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Introduction
Lately, the maritime sector has been investing heavily in R & D to cut down harmful emissions from the ship, along with reducing fuel consumption and operating cost. Maritime market has seen several developments in the past mainly for developing waste energy recovery systems such as economiser, turbocharger etc. A marine technology innovation has taken the research to all new level and to a step ahead. It is called the Hybrid Turbocharger
Basic Principle
Hybrid turbocharger is developed by Mitsubishi heavy industries and it differs from conventional turbochargers in terms of both waste recovery and fuel saving. Exhaust gas energy is recovered to turn the compressor, which supplies scavenge air to the main engine and also generates electricity through an alternator attachment incorporated in the turbocharger known as MET hybrid turbocharger. The turbine and compressor does the heat energy recovery work and the alternator is used to generate electrical power without consuming any extra fuel as it is driven by the shaft power of the turbocharger.
At 9500 KW, the hybrid system can generate about 756 KW which is enough to take up full sea load of a normal size merchant vessel.
Advantages
With only little increase in the dimensions, enough power can be generated from main engine operation. Fuel saving as the heat recovery system is used for driving the alternator. The generator can function as motor at low load operation to drive blower for maintaining scavenge air pressure of the main engine. Eliminate the installation of auxiliary blower for main engine. As no extra fuel is used, it helps in emission cut down from ship.
Application
MV Shin Koho, a 292 m long 180,000 dwt bulk carrier with a draft of 24.5m is the worlds first merchant vessel to successfully equipped with the hybrid turbocharger technology.