Engine Monitoring

Pressure Sensors for Monitoring on Diesel and Gas Engines

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Pressure Sensors from IMES Long life and Precise

Going back to 1996, IMES was formed to exploit the excellent performance and longevity of its robust cylinder pressure sensors employing TION thin film measuring technology. Our sensors are at the heart of all our products associated with cylinder pressure measurement and are now in their fourth generation.
TION measuring cell of IMES pressure sensors

Comparison to water cooled piezoelectric re ference sensor

They are affordable and their robustness and performance has been proven in many applications. As a result, standard effective life is more than 16,000 operating hours on both Diesel and Gas Engines. On this basis we believe they offer the best combination of robust ness, reliability, price and above all accuracy available on the market.

IMES pressure sensor type HTT 04 has type approval certificate from Bureau Veritas (BV) and from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for Marine Engines . Other type approval certifications are in pre paration. For Gas Compressor application the HTT 04 sensor fulfilled ATEX 95 re quirements for explosion proof zone.

Type approval certificate from Bureau Veritas for HTT 04 sensor

for closed loop control applications on Engines

The most commenly used sensor type is the HTT 04 sensor with thread M14*1,25. The HTT 04 sensor head is available with different tube length and different cable lenght between sensor head and signal condition unit (SCU). Important operating data are stored in the SCU and can be read via serial inter face. More than 25.000 sensors are delivered for different closed loop control applications.

HTT 04 cylinder pressure sensor

The CPS sensor with M10x1 thread is designed for application on medium and high speed Engines. The CPS sensor is installed at cylinder head, where heat can be dissapeated by the cylinder cooling system. The sensor has been designed for minimum 16.000 operating hours.

CPS 01 cylinder pressure sensor

Instruments for combustion monitoring

Designed for periodic monitoring of cylinder pressure on Diesel Engines, the Electronic Indicator EPM XP device can record cylinder pressure values on a maximum of 20 cylinders on two stroke Diesel Engines operating at speeds of 40 to 300 rpm and on four stroke medium and high speed Diesels with rated speeds from 200 to 1500 rpm. Central to its performance is the proven accuracy, reliability, longevity and cost effectiveness of IMES' advanced pressure sensors employing TION thin film technology.
EPM XP instrument case incl. all components

The EPM XP has proven considerably simpler and more accurate than with mechanical engine indicators. After acquisition recorded data can be downloaded immediately to a PC or notebook via a USB cable and IMES visualisation and data processing software used to process the data at leisure. Transmitting the data by telephone line or the Internet makes them available for expert analysis. An optional software upgrade allows power calculation of every cylinder.

Application on MAN B&W two stroke engine built under license by Kawasaki Heavy Industries

on 2 and 4 stroke Diesel and Gas Engines

CMS Cargo Box allows pressures on up to 20 cylinders to be monitored and based on the data acquired engine operating parameters set and optimised.
WECS

With a special emphasis on dual fuel Gas Engines, CMS Cargo Box targets both power plants and Dual Fuel Diesel electric (DFDE) propulsion and onboard power generation systems on LNG carriers and, if current concepts become reality, cruise ships. A particular emphasis on modern engines with common rail fuel injection or advanced gas admission is balancing of cylinder outputs.

CMS Cargo Box incl. all components

Another application of CMS Cargo Box is the use on two stroke, low speed Diesel Engines in order to be able to balance cylinder outputs better with

special emphasis on optimising valve timing on the latest generations of electronically controlled two strokes.,

ECS

Engine room of Wrtsil 12 Rtflex 96 electronically controlled two stroke engine

The IPT sensor for Compressor applications

The principle features of the IPT sensor is high accuracy, high pressure and high resistance against vibration. For the US market the IPT sensor has CUL ap proval: Class 1, Div 2, Group D. The IPT sensor for Compressor application is composed of two primary parts, the sensor head with his sensing element and the signal condition unit (SCU).
Installation of an IPT sensor on a Kiene valve

The screenshot on the right side shows the comparison of an IPT sensor to a piezoelectric reference sensor with excellent results. More than 2.000 IPT sensors are installed on Compressor applications.

..and for injection pressure measurement on Engines

Another field application for the IPT sensor is, for example: monitoring of injection pressure on fuel oil pumps of 2 stroke Diesel Engines or pressure monitoring of common rail injection systems of Gas and Diesel Engines. In addition, the IPT sensor exhibits excellent zero point stability. It is alternatively available with a current output of 4...20 mA or a voltage output of 0 ... 10 Volt.

IPT injection pressure sensor with thread for Butech valves