recovery system. The engine is able to run on both MGO and HFO. The electricity generated is fed into the public grid and the heat generated is used as heating source for the MAN Diesel & Turbo SE production and R&D centre next door to the test facility.MP