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ABB Flakt Refits Supply Vessel

With Emissions Reduction System

NOx • reduction = 90-98 %

HC- reduction = 80-95%

Noise- reductions 25-30 db(A)

Control+Metering system

ABB Flakfs SCR system.

Basic system configuration

NIXHAUST™ Catalytic Converter I Silencer for emissions control of marine diesel engines

ABB Flakt Marine, based in

Gothenberg, Sweden, has been com- missioned by The National Mari- time Administration of Sweden to supply Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems for one of its supply vessels, M/S ScancLia, built in the early 1980s.

Scandia is equipped with two

Hedemora main engines and four

Scania diesel auxiliary engines, with a total installed power of 3.7 MW.

ABB will supply its Nixhaust cata- lytic converter/silencer system for a multiple engine configuration with two converters serving three en- gines each. The retrofit entails the removal of two existing silencers, replacing them with catalytic con- verters with integrated silencers, as well as the conversion of a lub oil tank to a storage tank for the re- agent — urea— needed for the SCR process. The Nixhaust system has been designed to reduce the concen- trations of NOx and hydrocarbon (HC) in exhaust gas by 90 and 80 percent, respectively. A similar ABB

SCR system was installed on Swed- ish RoRo ferry Aurora in 1992, and has reportedly been in continuous and trouble-free operation for 13,000 hours, with NOx and HC reductions of 96 and 90 percent, respectively.

According to ABB, the purpose of installing the SCR system onScandia is to demonstrate the applicability of the technology on existing vessels;

SmartMATE Software For Oil Spill

Management

Seaborne Information Technolo- gies, Ltd. offers SmartMATE, soft- ware that provides emergency man- agement of oil spill incidents.

Seaborne says its software enables ships' officers to efficiently and ef- fectively carry out Oil Pollution

Emergency Plans (OPEPs) — the execution of which can suffer from inappropriate or delayed responses due to stress or lack of crew pre- paredness.

SmartMATE's features include

Situation Input — rapid input of the incident, environment and ship's status information; Action

Lists, which synthesizes a list of prioritized actions specific to the current situation; Notification, which identifies required/alternate the system has already been suc- cessfully installed on newbuildings.

The aim of the Swedish National

Maritime Administration is to en- courage the reduction of NOx and

HC from ships on dedicated trades such as ferries and RoRos, in prepa- ration for compliance with develop- ing regional emissions legislation in northern Europe.

For more information on

ABB Flakt Marine

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According to Seaborne, the sys- tem is user-friendly and requires little proficiency or computer train- ing, is structured in compliance with regulations and corporate oil pollution emergency procedures, and can even be used for simulated training exercises.

For more information on SmartMATE

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