A Shipboard Machinery Performance Monitoring System Concept.

摘要

There is an ever increasing emphasis on the need to improve ship operational readiness and effectiveness, while limiting manning requirements and reducing maintenance requirements and costs. The automation of propulsion and auxiliary machinery control and monitoring systems should be considered as one manner to achieve these goals. Operational availability of machinery is currently limited by maintenance procedures which rely largely on manual open-and-inspect procedures to determine machinery condition. A system is being developed that will enable shipboard personnel to predict maintenance action, to reduce maintenance time required, and provide a tool for maintenance management. This report describes a concept for an instrumentation and monitoring system for naval shipboard machinery. Specific topics include: (1) System capability requirements; (2) Data collection; (3) Local remote processing; (4) Data transmission; (5) Central data processing; (6) Information display; and (7) Supervisory system interface. Consideration is given to the monitoring of the machinery control systems and the monitoring system itself in an effort to determine comprehensive machinery performance and potential.