The Challenges Of Industrial Engine Power Generation For Marine Vessels And Offshore Oil Rigs

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Even with technology advancing in leaps and bounds, there is the challenge of maintaining offshore oil rigs and marine support vessels with reliable, efficient and safe electrical power, both by means of generation and distribution. Management of the electrical power generated by large industrial engines is vital to ensure safety and high performance of the equipment. Marine machinery and system malfunctions can be extremely costly for the offshore vessels including floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSO), jack up rigs &semi-submersible rigs.In order to combat downtime of the standard equipment,better technology is being produced and implemented into the marine vessels and offshore oil rigs industry.

One prevailing solution includes the design of custom electrical switchboards and integrated systems for the management and distribution of low and medium voltage electrical power on semi-submersible and jack-up platforms. With fully integrated high performance switchgear and automated systems, it allows for reliable operation and management of the marine electrical power. These switchboards support motors; ...
... transformers; AC variable speed drive panels; alarm monitors and control automation systems. The engineering, design and development of these specialized switchboards is critical to performance and meeting the requirements of the customer and agencies.

An additional custom solution is Programmable Logic Control (PLC) automation and distributed control systems for specific processes or system-wide control with fully integrated automation solutions, including programmable logic control PLC and distributed control systems.PLC is designed for multiple inputs and output arrangements, extended temperature ranges, immunity to electrical noise, and resistance to vibration and impact. The distributed control system will supervise data as well as help facilitate safety and shutdown systems.The comprehensive technology helps fight the marine industry’s rigorous demands. Control system automation software is customer designed and provides reliable support for dynamic positioning system, process control system, jacking enhanced monitoring, rack phase difference monitoring, and thruster motor, diesel engine propulsion package, marine system for auto telephone, CCTV, PA and rudder angle indication systems for the various offshore & marine applications.

It is important for offshore platforms and vessel owners, operators,designers and builders to select the right partner for tackling these challenges. They should consider choosing a company that has a proven record of expertise, years of experience and access to a broad range of skills, processes and products.

This article is provided by CMR-Group.com – An industrial electronic engineering company that specializes in Industrial Sensors and Engine Wiring Harness.