The Automatic Drain Cleaning System – ADCS – has
an environmental and oil saving impact on 2-stroke marine engines reducing wear on
vital components and time spent on oil sampling.
- The Automatic Drain Cleaning System solves the problem
of clogged cylinder bores and drainpipes on 2-stroke marine engines. On most
large vessels clogged drainpipes are just accepted as a part of everyday life.
But our system changes that. It is hardly visible, but the effect is significant
savings on fuel/lube and the clean pipes improve combustion and working
environment, says Thorbjørn Thade Petersen.
It has been thoroughly tested on MAN-ES 2-stroke engines,
and the result of having augers continuously rotating and cleaning the
pipes is
striking.
-
Almost immediately, we saw a reduced fuel consumption due to the engine operating
at correct high Pmax and higher mechanical efficiency. The augers make it much
faster to do samples for Scrape Down Analysis (SDA) and with more precise and
instant iron readings, the system simply prevents unnecessary operational
expenses, Thorbjørn Thade Petersen explains.
The fast and better SDA samples also reduce the use
and optimize the dosage of cylinder lube oil. Saving both fuel and cylinder
lube oil, the Automatic Drain Cleaning System reduces the CO2 impact
of the vessel.
Samples
in a Matter of Minutes
As
a former chief engineer at Maersk, Thorbjørn Thade Petersen wondered why
sampling of SDA oil took hours to fulfil. This led him to the development of
the Automatic Drain Cleaning System:
- When the pipes are clogged, the oil must be pressed
through a plug of solid sludge, making the samples unprecise and very slow to
extract. This is completely unnecessary. With the Smart-Marine system
performing automated and continuous cleaning of the pipes, the oil will pass
easily and make samples in a matter of minutes, he says.
Work
environment for the marine engine crew will also be improved by the Automatic
Drain Cleaning System. They will no longer on a regular basis have to dig out harmful hard
sludge from drainpipes and bores below the piston.
The Automatic
Drain Cleaning System is suitable for retrofit and new
engines and the reliable installations are well-tested and proven to run trouble-free
for years. The augers rotate extremely slowly, and the free-flowing oil
prevents them from wearing the drainpipes.
