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April 2006
RT-flex
Customer / File.PPT / 1 / Date
RT-flex Engine
RT-flex
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RT-flex Engine
RT-flex
Customer day / File.PPT / 3 / Date
RT-flex Engine
Electronically Fuel Injection
controlled Exhaust Valve Drive
Characteristic of Starting Air
+
RT-flex Engine Common Rail Technology
z Improvement of fuel
consumption
z Clean environment
RT-flex
Customer day / File.PPT / 4 / Date
Sulzer Common Rail System
RT-flex
Customer / File.PPT / 5 / Date
Components
RTA RT-flex
Fuel linkage
VIT device
Start - Air – Distr. Supply unit
Camshaft drive
RT-flex
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Common Rail System Fuel System
WECS-9520
WECS-9500
Control Oil
Servo Supply Control
control
200 bar
Cylinder
Cylinder Volumetric
Volumetric
injection
Injection
6 5 4 3 2 Control
control
Cylinder
Cylinder Hydraulic
Hydraulic
6 5 4 3 2 actuator
Servo
Servo oil rail 200
Supply bar
200 bar
RT-flex
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Benefits Flexibility of Fuel Injection Pressure
Fuel Injection Pressure of Common Rail System
Injection Pressure Sulzer Common Rail System
25 50 75 100 Load [%]
Low fuel consumption
Free selection of Low Nox
injection pressure Smokeless operation
Steady running at low load
RT-flex
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Benefits Flexibility of Exhaust Valve Timing
Exhaust Valve Timing of Sulzer Common Rail System
close
RT-flex
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Benefits Sequential Operation
Sequential Operation of Injection Nozzle
(Smokeless operation and slow steaming)
Sequential Operation:
Reduce number of injection valve to increase injection quantity of one
injection valve at low load. Improvement of injection spray
Low load :
1 nozzle operation
RT-flex
Customer / File.PPT / 12 / Date
Flexible Operation
RT-flex
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Easy Maintenance
RT-flex
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Easy Operation
RT-flex58TB
Control console in
control room
Same arrangement
as console for
conventional engine
RT-flex
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Easy Operation
Engine side operation stand (RT-flex) Engine side operation stand (RTA)
RT-flex
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High Reliability and Redundancy Design・Test
RT-flex
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High Reliability and Redundancy Doubled Main Parts
RT-flex
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High Reliability and Redundancy Monitoring Function
RT-flex
Customer day / File.PPT / 19 / Date
Gentle to Environment Smokeless
Smoke
SmokeMeasurement Result
measurement result
12RT-flex96C
25
12RT- flex96C
Smoke [ %, 3L ]
20
12RTA96C Conventional
15 Diesel Oil operation
Smoke
SmokeVisibility Limit
Visibility Limit
10
Smoke
5
0
Load(%)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Engine Load (%)
High injection pressure Improvement of fuel injection
Optimized exhaust valve timing Smokeless operation at all
Sequential injection nozzle operation operation range
RT-flex
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Gentle to Environment Emission
Exhaust GasEmission
Exhaust Emission Measurement Result
measurement
6RT- flex58T- B
3
0 25 50 75 100
60 CO Concentration
50
CO (ppm)
40
30
20
600 HC Concentration
HC (ppm)
400
200
RT-flex 0
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Clean in Environment For Future Requirement
RT-flex
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Service Experience 1
6RT-flex58T-B
RT-flex
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Experience General
General Statements:
l More than 8000 running hours
l Running behaviour exceeds all
our expectations for a
revolutionary engine
l No real down-time besides 2hrs
l Operators quickly got
acquainted to the system
l Several non-concept troubles
solved
Conventional Parts
Very good results on liner wear
ライナ摩耗は良好
Faults 14
12
15 Nov 2001 Start of delivery voyage
New faults
18 Sep 2001 Sea trials completed
10 Repeated faults
8
6
2
0
Sept Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
2001 2002
Note that faults are only recorded from start of delivery voyage
Conclusions
RT-flex
Customer day / File.PPT / 31 / Date
Service Experience 2 Inspection Result
2,737Hr
Conventional Parts
¾ Piston ring / Cylinder liner:Very good condition
RT-flex
Customer day / File.PPT / 32 / Date
Service Experience 2
Conclusion
¾ RT-flex system concept works fine.
¾ Some “teething” problems were experienced and
solved. Necessary feed-back for improvement were
carried out.
¾ Operators quickly got acquainted to the flex system
and operate the engine without problem.
¾ Overhaul inspection result of flex parts shows very
good condition.
¾ Sludge accumulation in piston under side is “clean
& excellent”.
RT-flex
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Service Experience 2
RT-flex
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Improvement of Main Parts Reliability
z Main Bearing
→ Optimized design by Elasto Hydro Dynamic.
Application of back relief and lemon shape.
z Guide Shoe
→ Optimized design consideration of deformation by FEM.
Increased contact area between guide rail and guide shoe
at BDC.
z Piston Ring / Cyl. Liner
→ Application of Tribo-pack.
z Stuffing Box
→ Application of BICO-type Stuffing box.
RT-flex
Customer day / File.PPT / 35 / Date
RT-flex Conclusion
z High Reliability and Reduced Running Costs
z Image1 : Is running cost of RT-flex higher?
Running cost of RT-flex decreases.
¾ Saving fuel oil consumption.
¾ Reducing maintenance hours.
¾ Extension TBO and simple structure.
z Image2 : Is operation of RT-flex difficult? Easy operation of RT-flex.
¾ Operations can quickly get acquainted to flex system and operate the engine.
¾ Easy trouble shooting of WECS system.
z Image3 : Is reliability of RT-flex lower?
¾ Higher reliability of flex system was proved by good service experience more
than 70,000 hours. Higher reliability of RT-flex compared with conventional
mechanical engines.
RT-flex
Customer day / File.PPT / 36 / Date