Abstract: The system mainly deals with cylinder lubrication of a 2-stroke marine diesel engine. Since the current cylinder lubrication system has major drawbacks, which are due to the presence of sulphur in fuel. The sulphur do not get perfectly neutralized because of the low Total Base Number (TBN) value of cylinder lubricating oil used. The non-neutralized left over sulphur in fuel develops severe problems in engine operation and thus reduce the efficiency of engine. The decrease the Time Between Overhaul (TBO) increases the cost of maintaining the engine components. To overcome all such drawbacks, an alternative idea has been developed as “Blending ON Board” system. The concept used here is blending of lubricating oil used in the system with new lubricating oil to completely neutralize the sulphur content in the Fuel Oil used for combustion.
Keywords: BOB(Blending On Board), BN(Base Number), MDE (Marine Diesel Engine), XRF (X-ray fluorescence) technology, TBO (Time between Overhauls), HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil).
Title: A REVIEW ON BLENDING ON BOARD AND OIL ANALYZER SYSTEM WITH INNOVATIVE ENGINE LUBRICATION MANAGEMENT
Author: C. Manasseh Karnan, V.Thanikachalam
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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