Abstract
In this research, the development of a diesel engine thermal overload monitoring system is presented with applications and test results. The designed diesel engine thermal overload monitoring system consists of two set of sensors, i.e., a lambda sensor to measure the oxygen concentration and a fast response thermocouple to measure the temperature of the gas leaving the cylinder. A medium speed Ruston diesel engine is instrumented to measure the required engine process parameters, measurements are taken at constant load and variable fuel delivery i.e., normal and excessive injection. It is indicated that with excessive injection, the test engine is of high risk to be operated at thermal overload condition. Further tests were carried out on a Sulzer 7RTA84T engine to explore the influence of engine operating at thermal overload condition on exhaust gas temperature and oxygen concentration in the blow down gas. It is established that a lower oxygen concentration in the blow down gas corresponds to a higher exhaust gas temperature. The piston crown wear rate will then be much higher due to the high rate of heat transfer from a voluminous flame.
Highlights
The development of a diesel engine thermal overload monitoring system is presented with applications and test results
The development of a diesel engine thermal overload monitoring system is presented with application and test results
The designed diesel engine thermal overload monitoring system mainly consists two set of sensors, i.e., a lambda sensor to measure the oxygen concentration and a fast response thermocouple to measure the temperature of the gas leaving the cylinder
Summary
The last couple of decades has seen a steady improvement of the power output from slow speed diesel engines with increase of propulsion power demands [1,2,3]. This has pushed engine researchers to increase the engine power density and reduce the specific fuel oil consumption (SFOC) [4,5]. The SFOC reduction can be achieved by operating the engine closer to stoichiometric conditions and keeping all the other parameters unchanged [3] This has resulted in a reduction in design margins for the engines with higher component temperatures. Operating the engine closer to a thermal overload condition will reduce the operating life of combustion chamber components and may cause catastrophic failure in some instances [6,7]
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