Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2018
SOx abatement system launched
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co, Ltd and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd (MHPS) have jointly launched the SOx abatement system, Active Funnel. It is a funnel which contains an optimally shaped exhaust gas scrubbing structure which reduces sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the exhaust gas of 3.5%-sulphur-content fuels to that of 0.1%-sulphur-content fuels, thus more than complying with the SOx emissions regulations coming into effect globally as of January 1st 2020. The SOx abatement system was developed by combining MHPS’ comprehensive exhaust gas treatment technologies cultivated through providing desulphurisation systems for thermal power plants with Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s marine engineering expertise which has been developed through its long shipbuilding experience....