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Aalborg Micro
The Alfa Laval Aalborg Micro is a uniquely
compact boiler/economizer designed for waste
heat recovery from a vessel’s auxiliary engines.
The cost-e9cient way to meet
your need for steam
% Extremely compact, plug-and-play design for
easy retroHt
% Short payback time through up to 25% fuel
savings
% Reduced wear and maintenance on the oil-
Hred boiler
% Short start-up time (2 minutes)
% Low media volume and inertia that
contribute to high uptime
Reduce fuel consumption, ensure redundancy
and optimize your steam plant. Let waste heat
cover your need for steam – and future-proof
your vessel for the 2020 regulation and beyond.
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The Aalborg Micro is a game-changing solution
with a tremendous potential in fuel savings -
small and easy to install.
By reclaiming heat from auxiliary engine
exhaust the Aalborg Micro gives a remarkable
opportunity for saving fuel and maintenance
cost. A typical retroEt installation saves enough
fuel to reach payback in 1-2 years - and it is not
only money being saved. CO2 emissions are
reduced by around 900 tonnes annually.
Application
Only a portion of the fuel energy released by
marine engines actually goes to propulsion. A
large amount of it escapes as heat, and it
makes sense to reclaim as much of this energy
as possible. This is true not only for main
engines, but for auxiliary engines as well.
Steam produced with the Aalborg Micro can
support or fulEl steam needs in port, but it can
also serve other functions. For vessels whose
long-stroke main engines produce cooler
exhaust, it can provide a needed steam boost
during a voyage. Vessels that use blended fuels
from 2020 onwards may also require additional
steam, since these fuels will need to be stored
at a higher ambient temperature – even if their
pumping temperature is lower.
Working principle
The Aalborg Micro is installed after the vessel’s
auxiliary engines (or small main engines). When
the exhaust gas passes over the Aalborg Micro
heating surface, the waste heat energy in the
gas is absorbed for the production of hot water
or steam.
The Aalborg Micro is not designed with its own
steam space. It is used in connection with one
or more oil-Ered boilers, which act as the
steam/water space. Forced circulation provides
the Aalborg Micro with water at saturation
temperature from the oil-Ered boiler(s). The
circulation pumps are located between the oil-
Ered boiler(s) – or a separate steam drum – and
the Aalborg Micro.
In the Aalborg Micro, heat from the engine
exhaust gas is transferred to the water side by
convection. The generated steam/water mixture
is then discharged into the steam space of the
oil-Ered boiler(s), where the heavier water
particles separate from the steam.
ConHguration examples
Steam plant optimization through waste
heat recovery from auxiliary engines
Full redundancy for existing steam plant
How it works
Alfa Laval Aalborg Micro Marine
Technical data
· Capacity: 500 kW up to 5 MW
· Weight (incl. insulation): 400–3900 kg
· Diameter (incl. insulation): 950–1870 mm
· Height (incl. insulation): 1700–2800 mm
· Connections: Welded
· Insulation: 150 mm
· Media inlet/outlet header: DN100
· Exhaust inlet/outlet header: DN450 to
DN1000
· Maximum inlet temperature: 535°C
· Minimum outlet temperature: 130°C
· Pressure loss: <4500 Pa
· Maximum pressure: 39 bar(g)
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