Diesel engines

Remedial Offshore recently announced the purchase of V228 medium-speed diesel engines from GE Marine, Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The engines will be used to power a new breed of offshore well servicing equipment, which is Remedial Offshore’s Elevating Support Vessel (ESV) design.

Power Range
Diesel: 300 to 800 kW
Gaseous Fuel: 300 to 800 kW
Dual Fuel: 300 to 800 kW

Corporate Capabilities
Ukrainian diesel engine manufacturer PervomaiskDieselMash (PDM) works mainly for domestic Ukrainian and CIS markets. During this year, the company delivered around 40 complete containerized gas-fueled power stations and generating sets (mainly 500 kW)that are using its own main and emergency power source for different industry enterprises.

Power Range

Diesel: 4 to 2000 kW
Gaseous Fuel: 322 to 1042 kW

New Products
Perkins will add to its recently introduced range of 4012-46 ElectropaKs in January 2008 with the addition of a new model — the 4012-46TWG4A. The 4012-46TWG4A has been developed to meet the industry key market node of 1500 kVA prime at 1500 r/min, the company said. This model will have a standby rating of 1650 kVA, making it the highest powered air to water chargecooled model in the new 4012-46 family.

The company believes this new model will provide gen-set OEMs around the world with greater installation flexibility due to the air to water charge cooling.

Power Range
Diesel: 600 to 1740 kW

Chinese Diesel Engines manufacturer, Jinan Diesel Engine Co. Ltd. (JDEC) offers a range of six, eight-cylinder, high-speed diesel engines designed and developed in 2002. The 8190 series feature compact design, high power and are engineered for easy operation and maintenance, as well as good cost-effectiveness and reliability, according to the company. These models share a lot of common features with the 190 series diesel engines.

The 190 series engines feature an eight-cylinder, inline configuration. The engines are four-stroke, water-cooled, turbocharged and aftercooled units featuring direct injection. This series features a bore of 190 mm, a stroke of 210 mm and a compression ratio of 14.5:1.

Power Range
Diesel or Heavy Fuel Oil: 169 to 1271 kW
Gaseous Fuel: 252 to 1079 kW

Corporate Developments
Guascor S.A. has specialized for morethan 40 years on the development andmanufacture of reciprocating gas and diesel engines with its own technology for marine propulsion and auxiliary equipment, electric power generation, cogeneration, as well as power plants and containerized modules for power
generation. Moreover, the company has continued to develop engines that operate on biogases from landfill installations, wastewater treatment plants and biodigestions; lean gases from mines and industrial processes; and syngas from gasification processes.

Power Range: 1249 to 3729 kW

Locomotive Certification
Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. (EMD) announced that it has obtained certification for operation of its Class 66 (JT42CWRM) locomotive in Romania. Romania becomes number 10 in the list of countries that have welcomed the Class 66 to operate on the tracks. The Class 66 has now been certified in the following countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Romania.

Deutz Power Systems GmbH
Power Range
Diesel: 640 to 2540 kW
Gaseous Fuel: 180 to 4000 kW

TCG 2020 V16 OLS.

Cummins has launched the Tier 2 QSK38 and QSK50 drilling power modules. The QSK38 drilling power module is rated 771 kW at 1200 r/min and is integrated with a Cummins-manufactured
AVK DSG86M generator at 1200 kVA and 600 volts. The QSK50 provides 1104 kW at 1200 r/min and is coupled with a Cummins-manufactured AVK DSG86L6 generator at 1750 kVA and 600 volts. Both the QSK38 and QSK50 engines share 70% of their parts with their corresponding KV predecessors.

The first Caterpillar C7 ACERT marine engine left Cat’s new Marine Center of Excellence (MCOE) in Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A. After passing through assembly, final painting and dyno testing, the engine was shipped to caterpillar dealer NC Machinery Co. for a pleasure craft application. The center will eventually house the design, development, manufacture and test facilities for marine products ranging from the C7 to the C32 — the latest of Caterpillar’s propulsion engines. Once the MCOE achieves full operation in 2008, production capacity will be about 30 marine engines a day.

With a capacity of 21 000 tons per day, Lucky Cement Ltd. is the largest cement producer in Pakistan. During the first part of 2007, Wärtsilä Corp. was awarded contracts by Lucky Cement to convert their complete heavy fuel oil (HFO) burning power plant to operate on natural gas.

Here is a view of the Lucky Cement power plant located in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. The plant’s ten Wärtsilä engines will be converted from HFO to dual-fuel with gas as the main fuel.