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New Connectivity Controllers from OMEGA

OMEGA’s new CDTX-111/CDTX-112 series of conductivity controllers are panel instruments for online monitoring of industrial process conduc- tivity. Features of the CE compliant product include linearized data, au- tomatic temperature compensation, no error due to cable length changes and maintenance-free cells, the manufacturer said. OMEGA said the new product is an ideal auxiliary instrument for various types of conductivity sensitive processes, suitable for automotive, chemical and water indus- tries for measurement and control of conductivity in water, electronics, chemical and manufacturing processes. www.omega.com

ExxonMobil Premium AFME 200

To help shipowners meet strict new emission mandates, ExxonMobil ex- panded its range of fuels for use within Emission Control Areas (ECA) with the introduction of ExxonMobil Premium Advanced Fuel Marine

ECA 200 (AFME 200). The fuel joins ExxonMobil Premium HDME 50 as part of a new category of marine fuel that has emerged as a result of the 2015 ECA sulfur limit of 0.10 percent. These low sulfur fuels help engi- neers safely and ef? ciently operate their main and auxiliary engines and boilers. Compatibility tests indicated that ExxonMobil Premium AFME

ExxonMobil Omega 200 is fully compatible with ExxonMobil Premium HDME 50 and MGO.

SENER Debuts Latest FORAN Release

At Sinaval-Euro? shing in Bilbao, Spain, Sener will present enhance- ments in the shipbuilding CAD/CAM system FORAN, in all disciplines (forms, naval architecture and general arrangement, hull structure, ma-

ABB chinery and out? tting, electrical design and drafting).

The naval architecture modules have been renovated in a single tool called

FBASIC that incorporates new capabilities and and interface working in conjunction with the general arrangement solution, to improve the tasks during the early design stage: forms generation, compartment generation and naval architecture calculations, Sener said.

ABB Azipod

Hospital Ship Up to Speed with AMOS

ABB has released details on its latest generation

SpecTec will work with Mercy Ships to migrate its current system Busi-

Azipod thruster, a unit which ranges in power from ness Suite to AMOS Enterprise Management Suite (EMS). Mercy Ships’ 1.6 megawatts to 7 megawatts (MW) and is intend-

Africa Mercy, the world’s largest hospital ship, will receive a new update ed to serve a growing electric propulsion market. of the latest version of AMOS EMS, installing the Quality Management (According to Clarkson’s Research, the number of module. This will be followed with the migration of its existing modules vessels with electric propulsion has been growing from the current system. At the end of the project, the Africa Mercy will at a pace of 12% per year over the last decade).

be fully integrated with new and existing modules.

According to ABB, the a signi? cant develop- “Mercy Ships has used AMOS for many years, the ability of the software ment is the fact that Azipod D will allow for a wid- to adapt to our changing maintenance needs has been excellent,” said er range of vessel types to use the innovative pro-

Ciaran Holden, Engineering Superintendent of Mercy Ships. pulsion system. The gearless Azipod already has a multitude of references, including cruise ships,

BV Upgrades RAM Software icebreakers, ice-going cargo vessels and offshore

To help offshore operators and contractors get more out of their assets accommodation ships. The Azipod D is targeting and develop projects more cost-effectively, Bureau Veritas has super- these sectors and more, with segments such as charged its reliability, availability and maintenance (RAM) software suite offshore drilling, construction and support vessels

Optimize.“Low and falling energy prices focus attention onto the reliabil- and ferries on tap.

ity, availability and maintenance (RAM) of both existing assets and plant The manufacturer predictably touts a long list and ongoing developments,” said Matthieu de Tugny, Senior Vice-Pres- of advantages for the system, including competi- ident and head of offshore, Bureau Veritas. “A powerful RAM software tive investment cost, ease of maintenance and in- tool like Optimize saves time and money for asset owners and contractors creased ? exibilities for designers and shipbuilder,

Excelerate Mercy Ships Sener by identifying bottlenecks in process and supply lines, by modeling po- with the ability to accommodate a wide range of tential failures and their consequences, and with our new Optimize V3, by hull shapes and propeller sizes, as well as simplic-

Excelerate Energy’s 173,400 underpinning clear operational and strategic decision-making by allowing ity of installation of the propulsion units. Accord- cu. m., 800 million cu. ft. per day FSRU, Experience, managers to see what will happen in different scenarios.” ing to ABB, the Azipod D requires up to 25 per- was delivered to Petrobras’

Optimise V3 has a clear and simple user interface for model building and cent less installed power, partly due to the fact that

Guanabara Bay facility in results analysis, according to the developer. Production buffering, boost- the new hybrid cooling increases the performance

Brazil in May of 2014. Bu- ing and pro? le modi? cation modes are available. Operational behavior of the electric motor by up to 45 percent.

reau Veritas’ Optimize RAM (ramp-up, restarts, line-pack drawdown rates) can be captured via a con- www.abb.com software was used to assess ditional logic system. Through life value changes, including equipment the regasi