Page 6: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (June 1992)

UK-Australian Joint

Venture To Bid On

Minehunter Project

The shipbuilding and engineer- ing groups Vosper Thornycroft Lim- ited (VT), of the United Kingdom, and Transfield, of Australia, are teaming up in a bid to win the con- tract for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Minehunter Coastal Project.

The pairing of VT and Transfield was finalized in readiness for the

RAN's Request for Proposal (RFP), issued on 1 May 1992.

VT is one of the world's leading designers and builders of fiber rein- forced plastic (FRP) minehunters, such as the Royal Navy's Sandown

Class Mine Countermeasure vessel.

How to Operate More Efficiently At Lower

Cost With Tranter Plate -type Heat Exchangers

HEAT RECOVERY FROM CONDENSATE

DESALINATION

UNIT

HEATING RECOVERED OIL

STEAM

SEAWATER

COOLING ELECTRONIC

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HOT WATER

STORAGE

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BANK RECOVERED OIL

SPILLS —FRESH WATER

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UNIT WATER SERVICE

COOLING MAIN

ENGINE WATER

SEAWATER SUPERCHANGER

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SEAWATER SUPERCHANGER /

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ENGINE LUBE OIL

DIESEL ENGINE

SUPERCHANGER

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USE POINTS

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Naval ships, fleet oilers, commercial containerships, tankers and dredges are successfully finding new ways to operate more efficiently at lower cost, by utilizing

Tranter's unsurpassed plate-type heat exchanger technology. Schematics presented here illustrate typical ways they are doing it.

Superchanger® plate and frame heat exchangers are used in a wide variety of shipboard applications—particularly for cooling main engine jacket water and cooling main engine lube oil with fresh water or sea- water; cooling the ship's central fresh water; cooling electronic equipment; or recovering heat from condensate. They are far more effi- cient than tubular systems, and provide heat transfer coefficients from two to five times greater than those achieved by shell and tube units. They also require 10% to 50% less deck space and weigh up to one-sixth less.

Superchanger units can be equipped with titanium plates which offer the best resistance to corrosion and erosion when exposed to seawater. Intermixing or cross-contamination 8 of hot and cold liquids is virtually impossible.

Low fouling rates reduce cleaning require- ments for Superchanger units, that are designed for easy maintenance. They can be cleaned-in-place by backflushing, or quickly disassembled by hand, cleaned and put back in operation.

Platecoil® prime surface heat exchangers offer optimum temperature control. A Platecoil bank-in-tank unit provides wide interspaces for effectively passing solids while efficiently heating seawater containing oil from spills.

Platecoil bayonet heaters provide a large amount of efficient primary heating surface in a single unit for maintaining desired temper- atures in storage tanks. These heaters help promote convection currents for better heat transfer rates and tank temperature uniformity.

Platecoil suction heaters provide immediate heating for pumping oil out of tanks.

Tranter plate-type heat exchangers can be supplied in full compliance with codes and specifications as required by the ABS; the

U.S. Coast Guard; shock testing per MIL-S-

Circle 311 on Reader Service Card

Australia's premier naval ship- builder, Transfield, offers a com- plete range of project management, systems engineering, naval con- struction and repair and integrated logistics support services to the RAN and Royal New Zealand Navy.

The two companies combined have extensive experience in the most modern minehunting technol- ogy and feel confident that they pos- 901C; vibration testing per MIL-STD-167-1; and ASME U stamp per Sec. VIII Div. 1.

With over 50 years of heat transfer problem solving experience, Tranter is uniquely poised to answer your tough questions and solve your precise needs. Call us at (817) 723-7125.

Better still, ask your local

Tranter representative about our Heat Transfer

Symposiums.

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M MADE IN U.SA c 1992 TRANTER, inc. 650101 sess the ability to deliver high levels of Australian and New Zealand In- dustry Participation (ANZIP) at competitive prices and quality stan- dards.

VT's managing director, Martin

Jay, said: "We welcome the finaliz- ing of this agreement with

Transfield, which we feel sure will strengthen the opportunities for both companies in securing this presti- gious contract from the RAN."

Circle 32 on Reader Service Card

MarAd Implements New

Program To Support

Using U.S.-Flag Ships

The Maritime Administration has implemented a new program which was designed to help U.S.-flag carri- ers by providing market leads and encouraging both foreign and do- mestic shippers to give preference to U.S. vessels. The program also issues certificates of appreciation to thank importers and exporters for shipping their goods aboard U.S.- flag ships.

Robert E. Martinez, deputy maritime administrator, recently issued certificates of appreciation to the following companies based in

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Colorado: North American Lo- gistics Services; A-P-A- World Trans- port Corp.; Bozoyan Export Inc.;

Union Carbide Corp.; Phibro En- ergy Inc.; Daniel F. Young Inc.; Pan

American Container Corp.; Adolph

Coors Co.; Cyprus Copper Co.; Hous- ton Satellite Systems Inc. and Inter- national Business Machines Corp.

Renk Tacke TNT System

Installed On Megayacht

The TNT gear system developed by Renk Tacke has been installed aboard the megayacht, Away. This is reported to be the first use aboard a luxury yacht.

The Away, constructed by Ugo

Codecassa S.p.a., ofViareggio, Italy, was built for an Italian industrial- ist. The vessel is 162.7 feet long and has a beam of 30.5 feet. Two diesel engines power the vessel, each de- veloping 1,380 kw. Maximum speed is 18.1 knots, and cruising speeds range from 15 to 17 knots.

The TNT system allows both pro- peller shafts to be driven by one of two engines through the use of a bevel gear drive which connects both the port and starboard gear units.

At half power a speed of 16.2 knots can be achieved. The system report- edly allows for more economical op- eration of the vessel.

The TNT gear system has been installed aboard several supply ships.

For more information about the

TNT gear system,

Circle 9 on Reader Service Card

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News