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AN OVERVIEW
For over 40 years Regulateurs Europa has proudly supplied high
class Control and Monitoring Systems to the marine Military and
Commercial markets throughout the world.
Systems have been supplied to many of the world’s Navies with
particular reference to The Royal Navy, The Royal Netherlands Navy,
The Royal Australian Navy, The United States Navy, The Bangladesh
Navy, The Brazilian Navy and The Mexican Navy.
Regulateurs Europa has provided Systems for many Commercial
vessels from Cruise Liners and Luxury yachts to Dredgers and Tugs.
Regulateurs Europa has always been able to provide the Technical
expertise and knowledge to supply the right Control and Monitoring
System for any application from simple Engine Governor Control to
sophisticated shipwide control and monitoring systems. Dredger prime
mover controls are a particular speciality for Regulateurs Europa. These
complex systems have been standardised and refined over many
installations to make Regulateurs Europa the supplier of choice.
Where a vessel refit is required Regulateurs Europa are able to offer
new installation consultation and planning advice for any Control and
Monitoring System. The modular format of the Regulateurs Europa
system means easy and cost effective installation.
Regulateurs Europa can assess and determine new requirements for
existing out of date and difficult to maintain Control and Monitoring
Systems.
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MARINE PROPULSION CONTROL SYSTEMS
General Description
The Regulateurs Europa MVCP is a fully integrated governing and
propulsion control unit providing a cost effective solution for Fixed
Pitch Propeller (FPP), Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP), and water
jet marine applications.
Within the single bulkhead mounted enclosure is a sophisticated
digital governor, with flexible propulsion controls and essential
hardwired safety circuits. This leaves the scope and the level of
monitoring specifically to suit the customer's requirements.
The MVCP is accredited with many marine classifications. With
applications as diverse as fast patrol vessels, luxury yachts and
fast ferries.
In addition to speed governing the Propulsion Control Panel also
provides the logic for starting, stopping, clutch control and engine
protections such as slowdowns and hardwired shutdowns.
The fundamental control functions will be programmed with
customer specific parameters designed to suit and protect the
engine. These parameters are accessible via the operator interface
user friendly display which allows setting up and tuning while the
engine is running. Local manual control is obtainable via front
mounted switches and push buttons.
In addition to the engine's controls the MVCP can provide the
control for external facilities such as:
• Jacket water heaters • Exhaust flap change over
• Priming pump • Stabilisers
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THE CONTROL SOLUTION
T Y P I C A L P R O P U L S I O N C O N T R O L PA N E L
Viking 25 electronic governor Hard wired safety and local control functions
I N T E R FA C E S I G N A L S
User friendly Engine, water jet/CPP, Local control
operator interface gearbox, alarm system,
display menu auxiliaries, bridge/MCC
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Typical Propulsion Control Panel Software and Hardware Capabilities
• Isochronous speed control/droop. • Boost fuel limit. • Dual dynamics.
• Speed setting. • Torque limit with independent RPM range. • Clutch engage interlocks.
• Analogue 4 - 20 mA. • Slowdowns/shutdowns are dependent on • Acceleration limitation.
• Local/remote digital speed control. engine type and application. • Wire break detection.
• Speed measured by Perception Heads. • Pre-start priming. • Overspeed test facility.
With automatic change over. • Interlocked start sequence. • Engine RPM analogue outputs.
• Start fuel limit. • Multi-attempt start capabilities. • Engine load analogue outputs.
Failure Modes
The Propulsion Control Panel has been designed to be used with any
of Regulateurs Europa's range of actuator units, specifically in
conjunction with the 2231 series ballhead servo hydraulic actuator.
In normal operation the 2231 actuator output shaft position is
proportional to the electric input signal from the Propulsion
Control Panel.
In the event of failure of the ships power supply to the MVCP, the
ships UPS or auxiliary supply will take over. If the auxiliary supply
fails or the system develops a controller fault the 2231 actuator will
fall to ballhead mode.
With the 2231 actuator set in ballhead mode, this then enables the
engine speed to be controlled, by the use of a manual hand lever,
integral stepper motor or cable lever as options.
