Krystallon has developed the most efficient SO2 scrubber available in the market for marine and power plant applications. P"O’s ferry Pride of Kent installed such a unit in 2005 and has operated multiple thousands hours of uninterrupted operation, without a single incident. The guaranteed emissions reduction performance is well below that required by European marine SOx emissions legislation (2005/33/EC).
Emissions in the stack have been noted as follows:
The proposal is targeted at a single pilot unit. Krystallon installed this unit at its own cost and risk as a pilot PPC system, to prove:
Krystallon unit fitted to one of the 2.2MW engine exhausts at the PPC facility in Limnos. This was undertaken at Krystallon’s risk and cost aiming to demonstrate the outstanding environmental performance of the system.
Fitting scrubbers therefore, effectively "future proofs" the power plant from up–coming legislation on further reducing sulphur content and other legislation on PM. It also, more importantly, enables the power plant to purchase high sulphur fuel oil 3.5% S, which apparently has a dramatic positive effect on the operating and overall fuel costs.
Krystallon OEMing this technology believes that this way forward is both the best for the current power plant operation, as well as protecting itself from future more strict legislation. Also, the manufacturer stands 100% behind this technology and guarantees its performance, while has a stated policy of no harm to the environment in all its worldwide operations. This technology is backed by very extensive environmental impact assessment work undertaken over a 2 year time frame and that proves that the technology is an excellent alternative to the use of low sulphur fuel oils.
This unit is designed to treat the engine exhaust from a 2.2MW engine. The corroded silencer removed and replaced with the scrubber vessel, which acts as a very efficient silencer.
The system operates by collecting sea water from the engine cooling water system and pumping it into the scrubber system. The water would be collected from the cooling water return line, and would therefore have no effect on the operation of the engine.
The wash water would remove the SO2 plus particulates and oils from the engine exhaust and exit the bottom of the scrubber. From there it would be pumped through the Water Treatment Plant, where are removed all the particulates, oils and the miscellaneous residues obtained during scrubber chemical reactions. The cleaned wash water stream is then mixed with more water from the engine cooling system where the alkalinity increases the pH to over 6.5
The specifications for the various components in the system are as follows:
The operating targets for the subject unit, in PPC at Limnos Power Plant, are listed below. The performance is based on the engine running on 3.5% sulphur fuel and with a maximum power load of 2.2MW:
Performance Targets for installed Unit in PPC at Limnos Power Plant
The system is designed to operate on a single 2.2MW diesel engine using the available water supply for scrubber supply water and dilution of the scrubber discharge. The scrubber is designed for efficient performance with an engine operating at full load on 3.5% Sulphur fuel.
Scrubber supply pump is included which add sufficient wash water to the scrubber to ensure adsorption of the SO2 in the engine exhaust gas. After scrubbing the exhaust gas, the wash water is treated in Krystallon’s water treatment package. The scrubber supply pumps also act as a source of reaction water, which is added to the wash water. This generates clean water which will be discharged to the sea.
The Water Treatment Plant is designed to remove the suspended particles and entrained oils contained in the water wash stream, using small cyclone separators, or multiclones. The particulates that have been scrubbed out from the engine exhaust are collected in the base of the vessels and are periodically blown down to a Sludge Collection Tank. Caustic is added to maintain the pH in the tank at 7. The particulates settle out in the base of the tank, and the excess clean water is pumped out to sea. The contents in the tank will require removing once the tank starts to fill.
An important piece of the overall package is the monitoring equipment supplied for both the water outlet (to measure the cleanliness of the discharge water) and the gas emission to the atmosphere. This equipment uses the very latest in Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM) technology with very accurate measurements recorder in a supervisory computer system.
Monitored parameters on exhaust and water discharge
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