02/22/2021
Imagine a shiny new superyacht starting its maiden voyage. The champagne from the christening has barely even dried up, as the crew is getting ready to travel to the nearest location, preferably a Caribbean paradise in one form or the other.
The ship is undocked and carefully starts moving away from its native shores. But as the ship disappears beyond sight, one thing lingers in the memories of the people on the key side: those odorous black fumes from the exhaust at the back of the ship.
Because all pleasantries aside, the ship was designed without a modern aftertreatment-systems.
The result? A visible plume of smoke, emerging from the rear exhaust pipe or exhaust stack. And please trust me when I say: no-one likes to see black smoke arising from a shiny white yacht, especially not a new one.
The same goes for black speckles.
When on board of a beautiful shiny superyacht, no one likes to see black speckles on the floor around them. After all, the owner and his guests are likely to walk around barefoot (to protect the deck from scratches, but also out of comfort).
When weather is right and water is warm, they might take the occasional dive in the blue and warm water surrounding the yacht. Chances are, they will not be too pleased swimming around in soot-laden water and get their swimming gear as well as their skin attracting the floating particles.
Does the above sound absurd? It might, depending on how you look at it. Yet, the situations described above are an issue amongst many owners of luxury yachts.
And it is not by accident either: Many times we see that it just hasn’t been a consideration at the beginning of the process, ending up in a near impossibility further along in the project. An engine emits Nitrous (Oxide NOx) as a result from the combustion of fuel. This poisonous gas, in the quantities it is surrounding us currently is not immediately harmful to people, but those particles can seriously do harm to the quality of the ship-owner’s experience.
The risk of rubbing soot into the beautiful teak decking, the prospect of bringing black residue inside or the idea of swimming amongst garbage is not appealing to anyone. Nor is the smell of the soot floating around you in the waters (the exact same waters the owner or charterer of the yacht is looking forward to taking a dive in).
Enter the DFP-system: a soot filter system to clean the on-board engines exhaust gasses. The NOx can be reduced to previously unseen levels by installing an SCR-system (a catalyst in short). Over here at Emigreen®, we specialize (and excel) in applying our cutting-edge technology to ships and vessels, both existing and newbuild.
The result? A much cleaner ship. No soot particles, no black smoke.
A premium experience, for premium clients.
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