PRODUCT NEWS
New full mission DEDF Cruise Ferry simu-lator
model in the K-Sim Engine portfolio
BY: LEIF PENTTI HALVORSEN, VICE PRESIDENT PRODUCT, MARITIME SIMULATION, KONGSBERG DIGITAL
The new K-Sim Engine full-mission DEDF
(Diesel-Electric Dual-Fuel) Cruise Ferry
simulator model will provide integrated, re-al-
time training in areas such as ERM (En-gine
Room Management), high-voltage
systems and advanced & basic IGF code
to meet STCW standards.
The model’s main objective is to familia-rise
trainee crews in the operation of all
engine room systems on board diesel-electric
passenger ships running on LNG.
It is based on Wärtsilä’s 8L50DF medium-speed
(four-stroke), dual-fuel gas and/or
diesel oil/heavy fuel oil engine, generating
power to a high-voltage switchboard. In
addition, the model realistically simulates
ship-/truck-/shore-to-ship interfaces and
the required checks and operations for
bunkering.
The model’s LNG bunkering simulation
training also covers onshore LNG connec-tion/
disconnection; flow rate and purging
control; emergency shutdown implemen-tation;
and the effects of excess line pres-sures
and resulting actions.
DNVGL Statement of Compliance
The handling of LNG and other low-flash-point
fuels became a part of maritime
training standards in 2017: KONGSBERG
launched the first K-Sim Engine DEDF
Cruise Ferry simulator model the same
year, and it has now been further devel-oped
to meet DNV GL Class A standards.
The model received a Statement of Com-pliance
this September based on the DN-VGL
ST-0033 May 2019 Class A standard
referring to STCW Table A -III. The model
also received Class S (Special Task) cer-tification
with additional requirements for
simulators used for training electrical of-ficers
(STCW Table A-III/6 -7) and ship’s
officers on board vessels using LNG fuel.
The model deploys KONGSBERG’s K-Chief
user interface for the integrated au-tomation
system and the latest KONGS-BERG
K-Power user interface for the
electrical power supply. A 6.6kV vacuum
circuit breaker can be interfaced to the
software to represent the generator’s No.
1 breaker. In addition to covering standard
operation, the model includes arc fault
detection and an interface to the trapped
key interlock system.
The simulator can be delivered with
KONGSBERG’s BigView large-screen
software as well as 3D virtual presen-tation
of systems such as the dual-fuel
engines, and is already making its pres-ence
felt: the UK’s South Shields Ma-rine
School took delivery of a full-mis-sion
DEDF Cruise Ferry Engine Room
Simulator (ERS) model in June.
The DEDF Cruise Ferry simulator model
is now among the most sophisticated
resources in the K-Sim Engine portfo-lio,
covering all engine room procedures
and sub-systems:
• Propulsion plant integrated auto-mation
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system
- Alarm and safety warning system
- Power management system
- Propulsion control system
• Electric power supply, including
switchboards and distribution centre
• Propulsion System
• Thrusters
• Dual Fuel Diesel Generator Sets
and Support Systems
• Fuel Oil and Gas supply system for
Diesel Generators
• Fuel Oil Bunkering, including Stor-age
and Settling Tanks
• Fuel Oil Separator System
• Lubrication Oil Service System
• Lubrication Oil Separators
• Sea Water Cooling System
• Fresh Water Cooling System
• Fresh Water System, including
Fresh Water Generator
• Emergency Generator
• Steam Generation Plant
• Starting and Service Air System
• Bilge Water System, including Oily
Water Separator
• Ballast Water System
• Stern Tube System
• Steering Gear System
• Onboard LNG storage and Bun-kering
System
• Shore side mimic: Selection of
Barge, Tank and Truck (Including
Fuel Quality, Methane Number,
Wobbe Index, Density)
• LNG Monitor system for bunker
operation
• LNG Emergency Shutdown (Gas
Trip)
• Gas Heating
• Ventilation Control System in Ma-chinery
Space
• Gas Detection System
• Fire Detection System
• Water Mist System
• Deck Machinery
• Watch Calling System
• Simulated CCTV
ILLUSTRATION: 3D view from the K-Sim Engine Diesel-Electric Dual Fuel (DEDF) Cruise Ferry simulator
model.