8th RGMT Program
Thursday, 12-09-2024
Session 1: Requirements for Sustainable Marine Fuels
Prof. Gunnar Stiesch
MAN Energy Solutions SE
Lead: Session 1
Timothy Wilson
Lloyds Register
The transition to sustainable marine fuels (SMF) away from petroleum fuels
Dr. Michael Kass
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Biofuels as heavy fuel oil substitutes in the maritime sector: Findings and potential pathways
Sönke Diesener
NABU
NABUs view on decarbonization of shipping with special attention on future fuels potentially harmful emissions
Session 2: Impacts of Future Fuels on industrial R&D Processes
Prof. Sebastian Verhelst
Ghent University,
Lund University
Lead: Session 2
Dr. Beat van Rotz
WinGD
Experimental investigations and simulation validation regarding future fuel combustion systems of low-speed two-stroke engines using WinGD’s spray and combustion chamber
Dr. Manickam Bhuvaneswaran
MAN Energy Solutions SE
Development of dual fuel methanol engines using CFD techniques for PFI and HPDI injection strategies
Session 3: Engine Sub-Systems for Future Fuels
Dominik Schneiter
WinGD
Lead: Session 3 & Pitches
Dr. Qiyan Zhou
Accelleron c/o Turbo Systems Switzerland Ltd
Turbocharging strategies to enable fuel-flexibility over a full operating map in a 4-stroke marine engine
Georgia Voniati
Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Emission control concepts for large two-stroke ammonia engines
Pitches
Elomatic Consulting & Engineering Oy
CFD investigation of explosion pressure and pressure relief from methane-hydrogen-air mixtures in confined spaces
Schaller - Industrielle Automationstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Development of a modular hydrogen and methane monitoring system for the crankcase of large marine and stationary engines
Heinzmann GmbH & Co. KG
Methanol PFI-injector platform for medium speed engines
Rostock University, LKV
The InnoFuels project
Session 4: Pathways to Green Marine Fuels
Dr. Dirk Bergmann
Accelleron c/o Turbo Systems Switzerland Ltd
Lead: Session 4
Dr. Fabian Pinkert
FVTR GmbH
Cashew nutshell liquid compatibility testing - Methodology and case reports
Dr. Satoshi Kawauchi
National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, National Maritime Research Institute
Progress and prospect of combustion technologies developed in Japan for zero-carbon fuels
Dr. Nicole Wermuth
Large Engines Competence Center
High-pressure ammonia-diesel dual fuel combustion in medium-speed engines
friday, 13-09-2024
Session 5: Ammonia Combustion
Dr. Daniel Chatterjee
Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH
Lead: Session 5
Annalena Braun
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie – Institut für Kolbenmaschinen
Combustion concept for ammonia-fuelled cracker-engine-unit as propulsion system for inland waterway vessels
Phillip Thorau
WTZ Roßlau gGmbH
Fundamental investigation of an ammonia HPDF combustion process on high-speed engines
Dr. Shinsuke Murakami
AVL List GmbH
A spark ignited combustion concept for ammonia powered high-speed large engines – Test bed and 3D CFD simulation results
Session 6: Methanol Combustion
Prof. Kai Herrmann
FHNW - University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Lead: Session 6
GwangHyeon Yu
Hyundai Heavy Industries
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries organizing lineup of medium-speed methanol engine
Prof. Sebastian Verhelst
Ghent University,
Lund University
Simulation of large bore methanol-fuelled spark ignition engines
Dr. Ludovico Viglione
Wärtsilä Services Switzerland
Methanol retrofit technologies, from concept to engine operation – Performance and emissions evaluations on a large bore engine
Session 7: Optical Injection and Combustion Analysis
Prof. Andreas Wimmer
Graz University of Technology - Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems
Lead: Session 7
Silas Wüthrich
FHNW - University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
The GHG reduction potential of high-IMEP pure ammonia combustion
Marco Coppo
OMT SpA
Design and characterisation of a port fuel injector for high power medium speed engines
Jules Christopher Dinwoodie
Rostock University, LKV
3D – CFD simulation and experimental characterisation of direct gaseous injection for a medium speed dual-fuel engine
Session 8: System Approaches for GHG Reduction
Dr. Horst Brünnet
Schaller -
Industrielle Automations-technik GmbH & Co. KG
Lead: Session 8 & Wildcard
Domagoj Zovak
Robert Bosch GmbH
Carbon Capture for point source emissions – Meeting market requirements with innovation