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Reducing Fuel Costs — Waukesha (continued from page 39) parts interchangeability, all pis- tons, piston rings, connecting rods, cylinder heads and liners, injec- tion pumps, and nozzles are inter- changeable among all AT25 models. Main bearings, camshaft segments, and piping components are common within the in-line and

V configurations.

Features for ease of mainte- nance include quick-access covers for camshafts and main bearings, and a provision for quick removal of rocker arm covers for valve ad- justments. Water, lube oil, and fuel transfer pumps are located on the front of the engine for ease in maintenance. Hydraulic tension- ing of main bearing studs and con- necting rod studs is accomplished with specially designed tools to in- sure accurate loading of these crit- ical joints.

WESTINGHOUSE

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Combustion trim control sys- tems manufactured by Westing- house Electric's Combustion Con- trol Division are saving $168 a day in fuel costs aboard Moore

McCormack Bulk Transport's t worldwide ds in Marine tic products, and repair... 7 » 39,232-dwt tanker Mormacsun.

Each system installed on the ship's two boilers consists of a Westing- house Hagan Model 211 heavy- duty oxygen analyzer and a Model 1400 microprocessor-based oxygen trim controller.

Operating at an average speed of 15 knots, the 15,000-shp Mor- macsun burns about 16,600 gal- lons of fuel oil per day. Prior to in- stallation of the combustion control systems, the air-to-fuel ratio in the boilers was adjusted manually based on visual observation of flue gas and use of a hand-held flue gas analyzer. Though some excess air is necessary for smoke-free opera- tion, the amount of oxygen in the flue gas is a good indication of combustion efficiency, as it is di- rectly proportional to excess air.

Too much excess air results in dol- lar losses because extra fuel is burned to heat the excess; too lit- tle excess air increases costs be- cause unburned fuel goes up the stack.

The systems aboard the Mor- macsun have consistently con- trolled the excess oxygen at levels ranging from 2.5 to 3 percent, a reduction of at least 1 percent from previous operation. Mormac engineers believe a 1-percent re- duction of excess oxygen produces fuel savings of at least three bar- rels of oil per day in each boiler.

Based on these calculations, Moore

McCormack achieved a payback on the equipment alone in about eight months. Including the cost of installation, the payback on the total package was about 15 months.

IBM's Navy Contract For

Sonar Systems Increased

To $73+ Million

IBM Corporation, Federal Sys- tems Division, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $25,615,229 in- crease to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for the

AN/BQQ-5 sonar. The total value of the contract is increased to $73,889,499 by this action. The

Naval Sea Systems Command,

Washington, D.C., is the contract- ing activity.

New Literature Offered

On Aqualer® Ultraviolet

Purification Systems

Potable water is made safe for consumption with the new Aqua- lert® Ultraviolet Purification Sys- tems from Bull and Roberts of

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Service requirements, these low cost, economical, and compact sys- tems are simple to install and range in size from 480-3,000 gph.

For free literature completely describing the new Aqualert® systems,

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Reliable

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Biospherics Incorporated is proud to introduce OILARM Model BA-200. A high quality, low maintenance oil-in- water content meter that meets all bilge water discharge requirements of the

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Electron service

When purchasing marine electronic products or service look for the NMEA (National Marine Electronics Association) logo. In the

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