IMPROVING OPERATIONAL ECONOMY

This paper describes CONSOMETER 882, an online ship performance monitoring system developed by CETENA (Italian Ship Research Center), initially for recording the performance of merchant ships and naval vessels during their sea trials. CONSOMETER is a microprocessor-based system designed to measure, process and display data relating to overall vessel efficiency and main engine and propeller inputs and outputs. It allows the determination of optimal trim, hull tuning in heavy weather conditions, and the optimization of drydocking intervals.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference paper
• Authors:
  • Melistas, E
  • Cappoen, L
• Conference:
  • NAV '88-WEMT '88 Symposium
  • Location: Trieste, Italy
  • Date: 1988-10-12 to 1988-10-14
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: 21p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engine cylinders; Engine tuning; Inspection; Trim (Aeronautics)
• Old TRIS Terms: Consometer 882; Drydocking intervals; Heavy weather; Ship performance monitoring; System descriptions; Trim; Tuning
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00659411
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM