Tri-Mer’s Maritime Exhaust Treatment Systems are manufactured in several configurations.
The first generation of METS is a barge-mounted mobile emissions treatment system that can be deployed in applications where shore power is not available or where the ship is not equipped for connection to shore power (Figure 8).
Once the ship is docked, the METS can quickly connect and capture emissions from the ship’s existing auxiliary diesel power generator. No additional modifications on shore or on the ship are necessary.
Tri-Mer/ CAE-M offers a mobile shore-mounted version of the METS. Building on the same highly efficient multipollutant capture technology as barge-mounted METS, the shore-mounted option allows terminal operators to move the emissions control system where it’s needed, anywhere on the terminal berth.
The ship-mounted design is an on-board, ship-mounted METS configuration that provides vessels operators ultimate flexibility during calls. Vessel location, berthing direction and other terminal logistics challenges are eliminated. The METS unit is permanently installed on-board the ship, is directly connected to the vessel’s auxiliary engine exhaust system, and uses ship power for operation.
As soon as the vessel is berthed, the auxiliary engine exhaust is automatically diverted through the onboard METS unit.
With the ship-mounted METS, there are no shore power connections, no external attachments, and no interference with any berth-side activities. Compliance with the at-berth regulation begins within minutes. The availability of barge, shore, and ship-mounted METS configurations gives vessel and terminal operators an emissions control system for any fleet ship calling at the port.
