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The building work is progressing rapidly.Just two months after the topping out ceremony, in March 2011, the test centre will officially open for business.Around 100 tonnes of steel have been used in the colossus, which has taken a year to plan and build.“CentAur” (short for Clean Exhaust Test Centre in Augsburg”) has been built largely by local businesses,including two firms of engineering consultants from Augsburg and specialist companies from Bobingen, Schrobenhausen and Ismaning. Dr Hans-O. Jeske, Chief Technology Officer on the Executive Board of MAN Diesel &Turbo, stresses the importance of the test centre for the Augsburg site.“With “CentAur” we are safeguarding jobs, as in future we will not only be developing engines, but also offering the emissions reduction systems to go with them.We want to reinforce our position on the market as a system supplier and so will be investing more heavily in research and development in the next few years.” All MAN Diesel & Turbo’s engines already meet current emissions standards, but the limits are going to be made even tougher in the future.IMO Tier III, the next stage of the emissions limits set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for shipping worldwide, will come into force already in 2016, for example.This means that nitrogen oxide emissions in coastal waters will have to be reduced by 80 per cent compared with 2010 levels.With a view to meeting future challenges, the new “CentAur” facility will be used to test various emissions reduction options, including catalyst technology, exhaust gas recycling and particle filtration.To this end two engines will be connected to the equipment and subjected to various tests while running.The results will be sent straight back to the R&D department and turned into optimised technologies. MAN Diesel & Turbo, Press Release |
MAN Diesel & Turbo build new emissions test centre in Augsburg