First order for new MAN TCS-PTGs
MARITIME INDUSTRY: MAN Diesel & Turbo has won a firm order from China's Samjin Shipbuilding for a pair of Turbo Compound Systems, including a Power Turbine and Generator.
The TCS-PTGs will be installed on two 4,700 teu container vessels currently being built by Samjin. The vessels, which are powered by individual MAN B&W 6S80ME-C9.2 low-speed engines, will be operated by German ship owner Reederei Horst Zeppenfeld. According to the company, the order also includes an option for two extra vessels.
The company said that along with the 2 + 2 × TCS-PTG20s, it will also supply 2 + 2 × TCA88 turbochargers for €4m. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled to start by the end of 2012.
The order represents the first such instance for a marine application for MAN Diesel & Turbo's new generation of TCS-PTGs after previous applications at stationary power plants in London and Panama.
The installation of TCS-PTG units will help Zeppenfeld save fuel and also reduce the operating costs of their gensets.
The company said that in many cases, the installation of a TCS-PTG unit also allows the user to minimise the installed genset power output and reduce corresponding investment costs.
The TCS-PTG recovers up to 5% of the energy from a main-engine's exhaust gases and as an alternative, the company offers an STG (steam turbine and generator) system that recovers energy from an exhaust-gas steam boiler.
The company also offers a solution in the form of the MARC_HRSTM system, which is a combination of the STG and TCS-PTG that recovers up to 10% of the energy from a main-engine's waste heat.
Source: MAN Diesel & Turbo / maritimedanmark.dk
