PureteQ – THE SCRUBBER MAKER
PureteQ designs, delivers and commissions built-to-fit maritime scrubber systems for open loop, hybrid ready and fully hybrid (closed loop, with and without bleed-off) operation to shipowners who want to save money on fuel by continuing use of heavy fuel oil. Recently we have seen the price span betwee[ds_preview]n compliant fuel and HFO increase and interest for scrubber systems are increasing with the price span.
All scrubber systems come with state-of-the-art intuitive control systems with full remote accessibility. In times like these it is very convenient to get 24/7 remote on-line support/guidance to ship crews from our professional marine engineers. This feature has contributed greatly to all our customers gaining a competitive advantage.
The scrubber system is designed in superior quality with easily installed water treatment systems. The open tower in-line scrubber system has no moving parts nor obstructions such as packaging layer. The simple construction also requires less maintenance and is simple to operate for the crew. For shipowners and operators with remote access, we offer a remote Scrubber System Modular Training Program. In times where crew changes often, “touch and go” remote training has high value for all stakeholders. Some shipowners even choose to have the onshore employees participate in the Remote Specialist Training. In general, training cannot be overestimated as it leads to higher up-time and compliance rates as well as better performance and less cost of operation.
PureServ – THE SERVICE PROVIDER
PureServ is PureteQ’s dedicated service organization. We offer fair-priced Service Agreements designed to meet shipowner’s specific needs based on the ship’s operational pattern and qualification of crew. All clients with a PureteQ Service Agreement have a designated Service Engineer and according to agreement; you only pay for what you get.
Our Service Team have received extensive training to assist shipowners in safeguarding continuous operation, reliability and MARPOL compliance of their scrubber systems. This entails expert support and guidance for all Scrubber Systems on-site or via the safe PureteQ remote system, depending on the ship’s conditions and the client’s requirements. Our validated concepts allow us to assist the crews from remote with trouble shooting, advice on operation and maintenance as well as optimization and training of new crew.
PureteQ PureServ is happy to quote a service agreement for scrubber systems of any brand to safeguard MARPOL compliance as well as optimize operational performance.
Generation II scrubber
PureteQ Scrubber System are amongst the most reliable, safe, and user-friendly scrubber system in the industry. On top of that, PureteQ scrubbers features the lowest OPEX in the business and are easy to install. We have now simplified the installation even further in our “Generation II” scrubber system.
The “Generation II” scrubber system is aiming reduce total cost of installation, considering the learnings from installing more than one hundred scrubbers on different types of ships at various shipyards around the world. From 2018-2020, the total cost of installation almost tripled on most shipyards across the world. We as manufacturers took on the responsibility to make green investments more attractive to shipowners and therefore set an ambitious goal to decrease the total cost of installation by 40 % on retrofit projects and 25 % on New Buildings. We have not reached the ambitious goal yet, but nevertheless produced ideas that will significantly cut the cost of installing PureteQ scrubbers, by double digits percentage.
CO2 capture and reutilization
In 2020 we began a research program into Carbon Capture and Reutilization Technology and have now applied for patent on a process that combines Carbon Capture from exhaust gas with Power to X. Combining the processes allow for lower cost of removing/reducing CO2 as some of these costs are offset by earnings/benefit of producing Hydrogen.
Currently, we are performing tests on lab scale and we have fully automized the system (PureteQ control system), so that the cell and micro scrubber is working 24/7 – the results are promising. Our test on the scrubber tower is progressing and this month we have begun testing the tower in an industry located just 30 miles from our HQ. We are testing on relatively clean gas from LNG fueled generator sets, so there is no fluid treatment / cleaning involved yet.
We are now building a bigger scale plant with a small PureteQ scrubber on a portable skid, so that we can transport it to different locations, testing various types of exhaust gasses.
Furthermore, PureteQ is involved in a project based on an American patent of chemical sequestering of CO2. The process transforms transform the CO2 to sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), which in turn can be used to augment the oceans natural carbon cycle or other purposes.
Finally, we are involved in a Dutch CO2 capture project together with DTU. The aim is to reduce the current cost of carbon capture in amine processes.
We are always happy to elaborate on our CO2 project, Generation II scrubber, service concepts and extensive knowledge of Maritime Scrubbers in general for all interested parties.
