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About us VTS provides First-Class Engineering Services to the Maritime Industry, with particular focus to the Offshore market. Operational Office Via Fausto Coppi, 11 80010 Quarto Napoli, Italy Branch C.da Cembrina (Zona Industriale) 85059 Viggiano Potenza, Italy
Where we operate Italy Spain United Arab Emirates Hamburg Cape Town Rotterdam Ningbo City, China Offshore Congo Offshore Mozambico Offshore Indonesia Offshore Egypt Offshore Nigeria Offshore Norway Offshore Saudi Arabia Offshore Angola Offshore Singapore Offshore Cuba Offshore Persian Gulf Offshore Gulf of Mexico
Where we operate Off-shore On-shore Oil & Gas
Our main customer
What we do Maintenance and overhaul of engines Diesel Engines Turbochargers Fuel injection Deck equipment Spare parts Emergency repair Offshore maintenance Offshore construction Yard supervisor R&D activities Retrofitting Design
What we do Turbochargers Pumps Valves Diesel Engines Turbochargers Fuel injection Deck equipment Spare parts Emergency repair Offshore maintenance Offshore construction Yard supervisor R&D activities Retrofitting Design
What we do Deck equipment Diesel Engines Turbochargers Fuel injection Deck equipment Spare parts Emergency repair Offshore maintenance Offshore construction Yard supervisor R&D activities Retrofitting Design
What we do Mounting of a monitoring system on the bulk carrier AM Annaba to measure the SO 2 /CO 2 concentrations and the ship consumptions (fuel and oil). The data are sent by satellite and elaborated to provide online info Design of the a new engine cooling loop for a drilling unit
R&D activities
DEECON: Innovative After-Treatment System for Marine Diesel Engine Emission Control
The DEECON Project 7 th European Framework Programme Cooperation, Transport Project ABSTRACT The aim of this project is to create a new, modular, on-board, after-treatment unit that combines different sub-units, each of which is optimized to remove a specific primary pollutant (SOx, NOx, PM and VOC ) and is designed to allow an easy and fast retrofit of existing ships but also can be fitted to new ships of the future. The main goal of this new integrated system is the reduction of the environmental footprint of ships through the achievement of a state-of-the-art removal of the target pollutants aimed to reduce their emission factor well below the limits imposed by the current and future regulation. The technology developed within DEECON aims at the: Reduction of NOx > 98% Reduction of PM 90% in number; > 99% in weight Reduction of HC > 80% Reduction of CO > 80% Reduction of SOx > 98% www.deecon.eu
The DEECON approach Particulate matter removal: WET ELECTROSTATIC SCRUBBER, WES: Advanced technology for submicronic particle capture and SOx absorption SOx removal SEA WATER SCRUBBER, SWS: SOx, soluble VOC absorption NOx removal HYBRID NON-THERMAL PLASMA TECHNOLOGY (EB+MW NTPR) + State-of-the-art SCR VOC and CO removal HYBRID NON-THERMAL PLASMA TECHNOLOGY (EB+MW NTPR) ELECTROSTATIC SEAWATER SCRUBBER, ESWS WASHWATER TREATMENT WWT
