China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has ordered an energy efficient marine compressed air system for use on board a hospital ship being built for US humanitarian organisation, Mercy Ships.
Under the contract, TMC Compressors (TMC) will provide a complete marine compressed air system based on Smart Air compressors, which offer up to 40% energy saving compared to conventional compressors.
The system will consist of control and service air compressors.
“Mercy Ships aims to make their mark on the world by helping people. There is something poetic about then choosing the marine compressed air system that leaves the smallest mark on the globe, through lowest possible energy consumption, emissions to air and operating cost,” said Hans Petter Tanum, TMC’s Director of Sales and Business Development (pictured).
Smart Air compressors are based on a frequency controlled technology that offers precise control of the compressor speed.
The speed of the electric motor will adjust itself according to what is required to produce the exact air volume necessary to meet the actual compressed air consumption at all times.
In turn, lower air consumption requires less speed on the compressor, and this directly results in less power consumption, TMC claimed.
TMC, which supplies marine compressors solely for marine and offshore use, will manufacture and assemble the equipment in Europe.
Mercy Ships’ hospital ship will be 174 m long and will be able to accommodate 500 people at sea and 950 persons in port. She will feature six operating rooms, training areas and a fully equipped laboratory.
