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Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading ship power system integrator, has signed a contract with the German shipowner Jüngerhans, located in Haren (Ems), Germany, to refit two of its vessels with Wärtsilä Slow Steaming Upgrade Kits to cut fuel costs. The 1997-built vessels are equipped with 7-cylinder Wärtsilä RTA62U main engines.
“The Wärtsilä Slow Steaming Upgrade Kits will [...]
Posted in Diesel engines
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by: BO SVENSSON
Tier III, which will enter into force January 2016, will require a reduction of the existing Tier I NOx level by 80% across the entire speed limit for new marine engines, even if only in defined local areas near shore. These new requirements impose a sense of urgency in developing future emission control technologies [...]
Posted in Diesel engines, Emission Technologies
| Tagged EGR Route, EGR system, future emission control technologies, MAN Diesel, marine engines, Nox reduction
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In a significant step, the Augsburg branch of PrimeServ, MAN Diesel’s after-sales group, has successfully retrofitted an SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system aboard a Norwegian tanker.
This represents the first time that MAN Diesel PrimeServ alone has project-managed, sold and put such a system into commission on a marine, medium-speed engine. The project also marks an important [...]
Posted in Diesel engines, Marine/Propullsion
| Tagged Augsburg branch, MAN Diesel, NOx reduction milestone, PrimeServ, Selective Catalytic Reduction system
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MAN Diesel celebrated 75 years of turbocharging technology in 2009. First patented in Germany in 1904 by Alfred Büchi, the new technology was embraced by the Augsburg, Germany, engine manufacturer in 1934 for its four-stroke units. MAN Diesel has realized several technological milestones in these 75 years — the adoption in 1940 of plain bearings [...]
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| Tagged Engine manufacturer, four-stroke units, MAN Diesel, Turbocharger Range, turbocharging technology
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MAN Diesel To Include High Speed Engines in its Future Portfolio
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will transfer part of its business involving high-speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel. Effective January 1, 2010, these activities will be integrated into MAN Diesel to form the business unit, High Speed.
This new business unit will offer diesel and gas engines [...]
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| Tagged high-speed engines, MAN Diesel, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge
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In 2008, Aalborg Industries of Denmark combined its experience from supplying scrubbers as an integrated part of inert gas systems onboard ships, with their experience of delivering exhaust boilers for large marine diesel engines. The result? They designed and erected an exhaust gas boiler and scrubber test rig to cool and clean the exhaust from [...]
Posted in Diesel engines, Marine/Propullsion
| Tagged Efficient Exhaust Gas Scrubbing, exhaust boilers, inert gas systems onboard ships, large marine diesel engines
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Wärtsilä one of leading companies in research programme for developing future combustion engine technology
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 23 November 2009, at 9.15 am (EET)
Wärtsilä is one of the leading companies driving a major national three-year combustion engine technology research programme. The initiative has been set up by a wide and cross-functional consortium of Finnish technology [...]
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| Tagged developing future combustion engine technology, Wärtsilä
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Caterpillar Launches Marine Diesel Electric Propulsion Engines
Caterpillar has unveiled its latest development in the 3500 engine series with the launch of the Cat 3512C and 3516C Diesel Electric Propulsion (DEP) engines, which meet EPA Tier 2 and IMO Tier I regulations.
Manufactured at the Lafayette Engine Center in Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., the constant-speed DEP engines incorporate [...]
Posted in Diesel engines, Marine/Propullsion
| Tagged 3500 engine series, 3516C Diesel Electric Propulsion engines, Cat 3512C, cat diesel engines, Caterpillar
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Engine manufacturer Dresser Waukesha, has introduced the 12-cylinder 12V275GL engine for gas compression applications. The new 12V275GL engine is rated at 3375 bhp at 1000 r/min, which is an 8% increase over its predecessor, the 12-cylinder ATGL. Dresser Waukesha indicated that the new model incorporates design and engineering updates as well as an enhanced engine [...]
Posted in Diesel engines
| Tagged 12-cylinder 12V275GL engine, 12V275GL engine, Dresser Waukesha, Engine manufacturer, gas compression applications
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MTU Onsite Energy will introduce a new family of gen-sets to cover a power range from 270 to 3250 kW, based on MTU Series 1600, Series 2000 and Series 4000 diesel engines. The company explained that the new product family consists of engine, generator, cooling plant, plant control system and frame.
Christof von Branconi, Tognum executive board [...]
Posted in Diesel engines
| Tagged Diesel engines, family of gen-sets, MTU Onsite Energy, MTU Series 1600, MTU Series 2000, MTU Series 4000
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