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The design of these vessels is based on the 3,400 m3 TSHD Alvar Nuñez Cabeça de Vaca and Sebastiano Caboto, built in 2011, and successfully operating since. The vessels combine a shallow draught with high manoeuvrability, making them very suitable for working in confined areas.

The vessels are in diesel-electric execution: all major drives (thrusters, dredge pump, jet pumps…) are electrically driven, and controlled by means of frequency converters. In this way each system can operate at its optimal speed and power. Power is generated by means of three diesel generator sets; a control system automatically starts and stops the sets depending on the power requirement, and by means of asymmetric load sharing we ensure that the load is optimally distributed over the diesel generator sets. All these measures result in a low fuel oil consumption, which is the best in its class.

Exhaust gas treatment system
Thanks to the low fuel oil consumption emissions are lowered, but in addition the vessels are equipped with exhaust gas treatment systems in order to further reduce harmful emissions.

New vessels need to comply with IMO regulations for NOx emissions. As the new dredgers will frequently operate in estuaries and on rivers, or near the coast, and therefore near residential areas, Jan De Nul Group decided to limit the NOx emissions to a level far below the actual requirements, and to reduce other contaminants that are currently not regulated by IMO.

The new vessels will operate with normally available fuel oil, and the exhaust gases are cleaned by means of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system, and a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF). The SCR system lowers the amount of NOx in the exhaust to a level corresponding with the future European (EU Stage V) requirements for inland waterway vessels; this standard is much more stringent than the applicable IMO Tier II and Tier III requirement.

The DPF removes particulate matter from the exhaust, down to a level in accordance with the future EU Stage V requirement for inland waterway vessels.

Combined with the use of readily available low sulphur fuels, the emissions (NOx, SOx, Particulate Matter, CO and Hydrocarbons) will comply with EU Stage V, and be better than any other vessel or dredger. They will be equivalent or better than these of a dredger using LNG as fuel. But, by using normally available fuels, compared to the limited availability of LNG, these lower emissions are achieved worldwide, and all of the time.

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European Defence Industrial Development Programme

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Successful Horizon 2020 proposal writing workshops

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BBI JU 2019 call for proposals launched

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Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures

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Launch of Horizon Impact Award

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First Call EASI-Genomics open for application

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Get inspired by the automotive sector

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Composites at the heart of industrial transformation

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2019, a year with a European focus for Luxinnovation

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Coordinators’ Day – 11 April 2019: registration and webstream available!

14-03-2019

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