ENGINE ROOM COMPUTERS MAKING AN APPEARANCE

A digital computer for use in both steam and diesel engine rooms is described. Certain advantages of using a computer, among them predicting when a machine will need servicing, and controlling each contributing machine in the plant so it is doing its work at peak efficiency, are given. Various subsystems are described for a computer on a steam-powered ship, with the function of each sub-system explained. A comprehensive description of the sub-systems which keep watch on the main boilers, and one which performs plant operation calculations and trend analysis of the boilers, main condenser and the main turbine are also presented.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1974-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Marine Engineering/Log
  • Volume: 79
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
  • ISSN: 0732-5460

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Automatic control; Boilers; Control; Electric power plants; Information processing; Instrumentation; Machinery; Monitoring; Voyage management systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computer aided analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic control systems; Boiler control; Machinery instrumentation; Power plant control; Power plant monitoring
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054966
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Kings Point
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM