The TAT took place at the company\u2019s Augsburg, Germany works with the participation of DNV GL, American Bureau of Shipping, and Lloyd\u2019s Register.<\/p>\n
The test confirmed the suitability of the retrofit kit for converting the company’s MAN 32\/40 engine into a new dual-fuel unit \u2013 a so-called MAN 32\/40R-DF type \u2013 that can run on fossil and renewable, gaseous fuels, in addition to conventional fuel oil. MAN Energy Solutions confirms that the new retrofit package is already available to order.<\/p>\n
Unchanged dimensions<\/strong><\/p>\n The converted engine’s bore and stroke are unchanged at 320mm and 400mm respectively. MAN ES confirms that the main dimensions of the engine are unchanged from the base MAN 32\/40 platform.<\/p>\n The MAN 32\/40R-DF retrofit kit is available in six- to nine-cylinder configuration, and the output in fuel oil mode is unchanged from the MAN 32\/40 at 500 kW\/cylinder. The output in gas mode from the retrofit engine is 400kW\/cylinder.<\/p>\n The company expects conversion-kit to meet customer demand for easy-to-fit conversion solutions that can be carried out while dry-docking or sailing. The engine is designed to operate primarily on gas \u2013 mainly boil-off gas. The new retrofit meets IMO Tier I emission limits, MAN ES notes.<\/p>\n Online type approval test<\/strong><\/p>\n The TAT was primarily held online. Class society representatives followed proceedings remotely and only visited the testbed on the final day for component inspection and TAT certificate signing.<\/p>\n Dr Matthias Auer, Head of Performance and Emission, R&D 4-Stroke at MAN Energy Solutions, said: \u201cOur special thanks goes to all our colleagues who made this retrofit project such a success and who helped us reach this important milestone, despite the difficult circumstances posed by COVID-19. Hosting this event virtually presented a new challenge that they met admirably and the feedback from the participating classification societies has been very positive.\u201d<\/p>\n Bernd Siebert \u2013 Head of Engineering, After-Sales Marine \u2013 MAN Energy Solutions, said: \u201cThis is another important milestone for the retrofit business at MAN Energy Solutions, offering our customers the possibility to convert their existing fleet to gas. The momentum towards cleaner and less carbon-intensive fuels is building and we are excited to play our part in developing appropriate solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n PRINCIPAL PARTICULARS – MAN 32\/40R-DF<\/strong><\/p>\n No. of cylinders<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Length, mm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Length L1, mm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Width W, mm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 6L<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 5,940<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 5,140<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 2,630<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 7L<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 6,470<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 5,670<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 2,630<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 8L<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 7,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 6,195<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 2,715<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 9L<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 7,530<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 6,725<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 2,715<\/p>\n<\/td>\n MAN Energy Solutions\u2019 new dual-fuel retrofit kit for its MAN 32\/40 four-stroke engine has been approved by three major classification societies after successfully passing type approval tests (TAT) between 15 to 18 September 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lng"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n \n \n \n \n Height H, mm<\/td>\n Weight, tons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n \n \n \n 4,010<\/td>\n 38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n \n \n \n 4,010<\/td>\n 42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n \n \n \n 4,490<\/td>\n 47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n \n \n \n 4,490<\/td>\n 51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"