Turning waste heat into electricity saves fuel, reduces C02 emissions

摘要

There are currently around 16,000 registered vessels sailing worldwide. This huge commercial shipping fleet accounts for between 4 to 5 percent of the world's carbon emissions suspected of causing climate change, according to Sweden's Opcon Energy Systems AB. One promising method for cutting carbon dioxide emissions - as well as nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter -is to reduce fuel consumption by recovering low-value waste heat in a vessel's steam and cooling systems.