Title
Unconventional bunker fuels, a safety comparison
Author
Vredeveldt, A.W.
van Dijk, T.
van den Brink, A.
Publication year
2020
Abstract
There is a strong urge to replace conventional bunker fuels such as heavy fuel oil (HFO), marine diesel oil (MDO) and marine gas oil (MGO) by ‘fuels’ which do not give a net emission of greenhouse gasses or emit pollutants when combusted. Candidate fuels are methanol, dimethyl ether (DME), ammonia, pressurised hydrogen and liquefied hydrogen. Liquefied natural gas has already entered the maritime domain, albeit initially primarily for pollutant emission reasons. Introducing alternative fuels on board ships has many far stretching implications in terms of safety. Hence a need exists to familiarize with the most important safety aspects, measures and regulations associated with usage of these alternative fuels. This report is the result of a safety assessment on the usage of alternative bunker fuels, in the context of the Green Maritime Methanol (GMM) project.
Subject
Bunkers
Fuels
Safety
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TNO identifier
875427
Report number
TNO 2020 R10502
Publisher
TNO, Delft
Document type
report