F01P3/207

ARRANGEMENT OF EXCHANGERS FOR MARINIZATION OF A MARINE ENGINE
20170314460 · 2017-11-02 ·

An arrangement of exchangers for marinization of a marine engine, including an engine block with in-line cylinders or cylinders in a V, cooled by a cooling fluid, at least one turbocompressor with a hot chamber connected to an outlet and a cold chamber connected to the cylinders of the engine block, a reverser including a housing and containing oil, wherein the arrangement includes: a radiator hose for supplying cooling water, a turbocompressor exchanger, an engine exchanger, a reverser exchanger, a radiator hose for discharging cooling water toward an outlet of combustion gases, downstream from the hot chamber of the at least one turbocompressor,
with these three exchangers being placed in this order and inserted in the circulation direction of the water between the radiator hose for supplying the cooling water and the radiator hose for discharging this same cooling water.

Intelligent sea water cooling system

An intelligent sea water cooling system including a first fluid cooling loop coupled to a heat exchanger, a second fluid cooling loop coupled to the heat exchanger and including a fluid pump for circulating fluid through the second fluid cooling loop, and a controller operatively connected to the fluid pump. The controller may be configured to monitor an actual temperature in the first fluid cooling loop and to adjust a speed of the fluid pump based on the monitored temperature in order to achieve a desired temperature in the first fluid cooling loop.

Intelligent Seawater Cooling System
20170241323 · 2017-08-24 · ·

A seawater cooling system adapted to mitigate salt crystallization in a seawater cooling loop. The system may include a pump operatively connected to the cooling loop and configured to pump seawater through the cooling loop, a temperature sensor operatively connected to the cooling loop and configured to monitor a temperature of the seawater in the cooling loop, and a controller operatively connected to the temperature sensor and to the pump, the controller configured to issue a warning and to increase a speed of the pump if it is determined that the monitored temperature of the seawater exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature.

Waste heat recovery system and waste heat recovery method

A waste heat recovery system includes: a heater which evaporates a working medium by exchanging heat between supercharged air supplied to an engine and the working medium; an expander which expands the working medium which has flowed out from the heater; a power recovery device connected to the expander; a condenser which condenses the working medium which has flowed out from the expander; a cooling medium supply pipe for supplying a cooling medium to an air cooler which cools the supercharged air which has flowed out from the heater; a cooling medium pump which is provided in the cooling medium supply pipe and which sends the cooling medium to the air cooler; and a branch pipe which bifurcates a part of the cooling medium flowing in the cooling medium supply pipe, to the condenser, in such a manner that the working medium is cooled by the cooling medium.

Outboard motor and marine vessel

An outboard motor includes an engine, a first cooling water passage to cool a first cooling target including the engine and through which first cooling water including water from outside an outboard motor body passes, a first pump to pump the first cooling water from outside the outboard motor body to the first cooling water passage, a second cooling water passage to cool a second cooling target different from the first cooling target and through which second cooling water different from the first cooling water passes, and a second pump to pump the second cooling water to the second cooling water passage.

Waste heat accumulator/distributor system

A waste heat accumulator/distributor system for use in a vehicle. The system includes an engine coolant loop directing engine coolant through a power plant, a powertrain electronics coolant loop directing electronics coolant through a powertrain electronics system; and a transmission fluid loop directing transmission fluid through a transmission. The system includes a multi-fluid heat exchanger including an engine coolant inlet receiving the engine coolant from the engine coolant loop, an electronics coolant inlet receiving the electronics coolant from the powertrain electronic coolant loop, and a transmission fluid inlet receiving the transmission fluid from the transmission fluid loop; a first valve controllable to cause engine coolant to flow into the engine coolant inlet or to bypass the engine coolant inlet; and a second valve controllable to cause electronics coolant to flow into the electronics coolant inlet or to bypass the electronics coolant inlet.

IN-DAVIT RUN KITS AND METHODS FOR LIFEBOATS

In general, one aspect disclosed features an in-davit run kit for a lifeboat, the kit comprising: a water container comprising a first connector; a hose configured to connect with the first connector; and a second connector configured to connect to the hose, wherein the second connector is in fluid communication with a water cooling system of the lifeboat; wherein the in-davit run kit allows a water pump of the lifeboat to draw water from the water container into the water cooling system of the lifeboat.

Cooling system for a water-borne vessel
11345456 · 2022-05-31 · ·

A cooling system for a water-borne vessel (1) is disclosed. The system comprises a strut (5) for supporting a propeller shaft (4) of the vessel, the strut (5) comprising a fluid inlet (8), a fluid outlet (9), and a channel (10) inside the strut (5) for transporting fluid between the fluid inlet and fluid outlet, one or more fluid conduits coupling the fluid inlet and outlet to a component to be cooled, and a pump for circulating a fluid through the conduits and said channel.

ENGINE

An engine includes a sacrificial protective pipe subjected to a sacrificial protective coating process, and a metal pipe connected to at least one of two ends of the sacrificial protective pipe. The engine includes a flow path component (an intercooler side cover, a fresh-water cooler side cover) connected to one of two ends of the metal pipe, the one not being connected to the sacrificial protective pipe, and a sacrificial protective material provided to the flow path component.

ENGINE

The engine includes a cylinder head provided over a cylinder row, an intercooler provided on one end side of the cylinder head in a row direction of the cylinder row, an air supply manifold to introduce air from the intercooler to the cylinder head, and a cooling piping connected to the intercooler, where the cylinder head, air supply manifold, and cooling piping are arranged in a width direction intersecting the row direction of the cylinder row in stated order of the cylinder head, air supply manifold, and cooling piping, and in a cross section of the air supply manifold taken along a line intersecting the row direction, a length along the width direction is shorter than a length along a direction intersecting both the row direction and the width direction.