Engineers at Aqueduct Marina near Nantwich have started a new project that could help shape the development of the next generation of boat engines.<\/p>\n
The RIVER project, of which a new workboat is a major part, comprises of nine partners from five EU states and five associated partners.<\/p>\n
It aims to bring together knowledge and experience in the capture, storage, treatment of CO2 and waterways.<\/p>\n
The project is being led by French research establishment YNCREA HAUTS DE FRANCE based in Lille with Canal and River Trust adapting one of its new workboats.<\/p>\n
The new boat will have a test rig that will enable the project’s engineers to evaluate the effectiveness of technology in real-world scenarios.<\/p>\n
Work has already started on the construction of a new Canal and Rivers Trust workboat that will act as a test-bed for oxy-fuel combustion technology.<\/p>\n
The project aims to develop internal combustion engines to virtually eliminate CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n
This is done by recovering exhaust energy to improve fuel efficiency and to combine this with carbon capture technology that stores the expelled CO2 as compressed gas in containers.<\/p>\n
Aqueduct has a long track record of building and restoring CRT workboats.<\/p>\n
Robert Parton, Aqueduct\u2019s Managing Director, said: “It is excellent that CRT are involved in this European environmental collaboration, and we are naturally delight here at Aqueduct Marina to be building this boat.<\/p>\n
“We look forward with interest to seeing how the theory works on the water.”<\/p>\n
At the end of the project, Aqueduct’s engineers will remove the central section of this 65ft boat and reduce it to the more usual 55ft.<\/p>\n
Once reconfigured it will then join the Trust’s fleet of maintenance boats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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