South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has unveiled a new high pressure selective catalytic reduction (HP SCR) system, designed to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission from two-stroke marine engines.
Claimed to be the world’s first such product, the system is said to comply with IMO NOx Tier III requirement, which came into force last month.
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The system is believed to be capable of reducing NOx emissions by up to 99% by means of using ammonia as a catalyst.
The HP SCR is said to be a result of 18 months of research and development.
HHI has completed the certificate test of HP SCR in December and has been approved by DNV-GL.
The environment-friendly marine engine is expected to reduce cost incurred on fuel since it can run on heavy fuel oil which costs half as much as marine gas oil.
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By GlobalDataThe new product is deemed as HHI’s effort to develop new technologies to cater to the marine market’s demand for ‘eco-friendly, more efficient and smarter ships.’
The first set of the equipment will be incorporated in a 20,600m³ LPG carrier which is being constructed at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a shipbuilding affiliate of HHI.
The company has managed a delivery order of five HP SCR systems and has set an annual order target of more than 100 units by 2018.
Last month HHI announced plans to build a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) to Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) class.
Image: HHI develops its first HP SCR system. Photo: courtesy of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
