(5) Investigations to establish realistic guidelines for on-bord NOx monitoring
1] NOx measuring on shipboard
・Purpose: To confirm reliability and maintenance easiness of measuring and recording device
・Item: Continuous NOx monitoring
Fuel oil analysis
・Vessel: Container(2001, 2002), VLCC(2001, 2002), and PCC(2002)
・Sensor: Zirconia type
・Period: Apr. 2001〜Dec. 2002
2] Fundamental research on characteristics of fuel NOx generation
・Purpose: To investigate the correlation between Nitrogen in fuel oil and fuel NOx
・Item: NOx measurement on a test apparatus
NOx measurement on a test engine
・Fuel oil: Sampled oil from vessels in service and standard oil
・Test apparatus: Constant volume combustion chamber
・Test engine: Single cylinder engine(low-speed 2-stroke)