Branko Lalić

Sea Transport Air Pollution

The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the air pollution generated by diesel engines of the ocean-going ships and the technologies as well as methodologies available to reduce these emissions. This chapter begins with general significant information of the air pollutant emission from ships followed by a summary of the International Maritime Organi‐ zation (IMO) regulatory MARPOL Annex VI being developed to control marine shipping emissions as well as information on the various types of the ocean-going ships and their prime movers with particular emphasis on marine diesel engines as sources of air pollution from ships. For better understanding of the formation of air pollutants from marine diesel engines, authors gave a brief overview of the working principles of marine diesel engines as well as their combustion process and chemistry of the pollutant formation during that process. Finally, the chapter concludes with an analysis of several control methods that can effectively reduce harmful pollutant emissions from marine diesel engines.