Propulsion Systems
This dual redundancy provides emergency means of governing and
The Propulsion Control Panel is designed to interface with
speed control to safeguard the vessel.
proprietary water jet and controllable pitch propeller systems.
To complete the packaged system Regulateurs Europa also offer
Complete Solutions various control stations such as bridge, open bridge/bridge wing
and/or machinery control consoles.
Expanding from the MVCP, Regulateurs Europa produces a
complete range of solutions for marine engine control and The engine control stations would normally have instrumentation,
monitoring tailored for the vessel and it's application. Based on the start and stop facilities, ships telegraph and monitoring systems or
depth of knowledge within the company, these can range from other features built to classification society requirements.
standard systems to specification built systems to suit all
If the system is fixed pitch command levers and transfer of control
applications.
can be provided.
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VIKING VISION
Viking Vision is a PC based tool which has been developed to allow To support all of these features Viking Vision has been made highly
easy access to adjustable parameters and status information in the configurable. This allows for customisation of the program's
Viking product range. features for an individual contract or operator's needs. Each
contract or application has it's own unique Contract Configuration
Viking Vision offers the following features to the user:
File (CCF) which is loaded into Viking Vision. The CCF file contains
• All parameters are grouped and presented in a tree the settings required to configure the presentation and adjustment
structured menu. of data. (An optional Parameter file (PAR) can be used to store
• Parameters can be edited and displayed graphically. parameter values from the application.)
• Status information can be displayed graphically.
VIKING HMI
• Alarms are displayed and logged in chronological order of event
with the ability to be reset. The Viking HMI has been developed to allow easy access to
• Parameter and alarm information can be printed in a number of editable parameters, display information and alarms in the Viking
different formats. product range. The Viking HMI can be either a panel mounted or
• Parameters can be downloaded from one Viking and stored or hand held unit.
loaded into another unit.
The Viking HMI offers the following features to the user:
• Information can be presented graphically on up to 256 user
defined canvas pages. • All editable and display parameters are grouped and presented
• Five password protection levels of editable parameters. in tree structured menus.
• Uploading of application software into Viking product. • The menu currently in use is clearly
shown on the HMI.
• Alarms are displayed as a list with a
flashing alarm indication.
• Ability to reset alarms.
• Password protection of editable
parameters.
• Editing and display of various types
of parameter.
• Saving of edited data to non-volatile memory.
• Constant display of speed and load (if applicable to Viking).
SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS OPTION
The MVCP interfaces with the vessel via analogue and potential free signals wired to a numbered terminal rail. An option is available for serial
communications through RS485 links using the MODBUS RTU protocol (half duplex). The RS485 link will allow access to MVCP alarm and
status information requested by the ship wide control and monitoring system or Platform Management System.
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SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
General
The Regulateurs Control and Monitoring Systems can be as simple or as complex as the
application requires. From the simple Viking M3000 LCD and LED display panel located near
the engine giving engine operating parameters via a LCD and Alarm status via LED
indicators to Shipwide Monitoring Systems with Centralised Monitoring and Control
workstations.
MVLAP Local Alarm Panel Remote Monitoring
The MVLAP is a local alarm and status panel that is totally Regulateurs Europa can provide remote monitoring display options
independent of the shipwide monitoring system. Engine parameters to suit the application or vessel layout.
can be viewed on the 2-line LCD display and fault conditions
indicated on the LEDs. In conjunction with the MVCP the two
panels provide all the engine control, alarm and shutdown
protections required by the classification societies. Communication
with remote displays can be via discrete outputs or via RS485 links
using the MODBUS RTU protocol (half duplex).
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SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS (continued)
MVHMI
The MVHMI provides remote display of the engine data and status.
Engine parameters can be displayed by way of simple mimics or
graphical displays. The touch-screen display enables the operator
to simply move from screen to screen. Alarms channels can be
accepted from the MVHMI and the alarm listing displays the alarms
in a chronological order.
