Sustainability

Green Philosophy

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REV Ocean has a holistic approach to the sustainable building and operation of our research vessel from planning to design, construction, maintenance, and renovation. This involves close cooperation between the architects, engineers, and suppliers. Below you will find highlights and details of our ambitions.

Incinerator

Hi-tech incinerator system allowing all materials including plastics, but not metal or glass, to be incinerated in an environmentally positive way without producing noxious gases and limited char. This means the ship does not have to off-load plastic waste to shoreside facilities in countries with limited ability to dispose of plastics.

Heat Recovery

Heat recovery on all main generators for feeding back into hot water circuits and HVAC, reducing power demand from generators. This heat recovery system will be used to generate fresh water through an evaporation plant.

Deck

Decks will be covered in either synthetic coatings or controlled wood materials.

Sound

DNV rated SILENT-R: Adhering to the strictest level of underwater radiated noise requirements to ensure optimal performance of precision instruments, and to acquire reliable scientific research data

Green Pilot

Vard SeaQ ”Green Pilot” system, for monitoring CO2, SOx and NOx emissions in addition to other environmental parameters, wind strength, echo sounder, DGPS

  • Diesel electric engines with an additional 3 MW lithium-ion battery pack for peak shaving and ensuring optimum efficiency, with silent running under batteries alone for limited periods of time at biomass sampling speeds 2 kts during research missions.
  • Medium speed generators compiling with the latest Marpol Tier III regulation with additional DPF (Diesel Particulate Filters).
  • High efficiency frequency controlled research winch package with energy recovery system, so that power can be harvested on winch release and re-directed into battery pack.
  • “Free cool” system for air conditioning system in sea water temperature below 10 degrees, reducing power consumption.
  • LED lighting systems throughout the vessel to reduce power consumption.
  • Ballast water treatment system to prevent species cross-contamination across ocean zones.
  • Hull construction built to ICE PC6 for navigation in ice-covered water, medium first-year ice with old inclusions, machinery specified to ICE 1C.