Hitachi launches portable bunker fuel analysis tool

Hitachi’s X-MET8000 Optimum solution offers ship owners and port state control an alternative, portable option to benchtop X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysers in order to meet the legislative requirements of the IMO’s global 2020 sulphur cap.

“Ensuring compliance with the 2020 global sulfur cap regulation is a challenge for many organisations and for the industry. On-board testing is the most effective method to establish compliance,” said Christelle Petiot, Hitachi product business development manager.

“The launch of the X-MET8000 Optimum solution demonstrates how we are constantly evolving our product ranges to ensure ship owners and port authorities are able prove their compliance now and in the future.”

Easy analysis

The X-MET8000 Optimum handheld XRF analyser can be easily taken from site to site and ship to ship and is factory-calibrated with a sulphur range of 0% to 5%, and calibrated to ASTM, D4294, IP336 and ISO8754.

It has been designed to provide the end-user with everything they need to carry out the analysis easily: Sample cups, safety window and film, light stand and safety shield and a brand-new sample tray to keep the cup and safety window stable during the analysis.

The analyser can achieve real-time data transfer with its dedicated IOS and Android apps and cloud service and it also has an embedded GPS to pinpoint where the analysis was performed to provide compliance reporting.

It complements Hitachi High-Tech’s existing laboratory-based sulphur analysers, LAB-X and X-Supreme, in order to provide ship owners and port state control flexibility.