The MVHMI are touch screen LCD that displays status and alarms through simple mimics. The displays are available 115mm X 86mm in
monochrome and Colour and a 211mm X 158 mm in colour
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SHIP-WIDE CONTROL AND
MONITORING SYSTEMS. MVSCMS
Regulateurs Europa supply a range of ship-wide monitoring
systems to suit the application.
The MVSCMS system provides multi-station monitoring of the
vessels plant. The system can interface with other networks to
provide a single user friendly interface.
The graphical display shows alarms status and machine/system
status pages. The software allows trending, event recording and
alarm listing.
The MVSCMS provides control capabilities for pumps, valves and
fluid handling systems.
Power management control for diesel electric vessels is also
available.
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TYPE 2231 BALLHEAD HYDRAULIC SERVO
FEATURES The essential part of the
2231 actuator is the high
• True proportional actuator
response electric
• Self contained oil supply.
servomechanism, which
• Based on the popular 1100 series Governor.
overrides the ballhead
• One module with 5 different work outputs all within the same
pilot valve.
frame size.
• Ballhead back-up with various options for speed setting. In the event of a power
• Various speed setting options available. failure or controller fault,
• Booster option. the governor system will
• Designed for use with the Viking range of Digital electrical fail to the ballhead mode.
controls / engine management systems but can be used with
Ballhead actuators have
other manufacturers governors
backup speed setting
• Electric start fuel limit option.
options of: -
• Standard adapters available to replace other manufactures
governors. 1. Lever hand operated
2. Lever Morse cable operated
The Regulateurs Europa 2231 actuator is a proportional actuator in
which the output shaft position is proportional to the electric input 3. Synchronous motor 115 / 230V AC or Stepper motor
signal.
4. Handwheel control
It has been designed for use with the Viking Digital Electronic
A booster unit can be supplied for applications where minimal start
Control Unit, to provide a complete governing system.
air consumption is required
Nominal Stalled 8 ft lbf 15ft lbf 25 ft lbf 34 ft lbf 40 ft lbf
Work Capacity 11joules 20joules 34joules 46joules 55joules
Work Capacity 10 ft lbf 17.8 ft lbf 29.7 ft lbf 34.5 ft lbf 35.25 ft lbf
Increase Fuel 13.5 joules 24.1 joules 40.2 joules 46.7 joules 47.8 joules
Work Capacity 6.1 ft lbf 12.0 ft lbf 19.9 ft lbf 35.4 ft lbf 42.5 ft lbf
Decrease Fuel 8.3 joules 16.2 joules 27.0 joules 48.0 joules 57.6 joules
Output Shaft torque 11.4 lbf ft 21.3 lbf ft 35.6 lbf ft 39.8 lbf ft 40.75 lbf ft
Increase Fuel 15.4 Nm 28.8 Nm 48.2 Nm 53.9 Nm 55.0 Nm
Output Shaft torque 6.9 lbf ft 12.9 lbf ft 21.5 lbf ft 40.94 lbf ft 49.13 lbf ft
Decrease Fuel 9.3 Nm 17.5 Nm 29.2 Nm 55.3 Nm 66.4 Nm
Servo Oil Pressure 150lbf/in2 150lbf/in2 250lbf/in2 250lbf/in2 300lbf/in2
10.3 bar 10.3 bar 17.2 bar 17.2 bar 20.7 bar
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STANDBY GENERATORS
The standby generator panel provides all the control and
monitoring for the engine and alternator. The panel includes battery
backup to enable the generator to be started in a black start
condition.
CONTROL AND MONITORING
Regulateurs Europa supplied a control and monitoring system for
the Royal Netherlands Navy frigates. In addition to the generator
controls the system provided the alarm and monitoring system for
each generator. The status of the generator system was then
passed to the ship’s platform management system (PMS) via an
RS285 serial communication link.
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TUG/DREDGER CONTROLS
Regulateurs Europa design and manufacture controls systems from
simple speed control systems on tug and work boats to complex
controls for dredger applications.
Regulateurs Europa has established itself as the supplier of choice
for power plant control solutions for dredging applications for both
new build and re-fit projects.
Simple pneumatic speed control systems
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