NEWS - TECH ALERTSNEW CONCEPT FUEL SAVER Eliminating Crude Oil Spill SpreadBOS Provides 2-5% Fuel SavingsWith consistent results of 2-5% fuel sav-new method is available which ings, Keppel Offshore & Marine’s sub-purports to stop the spread of sidiary Blue Ocean Solutions (BOS) said A major oil spills in offshore ar-that it has proved that emulsi? ed fuel eas. It involves a ? oating ring-like de-can bring signi? cant fuel savings adding vice called Protection Ring Offshore to the well established NOx reduction, if Environment (PROE) that encircles the done correctly. The patented BOS Emul-drilling rig. It has a curtain suspended si? ed Fuel System (EFS) is designed vertically from the ring bottom that is to improve combustion ef? ciency by designed to retain the oil spill. PROE improving the injector fuel atomization. is self-propelled and is submersible, In addition to the measured fuel sav-meaning it is able to ‘chase’ oil spills ings, ? rm evidence of better combustion if necessary. When not in use it can be has also been recorded in the form of submerged 50-ft. below marine surface increased heat release rate.traf? c. It may also be divided into sev-The key success factor in emulsi? ed fuel eral parts in case the spill accumulates is the ability to produce and maintain in several areas. PROE was developed the optimum 10% water as water-in-fuel following the BP Macondo oil spill in particle sizes of 2-8 microns. This is the Gulf of Mexico. achieved with the pat-The American Energy Investment ented BOS Emulsi? er Group, a Houston independent oil com-that has no moving, pany, reports it is implementing PROE, cavitating or vibrat-ing parts. The system the oil spill retainer system shown in has been tested on Figure 1. American Energy is the de-both two-stroke and veloper and owner of the PROE patent, four-stroke engines. which was issued in 7.5 months. Diamond Shipping, PROE is assigned continuously to the one of the largest rig during all drilling and completion as shown in Figure 2. Set-up operations tion with the aid of GPS. Depending owner and operator operations. In the event of a blowout or are estimated to require less than one upon the circumference of the system of product tankers in other accident PROE is surfaced, the two hour. The azimuth thrusters provide the and curtain height, PROE developers the world, was the most recent to place ends are locked together to encircle the force necessary to move PROE into the claim that it can contain in the order of an order for BOS EFS to improve fuel rig and the retainer curtain is deployed correct position and maintain that loca- about 2.5 to over 5.0 million barrels.ef? ciency. To date, references include American President Line APL, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Wärtsilä, Townsend Thorensen, London Overseas Freighters, B&I and others. Even with numerous references under its belt, Blue Ocean Ingalls Delivers Navy PowerSolutions has been cautious in rolling untington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) In-out information to the industry, instead galls Shipbuilding division delivered waiting for independent veri? cations Hthe amphibious assault ship America by class societies, engine manufactur-(LHA 6) to the U.S. Navy. When America ers and ship owners. Wärtsilä has also tested the system under the Project enters the ? eet, she will be the ? agship of an Hercules on medium speed engine Expeditionary Strike Group, strategically po-Wärtsilä 6L20CR operating under Miller sitioning Marine Expeditionary Units ashore. cycle with a two-stage turbocharger and America-class ships are 844 ft. long and 106 running on MGO. The tests con? rmed ft. wide and displace 44,971 long tons. The improved fuel ef? ciency with no need for GE gas-turbine propulsion system will drive chemical additives.the ships in excess of 20 knots. It will accom-Blue Ocean Solutions introduced the modate a crew of 1,059 (65 of? cers) and 1,687 BOS EFS in 2010 in response to the troops. The America class will be capable of sudden steep hike in fuel oil prices. Yet, carrying a Marine Expeditionary Unit, includ-the R& D work goes back to the early ing Marine helicopters, MV22 Osprey tiltrotor 1980’s. Dr Jerry Ng KL, the founder aircraft and F35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.and CEO of Blue Ocean Solutions was The newest class has an increased aviation one of the members of the team that capacity to include an enlarged hangar deck, pioneered the application of emulsi? ed realignment and expansion of the aviation Photo: Lance Davis, Huntington Ingalls Industriesfuel technology to motor ships at the maintenance facilities, a signi? cant increase in George Jones (left), Ingalls Shipbuilding’s LHA 6 program director, University of Newcastle, U.K.available stowage for parts and support equip-welcomes Capt. Robert Hall Jr. aboard the amphibious assault ship http://blueoceansoln.com/America (LHA 6) to sign the DD 250 document of