The CSULB engineering department, and the Port of L.A have teamed up to produce a Seawater exhaust scrubber that will help cargo ships reduce the harmful emissions. The scrubber, if correctly executed, will have the ability to reduce emissions by 85 percent. this scrubber will use salt water to essentially filter/scrub contaminants [mainly carbon] from the ships engines before the exhaust is released into the atmosphere. The solid carbon will be stored and eventually disposed of.
CSULB began testing the system in October, and is in month seven of it's 36 month trial on a
Horizon Lines container vessel that makes monthly calls between Los
Angeles and Shanghai. Hamid Rahai, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering it the one of the two principal directors, along with Rolls Royce Marine, a world renowned ship engineer.
According to a press release put out by the port of L.A, Rahai said, “One of CSULB’s missions, in addition to its primary mission of providing high quality education, is to support community needs economically, environmentally and in other ways. Pollution is not only a global issue but also a significant local problem. If we as a university can help with that, I believe we have made a very significant contribution"
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