Wärtsilä and A.P. Moller – Maersk have developed a means for preventing corrosion in exhaust-gas scrubber discharge pipes. The permanent in-pipe solution is designed to solve corrosion problems associated with open-loop scrubber washwater discharge.
The majority of the estimated 5,000 scrubber systems installed across the world fleet are of open-loop configuration. With this system, seawater is used to scrub SOx from the exhaust gas, with the used water then being discharged back to the sea after cleaning. Under IMO Guidelines, the washwater from exhaust gas cleaning systems, or scrubbers, should have a pH Continue reading “Wärtsilä and Maersk come up with a way to stop scrubber discharge pipe corrosion”