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ETI Eyes 8% Bunker Savings Through New Waste Heat Recovery Project
The Energy Technologies Institute LLP (ETI) today announced that it has launched a new project intended to develop and demonstrate a Waste Heat Recovery System for ships that could deliver fuel efficiency savings of at least 8 percent.
Led by Avid Technology, the £3.6 million ($4.38 million) project will also involve RED Marine Limited, Royston Power, and Enogia S.A.S. (Enogia), and will see the project partners work together to develop a cost-effective waste heat recovery system for use across all ship types.
"Unlike other forms of transport, the marine industry has yet to establish a credible alternative to fossil fuels so the immediate priority is to achieve substantial carbon dioxide reductions by reducing fuel consumption," said Ryan Maughan, founder and managing director of AVID Technology.
"The technology solution we are targeting with our partners is based on improving fuel efficiency by recovering heat energy from the exhaust stream therefore reducing the electrical load provided by the ship’s generators and by lowering the temperature of the exhaust gas by converting heat to electricity."
The 26-month project is expected to see a waste heat recovery system installed on an offshore support vessel (OSV) by end of 2018 and followed by six months of testing.
ETI notes that the technology developed under the project should be capable of use across a range of marine vessel types, including chemical tankers, general cargo vessels, container feeders, OSVs, and Ro-Pax ships.
As Ship & Bunker previously reported, in a report released in January that examined affordable measures and technologies for reducing bunker consumption and associated carbon emissions in shipping, ETI suggested that innovative technologies could provide a 30 percent reduction in fleet fuel consumption.
"It is important that we now develop and demonstrate this technology to provide confidence to shipping owners and operators that it can deliver tangible efficiencies and savings under real world conditions," said Paul Trinick, the Project Manager at ETI.
