Objective Operation of ships in or near harbours often results in engine transients. For marine diesel engines this invariably produces increased smoke emissions because of air/fuel mismatch. The project intends to develop two techniques, namely:a) compressed air blast to provide extra air and accelerate the turbochargerb) advanced variable geometry pulse turbo charging which when used in tandem with appropriate control on a marine diesel engine will result in smoke emissions below the visible limit for all engine operating conditions.Shipboard measurements will provide technical engine transient loading profiles and baseline smoke emissions. The two techniques will be individually developed and then installed on a testbed marine engine for evaluating the performance of each one as well as of their combinations. Fields of science natural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometryengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-3. - Key Action Land Transport and Marine Technologies Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator GREEK CIMAC ASSOCIATION (ASBL) EU contribution No data Address Zografos 15710 ATHENS Greece See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ABB TURBO SYSTEMS LTD. Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Haselstrasse 16 5401 BADEN See on map Total cost No data GERMANISCHER LLOYD AG Germany EU contribution No data Address Vorsetzen 32 20459 HAMBURG See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS*ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION Greece EU contribution No data Address 9,Heroon Polytechniou 9 Zographou Campus 15773 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data WOODWARD GOVERNOR NEDERLAND BV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Hoofdweg 601 2131 BA HOOFDDORP See on map Total cost No data