DEECON retrofit system concept Synergic integration Units developed by VTS and UNINA NTPR ESWS Non Thermal Plasma Reactor Radical oxidation promoted by microwaves and electron beams at low temperatures: NOx conversion to NO 2 NO - 3 salts SO 2 conversion to SO 3 SO - 4 salts VOC conversion to oxodised VOC (Ox-VOC), CO, CO 2 PM oxidation? PM formation? WWT Electrostatic Sea Water Scrabber Improved absorption of sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the more soluble forms of NO 2, SO 3, sulphate or nitrate salts. Oxidised VOC are more soluble than VOCs. Wash Water Treatment
Electrostatic Seawater Scrubber: operating principle Conventional wet scrubber Water Electrostatic Seawater Scrubber (open or closed loop) Water Electrified water spray Gas - + Particle charging unit (optional) Scrubbers Gas
The Electrostatic Sea Water Scrubber Lab Scale Unit Lab scale ESWS built in the VTS workshop
The Electrostatic Sea Water Scrubber Pilot Scale Unit Pilot scale ESWS Open day presentation 27-28/08/2014. Partecipating companies: ABS Ardmore Shipping BP Marine Bureau Veritis Carnival Cruise Lines CMA CGM Group DNV Petroleum Services Editor World Bunkering Exxon Mobil Gulf Oil Marine NTPR HIS Refinery Consultancy Lloyds List LRS MAN Marship UK MCA Motorship Oceanic Estates P&O Ferries Petromedia Petrospot Red Funnel UK Chamber of Shipping Wartsila Diesel
DEECON Approach Some Experimental results on the ESWS unit: SO 2 capture 100 SO2 abatement efficiency [%] 80 60 40 20 tap water sea water 0 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 Liquid flow rate [L/h]
Some Experimental results on the ESWS unit: PM capture TSI 3910 TSI 3340 Water-to-gas mass ratio: ~10 kg/kg Uncharged water droplet Uncharged particles Total abatement 5%
Some Experimental results on the ESWS unit: PM capture TSI 3910 TSI 3340 Water-to-gas mass ratio: ~1.2 kg/kg Charged water droplet Uncharged particles Total abatement 35%
dn/dlogd Some Experimental results on the ESWS unit: PM capture 10 11 dn/dlogd 10 10 TSI 3910 TSI 3340 10 10 10 100 1000 Particle size - [nm] 100.00 Initial Distrib. Final Distrib. Initial Distrib. Final Distrib. 10 9 100.00 100 1000 Particle size - [nm] dm/dlogd - [mg/m 3 ] 10.00 1.00 0.10 dm/dlogd - [mg/m 3 ] 10.00 1.00 0.10 0.01 10 100 1000 Particle size - [nm] 0.01 100 1000 Particle size - [nm] Water-to-gas mass ratio: ~1.2 kg/kg Charged water droplet Charged particles Total abatement 93% Abatment effic. - [%] 100 TSI 3340 TSI 3910 80 60 40 20 0 10 100 1000 Particle size - [nm]
The Electrostatic Seawater Scrubber Unit (ESWS)
Industrial scale ESWS
Industrial scale ESWS Thanks to the experience acquired within the DEECON project, VTS and UNINA is working on the design of an industrial ESWS to operate on a 2MW naval engine. Project title: RAIN - Rimozione Avanzata di Inquinanti emessi da motori diesel Navali. Funds requested : 923,521 The unit is under patenting Specifications: Flue gas cooling Flue gas charging Water droplet charging Soluble gas removing Fine particle capture Open or closed loop Industrial ESWS Industrial Droplet Charging Unit
Our main publications 1. CAPTURE OF FINE AND ULTRAFINE PARTICLES IN A WET ELECTROSTATIC SCRUBBER, C. Carotenuto, F. Di Natale, L. D'Addio, A. Jaworek, A. Krupa, M. Szudyga, A. Lancia, Submitted to: JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS ON THE CAPTURE OF SUBMICRON PARTICLES (PM0.5) BY WET ELECTROSTATIC SCRUBBING, L. D'Addio, C.Carotenuto, W. Balachandran, A. Lancia, F. Di Natale, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 106 (2014) 222 230 3. ABATEMENT OF ULTRAFINE PARTICLES AND ACID GASES BY