MAN Power Options has introduced a partnership with business leaders and analysis institutes that can develop engine ideas for hydrogen-fueled, medium-speed engines within the maritime sector.
Dubbed ‘HydroPoLEn’, the undertaking is supported and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Financial Affairs and Local weather Motion. It goals to remodel propulsion programs inside transport and develop key applied sciences comparable to injection, ignition and superior tribological programs, whereas a part of its remit can be to develop an idea for the combination of energy unit and gasoline storage as a single system.
In addition to challenges associated to the combustion course of, the undertaking may also deal with engine effectivity, questions of safety and the principle steps regarding the integration of the know-how in ships. Such integration is meant to boost the effectivity, efficiency, and sturdiness of a hydrogen-fueled engine, paving the way in which for sustainable propulsion within the maritime sector.
Alexander Knafl, Head of 4-Stroke R&D, MAN Power Options, mentioned: “Hydrogen performs a key position in MAN Power Options’ technique and is the bottom for carbon-free fuels comparable to hydrogen itself and ammonia, in addition to artificial carbon-neutral fuels like methane and methanol. Together with this, our product portfolio includes electrolyzers – via our subsidiary, H-TEC SYSTEMS – for the manufacturing of hydrogen based mostly on inexperienced vitality. We have already got a number of merchandise and key applied sciences for carbon seize storage, for instance for blue-hydrogen manufacturing and for the manufacturing of methanol, artificial methane and ammonia. Moreover, in our engine portfolio, hydrogen performs a significant position. After the discharge of our 25% hydrogen engines in 2021, a pure-hydrogen engine is the subsequent logical step for us.”
Christian Kunkel, Head of Combustion Growth, 4-Stroke R&D, MAN Power Options, mentioned: “Hydrogen and ammonia are by far the 2 most promising carbon-free fuels with the benefit that their combustion produces completely no CO2 emissions. Hydrogen will be produced off a base of inexperienced vitality and electrolysis – inexperienced hydrogen – or based mostly off pure gasoline and carbon seize storage, referred to as blue hydrogen; each manufacturing strategies are climate-neutral. In the long term, we’re satisfied that inexperienced hydrogen would be the most cost-effective technique to produce hydrogen. Within the meantime, when the infrastructure and manufacturing capability for inexperienced hydrogen are established, we’ll want a mixture of inexperienced and blue hydrogen to decarbonize business. As such, I’m very glad to see the HydroPoLEn undertaking began; the outcomes I’ve seen to this point and the collaboration with the companions look very promising.”
HydroPoLEn brings collectively the collective experience and sources of business leaders from the cruise sector (Carnival Maritime GmbH) and marine propulsion (MAN Power Options SE), together with famend analysis institutes specializing in pioneering inexperienced vitality options (WTZ Roßlau gGmbH, NMA TUM) and a key-component provider (Tenneco Inc.). The partnership intends to foster innovation, information trade, and multidisciplinary analysis guaranteeing the event of a strong idea fulfilling the important thing shopping for standards.
The hydrogen-fueled, medium-speed engine idea developed via this collaboration will considerably cut back greenhouse gasoline emissions and contribute to the maritime sector’s defossilization efforts. By selling a sustainable future for transport, the undertaking aligns with world objectives for carbon discount and clean-energy adoption.
