Ceramic Membrane Scrubber First at Cosco Shipyard

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday April 29, 2016

Ionada Corporation (Ionada) this week says it has completed the installation of the world's first scrubber that uses ceramic membrane technology.

The SOx removal system, which will be used for Emissions Control Area (ECA) compliance, was installed on MG Management SAS (MG Management) RO-RO carrier, NOLHANAVA, at COSCO Nantong Shipyards (Cosco Shipyards) in Nantong China.

Where traditional scrubber systems spray sea water or sodium hydroxide into the exhaust path, and thus create wash water, the membrane system does not create such discharge - something Ionada says has both environmental and energy efficiency benefits. 

"We look forward to completing the commissioning of the Membrane Scrubber during the next few weeks and publishing the test results," said Edoardo Panziera, Ionada CEO.

Cosco Shipyard says it has a cooperation agreement with Jiangsu Ionada Environmental Protection Technology Co., LTD, which gives the shipyard the priority right to use the scrubber technology.

"With the introduction of Ionada's Membrane Scrubber, shipowners can achieve the benefits of fuel cost savings while meeting ECA requirements, with the added assurance of no environmental challenges to overboard discharge as well as simplified retrofit installation," stated Ionada.

In August, Ionada announced that it had won the contract to supply its Membrane Scrubber exhaust gas cleaning system to NOLHANAVA, marking Ionada's first such commercial order.