Langh Tech announced that it expands its portfolio of exhaust gas treatment solutions for ships by creating a system for onboard carbon capture (OCC).
As announced, a feature of the system is the possibility to sell and utilize the sodium carbonate, which results at the end of the chemical process, for diverse applications in other industries. A pilot project with an OCC installation onboard of one ship of sister company Langh Ship was successfully run in test-mode during 2024. The pilot plant has shown that it is possible to capture rates over 80 percent from the exhaust gas flow coming into the system. The overall CO2-emissions can be reduced at least by 20 to 30 percent, depending on the available space, and other ship and product specifications.
Furthermore, the first commercial installations will take place early in 2025 onboard of four bulk carriers. Langh Tech has sold the OCC components to Damen Shipyards Group, who will do the installation on the bulk carriers. The ships will be equipped with a hybrid scrubber and an additional onboard carbon capture system from Langh Tech.
The installations by Langh Tech are part of a project between Atal Solutions, BAM Shipping and Damen Shipyards Group. It aims at retrofitting ships with different technologies and to reduce fuel consumption to achieve a maximum reduction in CO2, SOx, and NOx emissions, while using traditional fuels.
There has been a growing industry interest on onboard carbon capture systems, with most recently the approval of a multi-party effort for its onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) retrofit design.
Furthermore, a new project conducted by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD), and Stena Bulk, alongside a consortium maritime organizations, evaluated the viability of deploying carbon capture systems on vessels with minimal operational disruption.
