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Martynas Drazdauskas and Sergejus Lebedevas
The capability of operational marine diesel engines to adapt to renewable and low-carbon fuels is considered one of the most influential methods for decarbonizing maritime transport. In the medium and long term, ammonia is positively valued among renewab...
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Alireza Kakoee, Jacek Hunicz and Maciej Mikulski
This paper presents a comprehensive investigation into the design of a methane oxidation catalyst aftertreatment system specifically tailored for the Wärtsilä W31DF natural gas engine which has been converted to a reactivity-controlled compression igniti...
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Sergejus Lebedevas and Edmonas Mila?ius
The decarbonization of maritime transport has become a crucial strategy for the adoption of renewable low-carbon fuels (LCFs) (MARPOL 73/78 (Annex VI) and COM (2021) 562-final 2021/0210 (COD)). In 2018, 98% of operated marine diesel engines ran on fossil...
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Seda Sahin and Ayse Torun
This study was primarily conducted to investigate the potential use of pumpkin seed oil in biodiesel production. Initially, the fatty acid composition of oils extracted from discarded pumpkin seeds was determined. Then, biodiesel produced from discarded ...
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Xinglin Yang, Junhu Zou, Qiang Lei, Xiaohui Lu and Zhenzhen Chen
Given the significant emissions from conventional marine diesel engines, many ship owners are increasingly turning to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a cleaner energy alternative. In this study, a novel power generation system is proposed for LNG-fueled s...
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Zan Huang, Zhaochun Lyu, Peifang Luo, Guoqing Zhang, Wenxuan Ying, Aiguo Chen and Hua Xiao
Sustainable ammonia is one of the leading candidates in the search for alternative clean fuels for marine applications. This paper aims to build a simulation model of a six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine to investigate the effects of increasing the ...
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Ioannis Kolias, Nikolaos Aretakis, Alexios Alexiou and Konstantinos Mathioudakis
Disks in gas turbines are optimized for minimum weight, while satisfying both geometry and stress constraints, in order to minimize the engine production, operation, and maintenance costs. In the present paper, a tool is described for the preliminary mec...
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Simon Pramstrahler, Andreas Peters, Mikel Lucas García De Albéniz, Peter Adrian Leitl, Franz Heitmeir and Andreas Marn
A turbine vane frame is a special type of intermediate turbine duct, and is one option to improve the efficiency and reduce the length and weight of an aero-engine. However, due to its geometry, it features a complex flow field, and therefore in-depth ae...
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Dongsuk Kim, Majid Asli and Klaus Höschler
As the issue of pollutant emissions from aviation propulsion escalates, research into alternative powertrains is gaining momentum. Two promising technologies are the Hybrid Electric Propulsion System (HEPS) and Pressure Gain Combustion (PGC). HEPS is exp...
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Long Lyu, Ankang Kan, Wu Chen, Yuan Zhang and Bingchun Fu
Recovering the waste heat of a marine main engine (M/E) to generate electricity was an environmental way to minimize the carbon dioxide emissions for ships, especially with organic Rankine cycle (ORC) technology. The M/E had variable loads and operating ...
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