Retrofitting towards climate neutrality

Key Information

Total project cost: € 3,912,225.00

Total project funding: € 3,211,835.00

Duration: 01/02/2023-31/01/2027

Website: https://greenmarine-project.eu/

Cordis: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101096522


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Project challenge & objective:

The main objective of Green Marine is to significantly accelerate climate neutrality of water borne transport through retrofitting existing fleets with cost and emission control solutions. To support decision makers retrofitting protocols and a software tool catalogue that gathers knowledge will be developed and validated. We will demonstrate these tools and the innovative solutions aimed at carbon capture mineralisation, which also aids in deacidifying our seas; energy savings for HVAC systems through air-reuse; carbon and water capture with membranes, and the use of excess engine heat to produce a syngas to save on fuel consumption. An ultra-sound technology will be tailored to suit vessels allowing air-reuse saving energy for HVAC systems and operated as pre-treatment enhancing a membrane carbon capture process. The Ca/Mg – alkali solvent capture process is capable of removing 75% of the CO2 from flue gases. All solutions will be demonstrated first on a land-based engine followed by the selection of the most suitable solution for a demonstration on a waterborne vessel. The (land-based) demonstrations will represent the operation of a majority of vessel engines. By developing retrofitting protocols, simulations of the solutions, data generated at the demonstrations a software catalogue tool will be developed. Through engagement activities this tool will gain more users and more knowledge, its value and effectiveness will increase for all users. The project aims to bring the different solutions to TRL 8. The demonstrations, the software tool catalogue, and the dissemination and exploitation activities ensure that project results will be replicated globally. The consortium consists of 10 partners from 7 countries with 4 research institutes, 1 ship company, which will host a demo as end user and five SMEs.

Role of CMMI:

CMMI is the project coordinator and its Research and Innovation activities related to:

  1. Land based test and integration of solutions
  2. Participate in solutions and development scale-up (for the TEE and CCM)
  3. Define KPIs and participate in TEA, SEA, LCA assessments and regulatory compliance of overall Green Marine solution
  4. Software tool catalogue for GHG-emission reduction solutions with development of APIs aided with CFD simulations, creation of a digital mimic of critical parts of the vessel via a software platform

User engagement of stakeholders and exchange of students/researchers for training and knowledge transfer

Consortium:

Funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Program, Grant No: 101096522.

UK participation in Green Marine project is co-funded by Innovate UK funding scheme.




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