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Bunker-Saving Data Analytics Solution Developed for Royal Australian Navy
GE today announced that, along with CSIRO's Data61, it has developed a data analytics solution to provide Royal Australian Navy improved insights into their fleet engine performance to enhance operational efficiency and reduce bunker consumption.
GE notes that it currently supplies the Royal Australian Navy with LM2500 gas turbines, powering the Anzac, Adelaide, Canberra, and Hobart class vessels.
CSIRO's Data61 has developed an application to process data from GE engines captured from sensors, using advanced analytics to identify possible improvements.
"Techniques such as machine learning and advanced algorithms will be used to predict future failures and reduce fuel burn. In addition, data visualization tools will be used to represent the engine performance," explained GE.
Data will be initially captured from two Royal Australian Navy vessels, which GE says will then be utilised to improve and manage the performance GE marine gas turbines used more broadly across the fleet.
"This partnership is a great example of how insights from data can be used to transform existing industries like defence, where cost savings from operational efficiencies can provide significant economic gains as well as serving the national benefit," said Adrian Turner, CEO of CSIRO's Data61.
"CSIRO's Data61 and GE are both focused on the global opportunity to securely connect industrial equipment to the network globally. This project reinforces Data61's and Australia's strength in cyber physical systems, and in creating new value at the intersection of digital and domain, through the use of trusted data analytics."
In 2014, GE announced was constructing an energy-efficient marine power system for the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).
