Ship&Offshore | Issue 02/2014
Integration and operation of a dry scrubber system on a ConRo vessel
IMO SULPHUR LIMITS The new ConRo vessel Oceanex Connaigra, built by Germany’s Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), is the first ship to receive a full-size DryEGCS® scrubbing system. The system enables compliance with ECA (emission control area) sulphur limits taking effect in 2015 without the use of expensive, low-sulphur fuel. Four diesel engines were equipped with scrubbers, and a supply system for granular lime was installed. Initial operation showed easy handling but a need for further adjustment of the system, as described by Christoph Schladör, project engineer in FSG’s Machinery and Systems department.