ASSESSMENT OF MARINE AUXILIARY ENGINES LOAD FACTOR IN PORTS

Abstract

For the calculation of emission of air pollutants generated by ships in port it is needed, besides other things, knowledge of the load factor of marine auxiliary engines. The value of this factor in the reports of global organizations, dealing with air pollutants emission from ships, is determined mainly on interviews with chief engineers on board. The paper presents the method of assessment of this factor based on identification tests of marine electric power systems carried out by the authors. The obtained in this way results are compared with the values given in the global organizations reports.

Keywords

• air pollutants emissions from ships in ports
• auxiliary engines load factor