Open AccessOperation modes and durability of 9L28/32A-F MAN-B&W diesels during long service
Author(s) -
Vladimir Nikanorovich Kucherov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik astrahanskogo gosudarstvennogo tehničeskogo universiteta. seriâ: morskaâ tehnika i tehnologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2225-0352
pISSN - 2073-1574
DOI - 10.24143/2073-1574-2020-1-94-105
Subject(s) - piston (optics) , durability , cylinder , power (physics) , engineering , service (business) , automotive engineering , four stroke engine , diesel fuel , diesel engine , mechanical engineering , computer science , business , physics , combustion chamber , combustion , wavefront , database , quantum mechanics , marketing , optics , chemistry , organic chemistry
The article describes L28/32 and L23\30 MAN-B&W diesel engines widely used by many shipping companies owing to high maintenance and service ability of simple, but sufficiently reliable engine parts. As for a medium speed 4-stroke engine, diesels have optimal power forcing characteristics, high fuel saving and durable overhaul time for essential parts. There have been considered the positive and negative features of the engine, which are also important technical indicators, in comparison with the designed samples when choosing the base engine. The analysis of operational durability, the typical failures of the cylinder-piston group and other essential parts
of 9L28/32A-F MAN B&W engines under different operation modes and loads have been given. During the first overhaul there has been demonstrated the working state of the cylinder-piston group of two engines after 22424 and 22672 h instead of recommended 12000 h for heavy fuel oil. Owing to diagnostic control and monitoring cylinder liner and piston rings assembly, overhauling was made only by condition mode. Maximum working time (40084 h) without cylinder overhaul was reached at suspend power of 75% Pe nom. At a tanker «Georgiy Froier» during 12 years of operation and 64500 working hours only 15pistons were overhauled instead of 48recommended, with changing 39 piston rings instead 194 recommended. In the future, the engines worked up to
100 thousand hours without top overhaul, with high resource parameters of the main parts on two engines in the shipping company. The operational problems of the engines with isobaric boost system on ships with a fixed-pitch propeller were identified and considered.