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660 Dunlap Drive

Mobile, AL 36602

Alfa Laval PureCool

Alabama Shipyard, LLC is a full service facility located just 30 miles from the Gulf of

Mexico. We provide dry-docking, pier space, and crane service for your ship repair needs. AS has completed many successful vessel repairs since the yard came under new ownership. You can trust us to complete routine repairs or emergency repairs with con? dence. Your schedule is our schedule! Many of our staff have been working in this industry for 15 years or more.

Contact: Tom Godfrey

Sales & Marketing Manager

Phone: (251) 230-6265 [email protected] www.alabamashipyard.com

Alfa Laval

Alfa Laval PureCool, part of WinGD’s iCER technology on WinGD X-DF engines.

A new system for reducing marine

E4 POWER is a full marine solution provider specialized in exhaust systems, including emissions has entered Alfa Laval’s Pure exhaust after treatment technology in conjunction with super lightweight modular

Thinking portfolio. Targeting methane exhaust pipe. Products can be offered as a stand alone or as a turn-key project with slip from LNG engines, Alfa Laval in- full engineering, 3D modeling and onsite installation. Furthermore, we offer corrosion troduced its PureCool system. More than 15 years ago, Alfa Laval intro- engineering, products and sandblasting, as well dustless sandblasting equipment. duced the Pure Thinking concept, and

Contact: Joerg Scheele, President key systems like Alfa Laval PureBal-

Phone: (754) 715-0818 last and PureSOx were introduced well e-mail: [email protected] ahead of respective regulations.

The new Alfa Laval PureCool system www.e4powerllc.com targets an unaddressed emission source: methane slip. This is the small percent- age of unburned methane that escapes through the engine when LNG is used as dressed if we are to reach a 50% reduc- change,” says Kalra. “This is why Alfa fuel. Although no regulations currently tion in marine greenhouse gas emissions Laval joined the Getting to Zero Coali- exist for it, there is growing awareness by 2050.” tion, and it is why we pursue joint proj- of methane slip’s climate impact. Realized in partnership with engine ects with suppliers and research partners “LNG is proving an important bridge developer WinGD, it is the main com- at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Center. fuel in the transition to a zero-carbon ponent of iCER technology, an option PureCool ? ts neatly alongside Alfa future,” said Søren Hjorth Krarup, Busi- for next-generation WinGD X-DF en- Laval PureBallast (ballast water treat- ness Unit President. “When combusted, gines where exhaust gas is recirculated ment), PureBilge (bilge water treat-

LNG releases less CO2 than other fossil at low pressure. With PureCool as the ment), PureNOx LS & HS (NOx abate- fuels. However, methane has a higher vital cascade exhaust gas cooling sys- ment), PureSOx (SO abatement) and global warming potential than CO2, tem, iCER slashes methane slip by up to PureVent (crankcase gas cleaning). which makes the unburned fraction a 50% ¬ while creating a 3% gain in fuel However, it is the ? rst Pure Thinking concern. Regulations may or may not ef? ciency. “Partnerships can bring the solution speci? cally for LNG and a new appear, but methane slip must be ad- dramatic results needed to ? ght climate fuel era.

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