New Bunker Monitoring Tool Avoids Need for "Expensive" MFM-Based Systems

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday November 28, 2014

France-headquartered engineering company CMR Group says it has developed fuel monitoring technology which avoids the need for "expensive" mass flow meter (MFM)-based systems.

The Fuel Monitoring System (FMS) is able to accurately calculate actual diesel consumption levels through the use of fuel pressure and temperature sensors installed on the ship's engine.

CMR's Smart Innovative Monitoring System (SIMS) then uses pre-programmed data on factors such as diesel oil density to plot usage graphs for use by ship operators.

The product is understood to be aimed at engine manufacturers who could use this technology in conjunction with their hardware as opposed including additional MFM-type systems in their design.

"This innovative approach to computing fuel consumption as a function of fuel pressure and temperature enables the engine manufacturer to avoid the use of expensive fuel consumption measurement systems based on fuel mass flow meters," said the company, as it launched the product in October.

In September Japanese shipyard Oshima Shipbuilding claimed a world first by installing fuel monitoring systems on bulkers, saying "fuel cost matters a lot these days."

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