FAST Track to Clean and Carbon-Neutral WATERborne Transport through Gradual Introduction of Methanol Fuel: Developing and Demonstrating an Evolutionary Pathway for Methanol Technology and Take-up

Project Information

FASTWATER

Grant agreement ID: 860251

DOI 10.3030/860251

Project closed

EC signature date 28 April 2020

Start date 1 June 2020

End date 31 May 2024

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost € 6 357 962,50

EU contribution € 4 999 217,51

Coordinated by

LUNDS UNIVERSITET
Sweden

Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Public report on knowledge concerning safety and regulations relevant to methanol fuel

Public report on status of existing safety and regulations concerning methanol fuel

Public report on methanol supply, bunkering guidelines, and infrastructure

Public report on status concerning methanol supply bunkering guidelines and infrastructure

Methanol fuel quality recommendations

Methanol fuel quality recommendations and assessment of whether a lower grade than chemical grade methanol would be a way to decrease cost

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Pilot boat launch event

Pilot boat launch event inviting stakeholders press officials etc

Booth at major trade fair (e.g. SMM)

Booth at major trade fair eg SMM

Project website
Project video

Publications

Conference proceedings (11)

Evaluation of a virtual medium-speed engine on methanol using spark-ignition

Author(s): Yi-Hao Pu, Ward Suijs, Rik De Graeve and Sebastian Verhelst
Published in: 30th CIMAC World Congress, Issue Triannual, 2023
Publisher: CIMAC

Renewable Alternatives for Fossil Fuels in Non-Road Mobile Machinery : A Multicriteria Analysis

Author(s): Dejaegere, Quinten, and Sebastian Verhelst
Published in: 16th International Conference on Engines & Vehicles for Sustainable Transport, Issue Biannual, 2023
Publisher: SAE International
DOI: 10.4271/2023-24-0086

Integration and validation of a quasi-dimensional modelling methodology and application to light-duty and heavy-duty methanol-fueled spark-ignited engines

Author(s): Yi-Hao Pu, Sebastian Verhelst
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SAE International
DOI: 10.4271/2022-01-0385

The development and certification of a single fuel high speed marine CI engine on methanol

Author(s): Magnus Svensson, Patrik Molander, Bengt Ramne, Martin Tuner, Sebastian Verhelst
Published in: 30th CIMAC Congress, Issue Triannual, 2023
Publisher: CIMAC

Methanol Evaporation in an Engine Intake Runner under Various Conditions

Author(s): Yi-Hao Pu - Ghent University Tara Larsson - Ghent University Tom Robeyn - Ghent University Michel De Paepe - Ghent University Sebastian Verhelst - Ghent University
Published in: 16th International Conference on Engines & Vehicles, Issue Biannual, 2023, Page(s) 2023-24-0018
Publisher: SAE International
DOI: 10.4271/2023-24-0018

Development and evaluation of the predictive capabilities of a dual-fuel combustion model with methanol or hydrogen in a medium speed large bore engine

Author(s): Jeroen Dierickx, Luc Mattheeuws, Koen Christianen, Karsten Stenzel and Sebastian Verhelst
Published in: 16th International Conference on Engines & Vehicles, Issue Biannual, 2023
Publisher: SAE International
DOI: 10.4271/2023-24-0008

Low Load Ignitability of Methanol in a Heavy-Duty Compression Ignition Engine

Author(s): Magnus Svensson, Martin Tuner, Sebastian Verhelst
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SAE International
DOI: 10.4271/2022-01-1093

The FASTWATER demonstrator : retrofitting a harbor tug boat to methanol/marine gas oil dual-fuel operation

Author(s): Pu, Yi-Hao, Freddy Debue, Pieter Vandermeeren, Koen Christianen, Ewout De Wilde, Arianna Sorrentino, Reddy Devalapalli, Dirk Schröder, Alex Pedgrift, Yu-Sheng Lee, Patrik Molander, and Sebastian Verhelst.
Published in: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROCEDIA, Issue biannual, 2023, Page(s) p. 3664–71
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.554

The FASTWATER demonstrator: retrofitting a pilot boat to methanol operation

Author(s): Y Pu, P Molander, Y Lee, A Wiström, A Hagander, J Ellis, S Verhelst
Published in: 2022
Publisher: The royal institution of naval architects

Retrofit and Experimental Evaluation of a Conventional Marine DieselEngine for Dual Fuel Diesel-Methanol Operation

Author(s): Vasileios Karystinos, George Papalambrou
Published in: 9th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, Issue 9th, 2024
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL ASET INC.

Effect of Intake Conditions (Temperature, Pressure and EGR) on the Operation of a Dual-Fuel Marine Engine with Methanol

Author(s): Jeroen Dierickx (UGent) , Quinten Dejaegere (UGent) , Andreas Van Gijzeghem, Stan Devos, Berten De Cock and Sebastian Verhelst (UGent)
Published in: 16th International Conference on Engines & Vehicles, Issue Biannual, 2023, Page(s) 2023-24-0046
Publisher: SAE International
DOI: 10.4271/2023-24-0046

Peer reviewed articles (3)

A Phenomenological Combustion Model for Diesel–Methanol Dual-Fuel Engines

Author(s): Vasileios Karystinos; George Papalambrou
Published in: J. Energy Resour. Technol., Issue Jun 2023, 145(6), 2023, Page(s) 062303 (9 pages), ISSN 0195-0738
Publisher: ASME
DOI: 10.1115/1.4056560

Performance and emissions of a high-speed marine dual-fuel engine operating with methanol-water blends as a fuel

Author(s): Jeroen Dierickx, Quinten Dejaegere, Jens Peeters, Louis Sileghem, Sebastian Verhelst
Published in: Fuel, 2023, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126349

Evaluation and extension of ignition delay correlations for dual-fuel operation with hydrogen or methanol in a medium speed single cylinder engine

Author(s): Jeroen Dierickx, Luc Mattheeuws, Koen Christianen, Karsten Stenzel, Sebastian Verhelst
Published in: Fuel, 2023, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128254