Particle- and Gaseous Emissions from an LNG Powered Ship
Journal article, 2015

Measurements of particle number and mass concentrations and number size distribution of particles from a ship running on liquefied natural gas (LNG) were made on-board a ship with dual-fuel engines installed. Today there is a large interest in LNG as a marine fuel, as a means to comply with sulfur and NOX regulations. Particles were studied in a wide size range together with measurements of other exhaust gases under different engine loads and different mixtures of LNG and marine gas oil. Results from these measurements show that emissions of particles, NOX, and CO2 are considerably lower for LNG compared to present marine fuel oils. Emitted particles were mainly of volatile character and mainly had diameters below 50 nm. Number size distribution for LNG showed a distinct peak at 9-10 nm and a part of a peak at diameter 6 nm and below. Emissions of total hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide are higher for LNG compared to present marine fuel oils, which points to the importance of considering the methane slip from combustion of LNG.

emission factor

ship emission

LNG

particle emission

gas emission

Author

Maria Anderson

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Maritime Environmental Sciences

Erik Fridell

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Maritime Environmental Sciences

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Environmental Science & Technology

0013-936X (ISSN) 1520-5851 (eISSN)

Vol. 49 20 12568-12575

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Energy

Subject Categories

Marine Engineering

DOI

10.1021/acs.est.5b02678

PubMed

26422536

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