1. Considerations on Reducing the Environmental Impact of Combustion Engines
Peter Scherm
EUROMOT

2. About EUROMOT
Representing world‘s leading manufacturers of industrial combustion engines
Liquid and gaseous fuelled engines 1 kW up to 100 MW for nonroad mobile machinery (NRMM) and stationary applications
Accredited at UN-ECE, UN-IMO and CCNR
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3. Inland Marine: A Sector of Nonroad Mobile Machinery
Nonroad engines installations differ from on-road (cars, trucks):
1000’s of applications
Low sales volumes
Unique operating profiles and high durability requirements
Small market sizes demand harmonisation of worldwide environmental regulations to allow for cost-effective development of new technology and a fast penetration into the markets
Inland marine is a niche market (around 150 propulsion and similar number of auxiliary engines per year, across all manufacturers) and requires application-specific adaptation of land-based NRMM technology
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4. New Fleet - Stage V for Inland Marine
(EU) 2016/1628 for inland marine enters into force from 2019/20, substantively reducing gaseous and particulate emissions
EUROMOT has been one of the major industrial stakeholders requesting the alignment with international regulations, such as USEPA and UN – IMO
Stage V reflects a unique mix of elements of US, IMO and EU NRMM provisions
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5. Legacy Fleet – Status of Discussions
The long life of inland waterways vessels and low number of new-builds means that reducing emissions from the sector is reliant upon reducing emissions from existing vessels.
The European co-legislators determined that the new Stage V was necessary to fulfil EU environmental objectives
Care must be taken to ensure that retrofitting existing engines does not undermine the environmental objectives of Stage V.
EUROMOT position:
Retrofit near equivalent to new engines
No short cutting of stage V certification requirements
UNECE Regulation R132 is an effective approach for type-approving retrofit emission control devices
Any incentive schemes for retro-fit also available for new engines
No additional requirement on type approved engines
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6. Path Forward
Collaboration with other stakeholders on the further development of ES-TRIN[1]
Created by CESNI[2] and endorsed by European Commission with amendment to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 (Technical Requirements )
Now aligns well with Regulation (EU) 2016/1628
Collaborative stakeholders’ FAQ document under development on application of (EU) 2016/1628 to inland marine. Anticipated to be available by June 2018.
[1] “Draft European standard laying down technical requirements for inland navigation vessels“
[2] “European Committee for drawing up standards in the field of inland navigation”
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7. Thank you for your attention
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