Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2025
Ammonia dual-fuel engines available from June
Winterthur-based marine engine firm, WinGD, is close to completing final tests on its ammonia dual-fuel engines and the first units are scheduled to be delivered from June this year. The company has disclosed that latest tests of its X-DF-A technology have confirmed that key parameters have fallen entirely in line with its expectations. A 52-bore single-cylinder unit is still undergoing tests at the company’s Engine and Research Innovation Centre (ERIC) in Winterthur. This will allow rapid validation of the ammonia combustion system, the company said, and follows earlier combustion tests and validated systems on dedicated test rigs....