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Main Engine Control System

Diesel engine control systems primarily focus on temperature regulation of lubricating oil and water. Typical systems include a lubricating oil cooling system that uses a controller and solenoid valve to regulate sea water flow through an oil cooler, a fuel valve water cooling system that uses split-range valve actuation for both cooling and auxiliary heating during start-up, and a jacket water cooling system that employs a master-slave configuration to maintain temperature during ship maneuvers due to thermal inertia.

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Main Engine Control System

Diesel engine control systems primarily focus on temperature regulation of lubricating oil and water. Typical systems include a lubricating oil cooling system that uses a controller and solenoid valve to regulate sea water flow through an oil cooler, a fuel valve water cooling system that uses split-range valve actuation for both cooling and auxiliary heating during start-up, and a jacket water cooling system that employs a master-slave configuration to maintain temperature during ship maneuvers due to thermal inertia.

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Diesel Engine Control Systems

In general it is fair to say that the control systems found on diesel engine applications are far more simple than those on steam
turbine vessels and in the main provide temperature control of oil and water.
Described below are a few typical applications.
Lubricating Oil Cooling System

The figure above shows a plant mounted controller which accepts the measured variable signal directly, providing an output
via a solenoid valve to the control valve regulating sea water flow through the cooler. The electrically operated solenoid valve
is used as part of the auto/manual switching facility and when operated will seal the output from the controller and pass the
signal from the manual loading station, which would probably be mounted remotely in a control room.
Fuel Valve Water Cooling System with Auxiliary Heating
This system shown below demonstrates the use of split range valve actuation, where under normal operational conditions,
cooling is required, but during start-up heating is necessary to bring the engine up to temperature.

Jacket Water Cooling System

With this type of system, a single controller is usually quite satisfactorily under steady state conditions, but is unable to
maintain the temperature within acceptable limits when the ship is maneuvering. This is mainly due to the thermal inertia of the
main engine and associated cooling circuit and, therefore, to meet the requirement, a mast and slave system is used as shown
below. The output of the main engine outlet temperature controller continuously resets the desired value of a cooler outlet
temperature slave controller.

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