U.S. DOT MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY
WAUKESHA DIESEL FUEL CONSUMPTION REPORT - 2000

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U. S. Merchant Academy

02 July 1999

Kings Point. New York

U.S. Department of Maritime Administration

From:Joseph Poliseno, CAPT, USMS, Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York

To: Robert and Thomas of Muroco Trust

Subj: THE EFFECT, PERFORMANCE OF A DIESEL GENERATOR SET.

REPORT

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy agreed to test Militec-1 metal conditioner by adding it to the engine lubricating oil of a marine diesel generator set that it uses for student laboratories.

A demonstration of Militec -1 was witnessed by Professor Jose Femenia,the Head of the Department of Engineering at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy,and several faculty members of the Academy at a joint meeting of SNAME and the Society of Marine Port Engineers in New York City. After the demonstration, Professor Femenia offered the Academy ’s diesel generator set as a test facility. Militec-1 was subsequently added to the engine lubricating oil of the diesel generator set and the change in the engine performance was analyzed. The purpose of this report is to state the findings of this analysis.

The results of the analysis, the opinions, and the conclusions stated in this report are strictly those of the author and are not the official position of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the Maritime Administration, or the Department of Transportation.

RESULT

The affect of Militec-1 on the performance of the engine as compared to its historical performance is a decrease in the specific fuel consumption of up to 3 percent.

INSTALLATION

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy has in its possession a 300 diesel generator set. The diesel generator has been used for a diesel engine heat balance laboratory with the Academy engineering majors for many years. The objective of the laboratory is to familiarize the students with the instruments and procedures followed when conducting a diesel engine heat balance and to familiarize the students with diesel engine performance trends.

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