ON-BOARD GRAVIMETRIC FUEL CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT

A gravimetric installation for measuring the fuel consumption of a ship at sea has been developed by Plint & Partners Ltd., of Wokingham <Berkshire>. The system is designed to handle any fuel from gas oil to the heaviest grades, at temperatures up to 135 degC, and calibration checking is simple. It will give a read-out, on the bridge and in the control room, of calculated instantaneous and cumulative consumption, and complies with Lloyd's Register requirements. Five sizes are available, to suit engine powers from 7500 to 45,000 kW. The system works on the principle of weighing the mass of fuel being supplied to the engine over a short period of time <say 2 to 3 min.>, and was originally developed for static use. The article describes its operation and construction, including the ship-motion compensating arrangements. The system's standard control unit has a printer which gives a print-out that includes the time taken <in seconds and tenths> for the consumption of the measured mass of fuel, together with rpm; alternatively, an HP85 computer can be installed to handle additional data <including torque, power output, and speed through the water>, which can be recorded for later processing.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide, 15 <1983>, p.14 <July-Aug.> (2 pp., 1 diag., 2 phot.)
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00685362
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM