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Hydrocomp Forges Partnerships,

Launches Smart Engine

HydroComp and its European partner,

Design Systems & Technologies, recently formed a partnership with Kobelt

Manufacturing Ltd. The immediate result of the partnership is a new-generation software tool, Smart Engine, which was launched at the recent Nor-Shipping exhibition in Oslo. Smart

Engine is a machinery monitoring analysis and control application, developed in response to a growing demand for energy-efficient operation of propulsion systems.

The system, after development for more than a year, monitors engine performance and allows users to analyze and optimize voyage management from the propulsion standpoint.

Smart Engine is a modular application, designed for maximum flexibility and portabil- ity, lending itself for use onboard (tactical oper- ation) and onshore (strategic decision making).

To date, Smart Engine is comprised of the fol- lowing modules: Smart Engine Data

Acquisition; Smart Engine Real Time (monitor- ing); Smart Engine Analysis Library; Smart

Engine Fuel Consumption (under develop- ment); and Smart Engine Trip Management.

The current version of Kobelt's electronic con- trols was originally designed in 1993, and the controls use the Motorola 68000 and HC11 microprocessors to monitor and control all sys- tems.

For more information on Smart Engine

Circle 172 on Reader Service Card for CLT propellers, and Sistemar has already been commissioned with the design. Sistemar and

Navalips have also recently won a contract to retrofit CLT pro- pellers for three bulk carriers belonging to Cargill

International of Geneva. These propellers will replace conven- tional design propellers on

Cherokee, Powhatan and Paiute, and will weigh 39, 16.6 and 16.3 tons respectively. Cherokee is a 164,000-dwt bulk carrier and a sistership of Comanche, which already has a CLT propeller fit- ted. Comparative speed trials of these two vessels reportedly showed that the CLT propeller has increased ship speed by more than .6 knots at a constant pro- pelling power.

For more information

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RGF Offers Advanced

Biotreatment System

RGF Environmental Systems,

Inc. has introduced its newest packaged treatment system -

BioSorb — for the treatment and/or reclamation of sewage and biodegradable industrial waste waters. The new system is designed for a variety of applica- tions including use in marinas and at oil drilling sites.

BioSorb consists of RGF's state- of-the-art process technology, including the company's catalytic oxidation process which destroys contaminants through oxidation.

The system is designed to claim the waste water for irrigation or to discharge it, and is made of impact-resistant, carbon- charged, UV-protected polyethyl- ene materials which reportedly eliminate corrosion and mainte- nance painting. The BioSorb sys- tem has been designed to exceed international codes for design and installation of small treat- ment works.

For more information on RGF

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