ELECTROSTATIC SEAWATER SCRUBBING, C. Carotenuto, F. Di Natale, L. D Addio, A. Lancia, A. Jaworek, A. Krupa, M. Szudyga, D. Gregory, M. Jackson, P. Volpe, S. Cimmino, L. Lisi, A. Charchalis, R. Beleca, N. Mannivannan, M. Abbod and W. Balachandran, JOINT OF THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN SECTION OF THE IFRF AND THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE PISA - APRIL 2014 4. TECHNICAL ISSUES OF PM REMOVAL FROM SHIP DIESEL ENGINES Jaworek, M. Szudyg, A. Krup, T. Czech A. T. Sobczyk, A. Marchewicz, T. Antes, W. Balachandran, R. Beleca, F. Di Natale, A. Lancia, C. Carotenuto, L. D'Addio, D. Gregory, M. Jackson, S. Kozak, L. Volpe, A. Charchalis, TRANSPORT RESEARCH ARENA 2014, PARIS 5. DIESEL NANOPARTICLES REMOVAL BY CHARGED SPRAY, A. Jaworek, M. Szudyga, A. Krupa, T. Czech, A. T. Sobczyk, A. Marchewicz, T. Antes, W. Balachandran, R. Beleca, F. Di Natale, L. D'Addio, INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS 2014, OKINAWA, JAPAN 6. MARINE EXHAUST GAS CLEANING BY CHARGED SPRAY, Marchewicz, A. Jaworek, A. Krupa, T. Czech, A. Sobczyk, M. Szudyga, T. Antes, W.Balachandran, F. Di Natale, L. D Addio, R. Beleca, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AEROSOL TECHNOLOGY, 2014, KARLSRUHE, GERMANY. 7. A LAB-SCALE SYSTEM TO STUDY SUBMICRON PARTICLES REMOVAL IN WET ELECTROSTATIC SCRUBBERS, L. D Addio, F. Di Natale C. Carotenuto, W. Balachandran, A. Lancia, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE 97(2013)176 185 8. A NEW RETROFIT SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROL OF ATMOSPHERIC EMSISSIONS OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINES, C. Carotenuto, F. Di Natale, L.D Addio, A. Lancia, M. Szudyga, A. Krupa, A. Jaworek, D. Gregory, M. Jackson, P. Volpe, S. Cimmino, L. Lisi, R.Beleca, N. Mannivannan, M. Abbod and W. Balachandran, 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ORGANIZED IN ATHENS FROM 5-7 OF SEPTEMBER 2013 9. NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR MARINE DIESEL ENGINE EMISSION CONTROL, F. Di Natale, C. Carotenuto, L. D Addio, A. Lancia, T. Antes, M. Szudyga, A. Jaworek, D. Gregory, M. Jackson, P. Volpe, R. Beleca, N. Manivannan, M. Abbod, W. Balachandran, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTION, VOL. 32, 2013 10. REMOVAL OF FINE AND ULTRAFINE COMBUSTION DERIVED PARTICLES IN A WETELECTROSTATIC SCRUBBER, L. D Addio, F. Di Natale, C. Carotenuto, G. Scoppa, V. Dessy, A. Lancia, XXXVI MEETING OF THE ITALIAN SECTION OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 2013, ISCHIA, ITALY 11. COMBUSTION OFF-GAS CLEANING BY WET ELECTROSTATIC SCRUBBING: PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS, L. D Addio, F. Di Natale, C.Carotenuto, A. Lancia, XXXIV MEETING OF THE ITALIAN SECTION OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 2011, ROME, ITALY 12. MODELLING OF THE CAPTURE OF DIESEL ENGINE EXHAUST PARTICLES IN A WET ELECTROSTATIC SCRUBBER, F. Di Natale, L. D Addio, M.Abbod, C. Carotenuto, W. Balachandran, A. Lancia, EUROPEAN COMBUSTION MEETING 2011, CARDIFF, UK
Vessel Technical Services srl Via Fausto Coppi, 11 80010 Quarto Napoli, Italy T: +39 081 876 42 76 - F: +39 081 806 30 00 Contacts Lino Volpe, Eng. Managing Director Email: lino.volpe@vtssrl.com Luca D Addio, Eng., Ph.D. TECHNICAL and R&D Responsible Email: luca.daddio@vtssrl.com