An EU project has developed technologies to take on the twin challenges of reducing the fuel consumed and CO2 emitted by marine diesel engines. Although shipping is considered the most environmentally friendly form of transportation, the air emissions from ships’ exhausts still worry environmentalists and marine engineers alike. Professor Nikolaos Kyrtatos, the coordinator of a €33 million HERCULES High Efficiency Research & Development on Combustion with Ultra Low Emissions for Ships) project, is one of those troubled by these emissions. The project’s goal is to research and develop new technologies to drastically reduce gaseous and particulate emissions from marine engines, while simultaneously reducing fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and engine life-cycle costs.
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