Winterthur – WinGD has received the 100th order for its VCR (Variable Compression Ration) technology for its dual-fuel X-DF engines. According to WinGD, this is a phenomenal success and shows the market’s great interest in reducing the environmental impact of gas and diesel engines.
The Winterthur-based company WinGD has received the 100th order for its VCR-Technology It optimizes combustion for X-DF-Dual-Fuel-Schiffsmotoren and can adjust the compression ratio depending on the fuel used to improve efficiency. This technology was launched in June 2023 introduced.
“The fact that we have received more than 100 orders for our variable compression (VCR) technology in the first year is a phenomenal success and shows the great interest of the market in technologies that both reduce the environmental impact of gas-powered engines and
Exclude compromises in the performance of diesel engines,” WinGD sales manager Volkmar Galke said in a Company announcement “We are grateful to these early adopters and see even greater opportunities for the industry to benefit from this unique engine technology in the future.”
WinGD describes a series of four liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers being built for a Middle Eastern shipowner at a Korean shipyard as a milestone. These orders are part of a series of orders that have made X-DF engines and VCR technology standard in LNG tankers over the past year. The orders also came from other segments of almost ten shipping companies.
VCR is the second X-DF2.0 technology introduced by WinGD as an extension of the proven X-DF dual-fuel engine platform. The first, called Intelligent Control by Exhaust Recycling (iCER), has also been well received and has been used in most LNG carrier orders over the past two years. ce/mm
