Page 66: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (May 2017)

Gas operations commence at the newly expanded

Alfa Laval Test &

Training Center in

Aalborg, Denmark.

Alfa Laval: Alfa Laval:

New Test Facilities, New Technologies

Heat transfer, separation and ? uid handling technology specialist, Alfa Laval, has expanded its Test & Training Center in Aalborg, Denmark with a new gas testing facility. At the same time it continues developing new technologies in the areas of ballast water treatment, sulfur oxide emission control, touchscreen boiler control, fuel ef? ciency automation for inert-gas systems and methanol booster systems.

BY TOM MULLIGAN *All photos courtesy of Alfa Laval lfa Laval, a global provider of world for environmental and combustion with Alfa Laval products that are in- Test & Training Center re? ects the ex- specialized products and engi- technology regardless of fuel type. stalled and integrated into large process traordinary changes we see in the marine

A A neering solutions based on the Since its inauguration in 2014, the Alfa testing lines centered around a 2 MW industry,” said Peter Lei? and, President key technologies of heat transfer, separa- Laval Test & Training Center has been marine engine. The company has now of Alfa Laval’s Marine Division. “Tight- tion and ? uid handling, has expanded its a hub of the company’s research and added a further 1100 cubic meters of test ening emissions legislation is driving

Test & Training Center in Aalborg, Den- development in exhaust gas cleaning, space to focus on combustion technolo- many customers from residual fuels to- mark with the commissioning and op- ballast water treatment, steam produc- gies for gas and other fuels including the wards LNG and other alternatives. As eration of a new gas testing facility, in- tion, fuel cleaning and other key marine installation of new burner and inert gas a comprehensive marine supplier, we creasing the company’s test space to ? ve technology areas. Its original 250 cubic systems as well as the full-scale Alfa La- must be at the cutting edge in support- times its original size and making it one meter test space is essentially a full-size val Gas Combustion Unit (GCU). ing our customers, no matter what fuel of the most advanced test centers in the machine room on land and is equipped “Our investment in the Alfa Laval they choose.” 66 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • MAY 2017

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