Alfa Laval Fuel Conditioning Module for Methanol (MeOH)
Low-Flashpoint Fuel Supply System for ME-LGI Engines
Introduction
Emissions regulations and the worldwide focus on fossil fuels
are changing very swiftly, thus creating a increasing demand
for environmentally friendly fuels.
An answer to this demand is methanol, a green fuel providing
a clean combustion and significantly reducing the emissions.
Alfa Laval developed the FCM MeOH, the Fuel Conditioning
Module for serving the engines fuelled with methanol for the
ship propulsion.
Application
Methanol is a clean fuel: it is sulphur free, it allows a reduction
of CO2 in respect to the fuel oils and can be produced from
renewable sources. Moreover handling it on board is requiring
a limited investment and its availability for ship refuelling can
be easily established.
Alfa Laval, based on its experience in the conditioning of the
fuels, developed the FCM MeOH, the fuel conditioning module
for providing the MAN B&W ME-LGI engines with methanol as
fuel, in partnership with MAN itself.
The FCM MeOH is a skid mounted system, able to feed the
MAN B&W ME-LGI engines with methanol at the required
pressure and temperature. It consists of a module containing
the complete process (Atex) and in a control cabinet for the
installation in safe area.
The cabinet is automatically controlling the flow, the pressure
and the temperature of the methanol feed to the engine. It is
also automatically handling the product drainage and the
inertization with nitrogen when necessary.
Benefits
• Design specific to serve the methanol fuelled LGI engine
• System developed together with the ME-LGI engine
manufacturer
• Well proven technology with over 10 units delivered and
thousands of working hours (end 2018)
• System suitable for installation in ATEX zone I
• Automatic control of the fuel conditioning and safety
processes
• 2Touch 15” screen HMI, common to Alfa Laval engine
room other system
Design & Standard Configuration Options
LF FCM MeOH is a turn key solution, consisting of an Atex • Flow Meter before mixing tube
single skid-mounted system and a control cabinet to be • Supply and circulation pumps redundancy
installed in safe area. The complete process is assembled on • Heat exchanger redundancy
the module and consists of a low and a high pressure stage.
Technical Data
The low-pressure stage includes a supply pump (centrifugal Pressure to engine 10 ± 0.5 bar
type), a basket filter with differential pressure indicator, a shell Temperature to engine +2 °C / 50 °C
& tubes heat exchanger, a pressure control valve, a flowmeter Ambient Temperature -10 °C / +55 °C
and a deaeration arrangement. The high-pressure stage is Service Tank Temperature -20 °C / 45 °C
composed by a circulation pump (centrifugal pump), a shell & Inert Gas Used Nitrogen
tubes heat exchanger, a double filter block with DBB Fuel to engine 5000 kg/h ± 20%
chambers segregation and a pressure control valve. Atex classification Zone I

Each stage is protected by a pressure relief valve and is

Certification
equipped with pressure and temperature transmitters and
Available certificates are:
indicators. The module is complete with a heating cooling
loop, providing to the heat exchangers the medium for the • Atex zone I
control of the temperature of the methanol to the engine. • CE mark according to machinery directive, PED and EMC
directive
The skid is complete of the purging system for the drainage
• Class Society Approval
and the inerting of the entire process. The control cabinet
contains the starters for the pumps’ motors and the EPC for
the control of the unit.

FCM MeOH Typical layout

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