Hamworthy Krystallon is leading the way in monitoring and managing emissions to provide ship owners with the tools to ensure compliance with ever tightening air quality regulations.
The Hamworthy Krystallon solution to 'Continuous Emissions Monitoring of Water and Gas Flows'.
Approval under Scheme B of Annex VI, Regulation 14.1 & 4 requires continuous measurement of emissions to air and sea. The Hamworthy Krystallon system measures the following parameters:
Air - Gas - CO2, SOx, NOx (NOx can be made available to satisfy the NOx Technical Code under Regulation 13)
Sea - Water - PAH, pH, Turbidity, Temperature (in accordance with the requirements of Wash Water Monitoring under Regulation 14.1 & 4 Detailed in Resolution MEPC 184(59) Section 10)
Measurements are stored along with GPS vessel position, time and date stamp over an 18 month period. Recordings can be used to to prove compliance with requirements of MARPOL Annex VI under the equivalency provisions of Regulation 4, to demonstrate compliance for Port State Control and Classification Society survey for the purposes of renewal of the ship’s IAPP certification.
Discussion of monitoring exhaust gas flow on ships
Until recently, continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) of exhaust gases from ships engines and boilers has been expensive and often unreliable. Most systems have been unable to measure the exhaust gas in-situ in the stack, resorting to extracting samples along heated pipes to a centrally located gas analyser. These older technologies often require specialist attention; mechanical parts such as gas valves and pumps add to the maintenance requirements and skills required to operate these systems.
Thanks to recent developments, highly reliable equipment is now able to measure exhaust gases in situ as the gas passes through the stack. Our solution has been developed from technology used over the last 15 years for emission compliance and has now been granted UK Flag State approval.
