High-Efficiency Transient Plasma Ignition Technology Provides Breakthrough for Significant Cost Savings, Fuel Conservation & Emissions Reduction in Maritime Diesel Engines
Commissioned by TCC Group, a leading international seaborne trade company, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering have made exciting progress in developing a more efficient method to initiate combustion, providing a breakthrough, technological step forward in clean shipping design. The technology, Transient Plasma Ignition (TPI), would allow marine diesel ships to reduce emissions, increase fuel economy and meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) stringent emissions mandate with minimal modifications.
“We are thrilled to approach the cusp of a true clean shipping solution, especially on the heels of the recent United Nations Climate Summit,” said Kenneth Koo, TCC Group chairman. “This epic endeavor strives to achieve reduction in harmful emissions and significant fuel consumption savings without additional investments into peripheral hardware such as scrubbers, chillers, hull coatings or fundamental modifications to the hull. It will be an immense boon for the shipping industry.”
TPI facilitates combustion by using energetic electrons that break the molecular bonds in fuel and air creating an alternate chemistry. This new environment allows for a more complete combustion, minimizing the amount of remaining unburned hydrocarbons, which translates to significant fuel savings and reduced emissions.
TPI – Reversing Efficiency Losses, Recovering Energy & Reducing Emissions
The technology aims to reduce vessel fuel consumption by three percent, which could equal fuel savings up to $5,000 per day, and a reduction in the emission of air-borne pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur oxides (SOx) both through its radical chemistry and improved efficiency.
This is especially important since the IMO has officially designated waters off North American coasts as an Emission Control Area (ECA), where any ships navigating in the ECA must comply with stringent emission standards. When traversing waters within the ECA, levels of NOx emissions must be reduced to 1.96 or 3.4 percent (depending on engine speed) by 2016. TPI can help ship engines meet these NOx level requirements. In addition, TPI can indirectly reduce the emissions of SOx by raising fuel efficiency, which will help vessels operating in the ECA meet the 0.1 percent SOx emissions level.
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