Alfa Laval has announced that its FCM Ammonia solution is available for purchase, and the marine design will be consolidated by the end of this year with the first marine delivery expected by the end of 2025.
In a statement sent to ship.energy today (3 September), Alfa Laval said that this would be ‘in line with the timeline for the first dual-fuel ammonia marine engines’.
The Alfa Laval FCM Ammonia solution includes a fuel supply system (FSS) as the primary solution for feeding the fuel to the engine. This base system is integrated with fuel valve train (FVT) for isolating the engine from upstream systems and vent treatment system (VTS) for ensuring a controlled vent release into the atmosphere. The dedicated automation system of FCM Ammonia regulates all critical functions of FSS, FVT and VTS.
Alfa Laval also used today’s statement to give an update on its other initiatives focused on supporting the shipping’s industry take-up of ammonia as a marine fuel. These include an ammonia dual-fuel boiler design concept which Alfa Laval said is currently ‘under development, in collaboration with partners’, and an ammonia-fuelled MR tanker design which it is developing with WinGD, ABS and K Shipbuilding. The initial project scope included designing the new Alfa Laval FCM Ammonia system for these vessels, the company reported, and recently the scope has been expanded to incorporate the ammonia dual-fuel boiler system design.
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