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Engine Performance Monitoring Insights

To accurately assess engine performance, a series of power cards showing minimum information like maximum indicated pressure (MIP), maximum pressure (Pmax), and pressure at the compressor (Pcomp) must be taken. Abnormalities like piston ring leakage, fouled turbocharger gas sides, and low fuel injection pressure can be identified using power, draw, and light spring cards, though this method has limitations. Modern electronic equipment allows identification of issues like hull fouling, fuel system abnormalities, cylinder conditions, and turbocharger and air cooler fouling or corrosion through performance monitoring concepts. Engine performance is affected by high or low Pmax, as well as variations in factors like fuel density, scavenge pressure and temperature, and ambient temperature

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Engine Performance Monitoring Insights

To accurately assess engine performance, a series of power cards showing minimum information like maximum indicated pressure (MIP), maximum pressure (Pmax), and pressure at the compressor (Pcomp) must be taken. Abnormalities like piston ring leakage, fouled turbocharger gas sides, and low fuel injection pressure can be identified using power, draw, and light spring cards, though this method has limitations. Modern electronic equipment allows identification of issues like hull fouling, fuel system abnormalities, cylinder conditions, and turbocharger and air cooler fouling or corrosion through performance monitoring concepts. Engine performance is affected by high or low Pmax, as well as variations in factors like fuel density, scavenge pressure and temperature, and ambient temperature

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Questions on Engine Performance Monitoring

1 (a) Explain the need for taking series (set) of power cards to assess
engine performance
(b) Explain minimum information required from the power card for
accurate assessment of engine performance (Hint- MIP, Pmax,
Pcomp)
(c) Explain the significance of:
 Out of phase diagram (draw card)
 Light spring diagram

2 Explain with the aid of power, draw and light spring cards how following
abnormalities affect engine performance:
(i) Piston ring leakage
(ii) T/C fouled gas sides
(iii) Low fuel injection pressure
What is the limitation of above method of monitoring?

3 Explain how following abnormalities can be identified in a large engine


with the aid of modern electronic equipment and performance
monitoring concepts:

(i) Hull / propeller fouling and effects on main propulsion engine


(ii) Abnormalities fuel and / or fuel injection systems , fuel pump
wear
(iii) Mechanical condition in the cylinder
(iv) Turbocharger Gas side fouling
(v) Turbocharger air side fouling
(vi) Air cooler air side fouling
(vii) Air cooler water side fouling
(viii) Cylinder liner cold corrosion

4 Explain the effect on the on engine performance if it is operated with


 high Pmax
 low Pmax

5 Explain the effect of variation in


 Fuel density
 Scavenge pressure and temperature
 Ambient temperature and pressure
On Pmax, Pcomp, Texh, Power and speed of the engine

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