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Mitsubishi Complete Environment Focused Testing Facility
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced today the completion of a marine diesel engine testing facility for full-scale, low-speed, 2-stroke engines at the company's Kobe Shipyard and Machinery Works in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
"The facility will be used for testing of various technologies to respond to stringent environmental regulations that are expected to be applied to the shipping industry in the future," a company press release said.
"The testing machine will be used for verification of various technologies to comply with NOx (nitrogen oxide) emission regulations Tier III of IMO (International Maritime Organization), which will apply to the engine of ships to be newly built after 2016, requiring the reduction of NOx emission by 80%," it added.
MHI said the facility will allow it to accelerate its development of technologies for energy-saving operations, which it saw an increasing need for.
The company said it is also promoting a package of solutions called Project MEET (Mitsubishi Marine Energy & Environmental Technical Solution System) and the facility will be used to carry out the verification of a waste heat recovery system, which is one of the "pillars" of the initiative.
The facility, known as 4UE-X3, will also be used to test its UEC-LSGi dual-fuel heavy oil and natural gas engine which is currently under development.
Adjoining the testing facility is a training facility where disassembly and maintenance of a diesel engine's major components can be carried out, which will be used to provide operation and maintenance training to customers.
