Engine Room turnkey solutions, calibration and marine fuel consumption system
Thrust and Torque Measurement
The use of T-Sense Torque measurement system or TT-Sense Thrust and Torque measurement system from VAF Instruments means efficiency improvements, overload protections and prevention against breakdown costs. For example, in the shipping industry its application has in some cases led to fuel saving of up to 5%. The toque meter is easily installed because it is mounted directly on the shaft of the vessel and then sends data wirelessly.
Calibration
We introduce calibration solutions for the Marine and Offshore Industry. The equipment can be purchased as single components, or we can deliver configurable/customized solutions in transport boxes. We have instruments to calibrate; temperature, pneumatic pressure, weight and more. We also offer Calibration services for pressure, temperature, liquid flow, emissions and sulphur in oil.
Marine Kit
The IKM Marine Calibrators and Test Case offers a complete set of tools for maintaining your control instrumentation. If you are not sure what the problem is, the Marine Kit offers you the best help in troubleshooting and calibration. The Marine Kit can be used on the engines, propulsion, boilers, hydraulic plant and much more.
Fuel Consumption System
The Fuel Consumption System gives you great insight into your ships fuel consumption. Coriolis mass flow meters ensures an accuracy better than 0.3% of nominel flow measured directly in mass. By measuring the fuel consumption with high accuracy mass flow meters and using dedicated data acquisition and processing systems, the marine fuel consumption can be monitored and compared with position and speed as well as historical data. The insight into fuel consumption will help you determine the exact benefit of fuel saving actions / improvements as well as freeing man-hours for other important things.
Performance Monitoring System
The Performance Monitoring System (PMoS) is based on high accuracy measurements of key factors such as Fuel Consumption measured by mass flow meters, shaft power by Torque meter and generator output by power meters. The data is collected, displayed, stored and distributed automatically by the system, and can be used for monitoring of the performance of the vessel as is and over time. Basic Key Performance Indicator (KPI) values such as the Specific Fuel Oil Consumption and kg/Nm can be monitored, and combined with the experience the crew can gain from these data, new cost effective optimization projects can be implemented.
Norsepower Auxiliary Wind Propulsion
The Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution is a modernized version of the Flettner rotor – a spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power to propel a ship. When the wind conditions are favorable, Norsepower Rotor Sails allow the main engines to be throttled back, saving fuel and reducing emissions while providing the power needed to maintain speed and voyage time. Rotor sails can be used with new vessels or they can be retrofitted to existing ships.
The Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution was installed in November 2014 on board Bore's Estraden. Based on the independently verified results, the Rotor Sails reduced the average fuel consumption by more than 6%. The technology has potential for fuel savings of up to 20% for vessels with multiple, large Rotor Sails operating in areas with favorable wind conditions.
Norsepower Rotor Sails are suitable for installation on ships, which have the required installation space available on deck. Typically, such vessels are Ro-Ro ships, tankers, bulk carriers and passenger vessels.
Norsepower has won a number of awards for the innovative Rotor Sail technology. In September 2015 the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution won the Energy Efficiency Solution Award in annual Ship Efficiency Awards, organized by Fathom Maritime Intelligence. In June 2016 the product was awarded with the Innovation of the Year Award at the Electric & Hybrid Marine Awards. In May 2017 Norsepower’s CEO Tuomas Riski was awarded the Young Entrepreneur Award at Norshipping.
Norsepower Rotor Sail
The thrust induced by the Magnus effect can be utilized in ship propulsion by placing a cylinder on the open deck of the vessel and by rotating it around its main, vertical axis. An electric drive system that is powered by the auxiliary electrical network of the vessel is used for rotation of the Rotor Sail.
The Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution is around ten times more efficient than a conventional sail, because more lift is produced with a much smaller sail area. Due to its simplicity, it requires no reefing or crew attention when in operation. It is "push button wind propulsion" from the bridge. This allows the main engines to be throttled back, saving fuel and emissions while providing the power needed to maintain speed and voyage time. The technology, the basic concept of which is known as a Flettner Rotor, was originally invented by Finnish engineer Sigurd Savonius and was later demonstrated by Anton Flettner in an Atlantic crossing that took place in 1926.
The original basic engineering solution has a limited degree of sophistication, but Norsepower has created various new improvements for which several patents have been granted.
The key advantages of the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution are:
- Fuel costs can be reduced typically by 5% to 20% without lowering the operating speed of the vessel.
- Rotor Sail operation is highly automated and it can be controlled by the crew from the bridge.
- The solution has been tested in co-operation with leading classification societies to ensure that it is robust, durable and safe to use.
- Rotor sails can be installed in new vessels or they can be refitted to an existing ship.
The Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution is the first commercially available auxiliary wind propulsion solution with a proven track record of successful operation.