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Caterpillar Launches New Bunker-Saving Multi-Engine Optimizer Tool
Caterpillar Marine has launched the new bunker-saving Multi-Engine Optimizer (MEO) tool which uses performance data and control algorithms to provide intelligence for power management systems, MarineLink reports.
"MEO is designed to operate in conjunction with any system, new or retrofit," said Theodore Wiersema, business process manager for Caterpillar Marine.
"The PLC-based system contains proprietary performance data and control algorithms providing the highest overall fuel efficiency. MEO enables a stable bus while engines of different size and rated speeds simultaneously share load operating at different targeted fuel set points. The cost savings can be quite significant depending on the load profile of vessel and the types of engines on the bus."
At 700 cm wide, the MEO tool can be installed in any engine or control room with no more than six wire connections.
"MEO is viewed by marine societies as an advisory system and will have type approval certification," said Wiersema.
"As an advisory system MEO can be turned off at any time allowing the existing power management device to return to its normal operating procedures to provide an extra layer of protection and safety,"
Last year, Ship & Bunker reported that Caterpillar Marine was set to supply power solutions to Stena Line's (Stena's) four new Ro-Pax ferries - said to be the "most fuel efficient" ferries in the world.
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