The EU recently adopted rules requiring limits to carbon emissions and type-approval of internal combustion engines for Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Directive 97/68/EC, 01/2017).
This set more stringent limits for emissions from inland waterway (IW) vessels. There is an urgent need for emission reduction due to stronger environmental standards aims. Replacing NWE’s ageing fleet with RIVER technology offers the potential for emission reduction. The objective of RIVER is to reduce or eliminate the pollutants from the polluting engines. It is expected that 6600 engines on existing vessels will need to be replaced in 2018-50 and 2400 new vessels will come into operation.
RIVER aims to address these issues and to apply an Oxy-fuel combustion technology for Diesel engines that eliminates NOx (part of the GHG), and to capture, store all CO2 emissions and reduces fuel consumption by up to 15%. The project includes 9 partners from 5 MS and 5 associated.
Partners experienced in CSS, Oxyfuel engine, treatment of CO2, Engine’s control and IWT. Partners will use the research into engine control from the Interreg 2 Seas project SCODECE and results on IWT from PROMINENT EU project to support their work in RIVER. This technology will then be tested, demonstrated and embedded on an existing vessel operating in the UK. A small-scale lab transforming CO2 into bio-solvent will be implemented and a feasibility study for a large vessel will be carried out during the project.
At the end of the project, NOX of the equipped vessel will be reduced at 194 kg, 24 t/year CO2 will be avoided and the consumption reduced by 1500 l/year. After ten years, a European campaign through the network linked to this technology involving IW Operators, National authorities and Engine manufacturers will ensure that hundreds of boat retrofits will be achieved. The retrofit of 300 medium size boats expected resulting in the reduction of 21000 t/year CO2 generating few hundred (in)direct jobs.
University Square Luton
Luton
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United Kingdom
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Rotterdam
63140
Netherlands
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Kopstal
8190
Luxembourg
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Milton Keynes
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United Kingdom
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France
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France
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Friedrichshafen
88045
Germany
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Duisburg
D-47057
Germany
13 rue de Toul
Lille
59046
France
Lead partner
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YNCREA Hauts de France |
13 rue de Toul Lille 59046 France |
abdel.aitouche@yncrea.fr | www.yncrea-hautsdefrance.fr |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bedfordshire | Jun Peng | Pengzhijun@yahoo.com | United Kingdom |
| Stichting STC group | Omrine Wilson | O.I.Wilson@stc-r.nl | Netherlands |
| Cleancarb | Peter Dooley | pdooley@pt.lu | Luxembourg |
| Canal & River Trust | Chris Barnett | chris.barnett@canalrivertrust.org.uk | United Kingdom |
| Université de Picardie Jules Verne | Ahmed El Hajjaji | hajjaji@u-piardie.fr | France |
| Centre de Conseil et d’Innovation en Logistique-Transport &Logistique | Robin Poté | robin.pote@critt-tl.fr | France |
| ECE Engine Control Electronics GmbH | Uwe Bernheiden | uwe.bernheiden@e-c-e.eu | Germany |
| DST Entwicklungszentrum für Schiffstechnik und Transportsysteme e.V. | Berthold Holtmann | holtmann@dst-org.de | Germany |
An article published in "Techniques de l'ingénieur" about RIVER technologies (in French). Read More
CARBON CAPTURE AND USAGE (CCU): CONVERTING WASTE CO2 INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS Seeking out profitable pathways to high-value added chemicals and materials made from the unwanted gas Discover how it works! By the Laboratory of Sustainable Chemistry and Health, Yncréa Hauts-de-France Read More
"After treatment" will enable the vessels having zero CO2 emissions. Separating CO2 from the engine exhaust gases. Compressing the CO2 to a liquid-like state. The liquid-like CO2 can be stored and transported to a suitable storage site. Read More
The main purpose for using oxy-fuel combustion is to generate flue gas with very high concentrations of CO2 and water vapour, making it possible to separate or capture the CO2 from the flue gas inexpensively. Read More
Video on capture and transformation of CO2 from fumes to produce molecules with high added value by Dr. Alina GHINET, presentation made during the Rev3 Energy Day forum. Laboratory: Laboratoire de Chimie Durable et Santé - Junia Read More
Installation and Integration of an Oxyfuel Combustion Engine System with CO2 Capture and Storage Facilities on a Ship by Jens Ley and Klaus Bieker Read More
OXYGEN PRODUCTION ON THE CRT NARROWBOAT IN RIVER By Peter Dooley, Cleancarb sarl Luxembourg and Boualem Bakir , Yncrea Read More
Investigation of Oxyfuel Combustion on Engine Performance and Emissions in a DI Diesel Engine By Raouf Mobasheri & Abdel Aitouche & Boualem Bakir, Department of Energies, Electricity and Automatic, CRIStAl-HEI – Yncréa HdF, Using oxyfuel combustion enables the increasingly expensive and complicated NOx after-treatment systems to be completely eliminated. It also offers good fuel economy and very low levels of particulate emissions. However, using pure oxygen instead of air, will accelerate the combustion process. With the heat release rate dramatically increased, it takes much shorter time to complete the entire heat release process. With such a high heat release rate, the flame temperature is expected to increase by around 500-800K. This necessitate a set of countermeasures to avoid overheating problems. Read More
CARBON CAPTURE AND USAGE (CCU): CONVERTING WASTE CO2 INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS Seeking out profitable pathways to high-value added chemicals and materials made from the unwanted gas By the Laboratory of Sustainable Chemistry and Health, Yncréa Hauts-de-France: Alina GHINET, Adrian NICA & Germain HOMERIN Read More
