Hyundai Heavy Industries Group develops own dual LNG-hydrogen engine.
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group for the first time in Korea has developed a hybrid engine using liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen.
The group’s holding company Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and conglomerate affiliate Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said they completed performance verification of a 1.5 megawatt-class LNG-hydrogen hybrid engine (HiMSEN) developed with their own technology.
The engine selectively uses diesel fuel, LNG and fuel mixed with hydrogen to greatly reduce sulfur oxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide and fine dust emissions, as the first step of an engine using hydrogen for power.
In performance tests, this engine met the top-level Tier 3 among nitrogen oxide regulations of the International Maritime Organization, the group said, showing…