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MAN introduces new dual-fuel four-stroke marine engine
9 September 2012
MAN Diesel & Turbo introduced the L35/44DF engine, the latest addition to its four-stroke portfolio. The new marine engine offers dual diesel fuel-gas operation and can also be introduced as a retrofit to engines already in service. The first prototype entered its test phase at the beginning of the second quarter 2012 at MAN Diesel & Turbo’s Augsburg facility.
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| The L35/44DF engine exhibited at SMM (Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology) trade fair in Hamburg in September. Click to enlarge. |
A V-type engine version is being developed simultaneously that will enlarge the power-output range of the company’s dual-fuel engine portfolio as part of MAN Diesel & Turbo’s market strategy.
The company is introducing the L35/44DF engine at a time where separate emissions legislation for harbors is set to come into play, in addition to the upcoming IMO Tier III emission regulations for marine applications. Accordingly, MAN Diesel & Turbo views the introduction of another engine that offers the option of operation on gaseous fuels as timely.
With the L35/44DF engine, MAN Diesel & Turbo is continuing the expansion of its product program with a dual-fuel engine based on common rail technology. MAN Diesel & Turbo’s development objective with the new engine was to produce a high efficiency/ high specific power output unit that complied with IMO Tier II emission limits in diesel mode and IMO Tier III limits in gas operation.
A high degree of fuel flexibility (HFO, MDO, MGO and natural gas) was another primary objective. With an output of 530 kW/cylinder (711 hp) , the inline 35/44DF is available in 6 – 10 cylinder configurations, equivalent to total power outputs from 3.2 MW to 5.3 MW. This represents the highest power output available in the segment and complements that offered by the larger L51/60DF type.
The L35/44 engine has also been specifically developed for the retrofit of 32/44CR-T2 engines where it can take advantage of a high level of component synergies and the same crankcase, which can be re-machined on board. Subsequent engine operation is mainly intended for gas mode with a separate pilot ignition system—based on proven technology widely employed by the truck industry—that is independent of the primary, common rail injection system. However, the common rail system is retained and fully functional as a back-up system in the event of any problem while operating in gas mode.
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Compressed natural gas or cold liquid natural gas is a very good and easy to use supplement fuel for diesel engines. And we can impoverish further the poor by making it out of maize or other foods. ..HG..
Posted by: Henry Gibson | September 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM
What is needed is 14 one billion dollar plants. France could have bought and installed several CANDU reactors from Canada in far less time than it will take to build the Flamanville unit for the same total power and far greater reliability. CANDU reactors can use a mixture of Transuranic wastes an thorium and eliminate such wastes including the mixtures of plutonium isotopes from old reactor fuel. ..HG..
Posted by: Henry Gibson | September 10, 2012 at 11:25 PM