Research on Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS) used in shipping industry for reducing SOx emissions

Abstract

Nowadays maritime transportation develops environmental pollution issues. On 1st of January 2020 “International Maritime Organization (IMO)” give a new amendment which limits the sulphur content in the fuel oil used on board ships operating outside designated emissions control area (ECA) to 0.50% m/m – a significant reduction from previous limit of 3.5 %. In ECA the sulphur content in the fuel must be maximum 0.10% m/m. In order to comply with the new regulation maritime industry has to search for new methods of reducing the SOx emissions. This article major points are: environmental pollution due to maritime transportation nowadays; methods for shipping industry to comply with IMO 2020 amendment; the use of an EGCS (Exhaust Gas Cleaning System) in order to reduce the output of SOx; discharge washwater chemistry; titration curve and dilution requirement; use CFD modeling in order to determine the expected flow and mixing profiles for the discharge washwater of an acidic effluent waste stream from ship into the ocean; comparison between the manufacturer system specification and the CFD modeling results; conclusions.