Feasibility Analysis of the Effects of Scrubber Installation on Ships

Çağlar Karatuğ; Yasin Arslanoğlu; C. Guedes Soares

doi:10.3390/jmse10121838

Feasibility Analysis of the Effects of Scrubber Installation on Ships

Çağlar Karatuğ, Yasin Arslanoğlu, C. Guedes Soares^*

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University of Lisbon

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Abstract

A feasibility analysis was conducted on a crude oil tanker. Differences in power generation and fuel consumption of the diesel generators based on the noon report of the specified marine vessel were analyzed for similar periods before and after the scrubber application. Accordingly, the changes in releasing amounts of emissions were calculated. Then, a financial evaluation was realized with three economic indicators. As a result of the analysis performed, it is found that the power generation and fuel consumption realized by each diesel generator are increased after scrubber application. Nevertheless, its implementation on board may be considered acceptable in light of the economic findings. However, it has been determined that scrubber implementation causes an increase in all pollutants’ amounts except SO_X. Therefore, it contradicts the zero-emission ship target and decarbonization strategy stated by IMO.

Original language	English
Article number	1838
Journal	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Volume	10
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10121838
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

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This work contributes to the Strategic Research Plan of the Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), which is financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia—FCT) under contract UIDB/UIDP/00134/2020. This work was supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey BIDEB 2214-A International Doctoral Research Fellowship Programme (Grant no.: 1059B142100431) and the Research Fund of the Istanbul Technical University (Project No.: 43048).

Funders	Funder number
Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia	UIDB/UIDP/00134/2020
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu	1059B142100431
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	43048

Keywords

emission
feasibility analysis
maritime transportation
scrubber
ship

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