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MAN Diesel&Turbo

Running on LNG, methanol, ethanol and LVOC

At CIMAC MAN Diesel & Turbo covered a wide competitive engine types S90ME-C9/10 and range of current topics in its presentations. Su- G95ME-C9 (with common rail being devel- sanne Kindt, Senior Manager, Design, Large oped) and the S50ME-C9.5 has been intro-

Bore, at MAN Diesel&Turbo presented the lat- duced for the small bore engines program. “It est design developments, for Tier II and mul- could be an advantage to have an EGR solu- tiple fuels. Today more than 140 MAN B&W tion on bigger bore engines (as opposed to gas engines have been ordered, for LNG and SCR). It is integrated and does not make the also for methanol, ethanol, and liquid volatile engine outline so much bigger,” Kindt said. organic compound (LVOC). New fuel injection But quickly noted, “The owners have cer- systems have been introduced, such as for tainly their own opinion about this and we are the methane GI engine running on 300 bar trying to develop both technologies to be the gas and the ethane version running on 400 best possible.” The latest technology MAN bar. EGR and SCR, both downsized for the 12V4x/60CR four-stroke diesel engine, now engines, are now standard solutions offered. being developed and targeting also cruise

New engine types have been introduced, for ships, has a shaft ef? ciency exceeding 50%. It large containerships the G90ME-C10.5 has is ? tted with two-stage turbocharging, Sebas- been launched in addition to the already very tian Kunkel said.

(Photo: Henrik Segercrantz) “Challenges keep us motivated, and they also keep us employed!”

Robert Ollus, Director,

Global Testing & Validation,

Wärtsilä Corporation ing with the gearbox suppliers and the ma-

Sebastian Kunkel, Head of Development rine industry component supplies for propul-

Projects Engineering Four-Stroke, MAN. sion and on-board power generation systems. (Photo: Henrik Segercrantz)

We offer complete generating sets based on diesel and also on gas. He described how

MTU is also working on the electri? cation of propulsion systems, developing hybrid propulsion systems for both the marine and rail industries. “What we want to achieve is a

Graphic illustration complete predeveloped system which is con- of the MAN B&W ? gurable according to the customers wishes.

S90ME-C. (Image: MAN

The customers are clearly now demanding

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