SMOKERMEN: Smoke emission reduction in marine engines

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 02.0132

Key words (English)

Environmental Protection; Safety; Transport

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: G3RD-2002-00817

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.3 Land transport and marine technologies

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

Operation of ships in or near harbours often results in engine transients. For marine diesel engines this invariably produces increased smoke emissions because of air/fuel mismatch. The project intends to develop two techniques, namely: a) compressed air blast to provide extra air and accelerate the turbocharger b) advanced variable geometry pulse turbo charging which when used in tandem with appropriate control on a marine diesel engine will result in smoke emissions below the visible limit for all engine operating conditions. Shipboard measurements will provide technical engine transient loading profiles and baseline smoke emissions. The two techniques will be individually developed and then installed on a test bed marine engine for evaluating the performance of each one as well as of their combinations.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
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CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 02.0132