The Engine & Machinery Division of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI-EMD) has completed the world first factory acceptance test (FAT) for MAN’s low-pressure dual-fuel ME-GA engine.
The FAT was conducted on 28-29 June.
The shop test of MAN ES’ first MAN B&W G70ME-C10.5-GA was conducted on 28 and 29 June at MAN licensee HHI-EMD in Korea.
HHI-EMD tested the world’s first MAN high pressure dual-fuel ME-GI engine in 2011. The ME-GA engine offers a simplified fuel supply system due to its Otto cycle combustion process which is especially advantageous for LNG carriers that use boiloff gas as fuel. The Otto cycle minimises methane slip and allows for the optimization of engine efficiency with an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system as a standard.
Now, HHI-EMD is manufacturing a number of the engines. The first engine will be installed to the 174,000cbm LNG carrier in mid of August which is being built at Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard.
Thomas Hansen, Head of Promotion of 2-stroke engines at MAN Energy Solutions, said earlier this year that MAN ES had already received 152 orders for the company’s two-stroke Otto Cycle engine for LNG carriers.
