Wärtsilä VOC recovery system

 In the offshore sector the VOC recovery system is most typically used onboard FSUs and shuttle tankers, where harmful VOC emissions are recovered instead of being emitted to the atmosphere.

In addition to VOC recovery, Wärtsilä can offer different VOC utilization solutions where the recovered liquid VOC is used for power production. Wärtsilä’s patented GasReformer unit in combination with our dual-fuel engine technology, gives you the highest efficiency and flexibility. This solution provides environmental benefits with reduced VOC emissions, and economic benefits with fuel cost reductions of up to 40%.

The environmental impact of these emissions is significant as the emitted gas consists of a range of hydrocarbons from methane to higher (typically C6+). Methane is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential (GWP) of 21 (GWP for CO2 is 1). The non-methane fractions, known as NMVOC, react in the presence of sunlight with nitrous oxides and create a toxic ground level ozone and smog layer, which has detrimental environmental effects on vegetation and on human health, particularly on the eyes and lungs.