100th PMI Auto-tuning Retrofit Package Sold Automatic control of combustion pressure offers significant advantages Copenhagen, 22/01/2015 MAN Diesel & Turbo SE Teglholmsgade 41 MAN PrimeServ, MAN Diesel & Turbo’s service division, has announced the 100th sale of its PMI (Pressure Measuring Instrument) Auto-tuning retrofit package. The ‘MSC Filippa’, a 2011-built, 13,400-teu container ship owned by Germany’s Peter Döhle Group, will be retrofitted to accommodate the system. DK-2450 Copenhagen SV DENMARK www.mandieselturbo.com Marketing & Documentation Further information: Peter Dan Petersen Hagen Koslowski, Technical Director of Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG, said: “The main driver for us in ordering PMI Auto-tuning was to reduce fuel consumption and therefore become more attractive to the charter market. Taking a broader view, the CO2 reduction and our environmental responsibility, paired with our trust in MAN products, also played key roles in the decision.” Previous experience The Peter Döhle Group has previous experience with PMI Auto-tuning, having recently installed it aboard a series of 6,800-teu vessels – MV ‘Pangal’, MV ‘Puelche’ and MV ‘Petrohue’ – equipped with MAN B&W 10K98MEC-7 lowspeed engines. Of their experience with this, Koslowski said: “On all our vessels, the system runs reliably. The PMI works really well and adjustments can be seen on the CoCoS computer and MOP, while engine parameters are always at the optimal value.” Koslowski also praised an “outstanding performance” by MAN PrimeServ’s service engineers who installed, commissioned and pre-adjusted the PMI Auto-tuning system aboard the container fleet. He added: “With the PMI system in place, we observed an SFOC drop on our engines using Bluetraker® performance monitoring. In the long term, our main expectations are extended TBOs and a smaller workload for our crews as engine performance will be permanently, automatically optimised. Tel.: +45 33 85 14 70 [email protected] Graphics and images: Mia Glarborg Tel.: +45 33 85 15 90 [email protected] Press Release Page 2 / 4 Autotuning PMI Autotuning measures the pressure in a cylinder’s combustion chamber through online sensors. These automatically send signals in real time and the data is used to automatically adjust the cylinders for optimal performance. The system replaces the older PMI Offline and Online systems. Christian Ludwig – Head of Retrofit & Upgrade – MAN Diesel & Turbo, said: “We introduced our first PMI Autotuning system in 2010 as a result of the possibilities arising from the launch of MAN Diesel & Turbo’s electronic MEengines in 2005. The strong sales performance of our Autotuning package shows how successfully the market has taken to it. So much so, in fact, that we recently decided to make it standard on our newbuilding engines.” In fact, MAN PrimeServ reports that many owners of newbuilding engines that have featured PMI Autotuning as standard have been inspired to retrofit the rest of their fleet with the system after observing its effectiveness in the field. Ludwig also states that the next development within PMI Autotuning is ‘PMI VIT’ for its MC engines. MAN Diesel & Turbo introduced the first prototype system in 2013 that uses PMI data to adjust the VIT (Variable Injection Timing) system to get an optimal combustion pressure. Ludwig said: “With PMI VIT, we are addressing our sizable, mechanical MC-portfolio of engines and aiming to emulate that which PMI Autotuning has achieved with electronic engines.” Benefits PMI Autotuning offers a number of advantages: • confirmed fuel savings of 1-3 g/kW • contributes to engine safety by eliminating excessive cylinder pressures • offers better combustion with less stress to the engine and a commensurate reduction in maintenance • real-time surveillance that reduces engine maintenance. Press Release Page 3 / 4 About Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG The Peter Döhle Group is one of the leading providers of shipping services worldwide with core competences in chartering and the sale and purchase of ships. Founded in 1956 in Hamburg, the company operates a modern fleet of some 500 container vessels, multi-purpose vessels and bulk carriers. The company also owns about 100 vessels and part-owns a further 100 or so units including container vessels with a capacity of 600 up to 13,000 teu. MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PMI Autotuning system automatically adjusts the pressure in the combustion chambers of an engine’s cylinders for optimal running. A screen shot from the PMI Autotuning user interface Press Release Page 4 / 4 A 3D rendering of a cylinder/combustion chamber About MAN Diesel & Turbo MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, based in Augsburg, Germany, is the world’s leading provider of large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery for marine and stationary applications. It designs two-stroke and four-stroke engines that are manufactured both by the company and by its licensees. The engines have power outputs ranging from 450 kW to 87 MW. MAN Diesel & Turbo also designs and manufactures gas turbines of up to 50 MW, steam turbines of up to 150 MW and compressors with volume flows of up to 1.5 million m³/h and pressures of up to 1,000 bar. The product range is rounded off by turbochargers, propellers, gas engines and chemical reactors. MAN Diesel & Turbo’s range of goods includes complete marine propulsion systems, turbomachinery units for the oil & gas as well as the process industries and complete power plant solutions. Customers receive worldwide after-sales services marketed under the MAN PrimeServ brand. The company employs around 14,500 staff at more than 100 international sites, primarily in Germany, Denmark, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, India and China. MAN Diesel & Turbo is a company in the Power Engineering business area of MAN SE. Ref.: 6510-0369 All data provided in this press release is for information purposes only, explicitly non-binding and subject to changes without further notice.
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