Alfa Laval to test new fuels for more sustainable shipping
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Alfa Laval Plans Large-Scale Tests of Methanol Bunkers in Existing Engines
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Alfa Laval Plans Large-Scale Tests of Methanol Bunkers in Unmodified Existing Engines
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Monday March 8, 2021 Engineering company
Alfa Laval plans to carry out large-scale tests of methanol as a marine fuel in existing unmodified engines. The firm will carry out the tests at the
Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in
Aalborg,
MAN Energy Solutions, it said in an emailed statement on Monday. The company plans to explore the possibility of running the centre s four-stroke, 2 MW diesel engine on methanol without modifications or another pilot fuel, it said. At present, combusting methanol requires a pilot ignition with fuel oil,