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1.3 Main feature and parameters

1.3.1 Main feature

J-ENG-UE, Supercharged, two cycle, solid injection,

Engine type single acting with crosshead, uniflow-scavenging, reversible type
marine diesel engine.

Implement for compliance with

Low Pressure SCR
IMO NOx regulation Tier III

1.3.2 Engine components - Axial vibration damper

In case of axial vibration (longitudinal vibration) is
- Bedplate generated within the designed speed range of the engine,
The bedplate is of hanger type, made of cast iron. The axial vibration damper can be equipped. The axial
thrust block is connected at the aft end of the bedplate. vibration damper is mounted on crankshaft free end in
engine. It consists of casing and two-pieces of upper and
lower section which forms the oil spaces.
- Crankshaft
The crankshaft is supported by the main bearings and the When the axial vibration is generated by combination of
driving end bearing to the bed plate. The crankshaft is of torsional vibration, the crankshaft vibrates axially, but
semi-built-up type and made of forged steel. The crank such motion is damped by the oil filled in oil space of the
pin is monolithic (made of single piece) and its main shaft axial vibration damper and amplitude of longitudinal
is shrink-fitted to the crank arm. The thrust shaft is also vibration of the entire shaft system can be reduced.
shrink-fitted to the crank arm of driving end side, the
crankshaft gear is arranged at the outer circumference of
the thrust collar and the flywheel is connected to the - Flywheel and turning gear
thrust shaft end. The flywheel is made of cast iron, and is mounted to a
flange at the aft end of the thrust shaft, and has gear teeth
The crank pin is lubricated by the piston cooling oil on its outer circumference for turning. When the turning
diverged from crosshead pin lubrication ,through the oil gear is rotated, the flywheel gets engaged with the turning
passage arranged on the connecting rod and crank pin gear. The turning gear is mounted beside the thrust bed
bearing. In order to reduce the vibration, the axial on the fuel pump side and driven by an electric motor.
vibration damper, tuning wheel, torsional vibration
damper, etc. can be installed additionally at the free end
side of the crank shaft depending upon the shaft system. - Column
The column which is made of cast iron and it has high
rigidity. Colum carries the crosshead guide, piston rod
- Main bearing stuffing box, etc. and supports the cylinder jacket.
The main bearing consists of the upper part of bearing
metal, the lower part of bearing metal and the bearing cap,
which is installed on the bed plate with four sets of stud - Connecting rod and crosshead
bolts and nuts, and supports the crankshaft. The combustion pressure exerts on the piston head
results into reciprocating motion of piston. The
Lubricating oil is supplied from the main bearing cap to connecting rod and crosshead transmits the reciprocating
exhaust side of the upper metal through the vertical oil motion to the rotating motion. Guide rail guides the sliding
port. motion of cross head shoe and it transmits the lateral
force from crosshead to column block. The lubricating oil
is supplied to the crosshead pin through the piston
- Thrust bearing cooling oil system. The lubricating oil is diverged through
The thrust bearing is mounted on the driving end of the the crosshead pin, a part of lubricating oil cools the piston
engine and transmit the thrust force of the propeller and the other is fed to the crank pin bearing for lubrication.
through the bedplate to the hull. The thrust collar of The foot liner is installed on connecting surface between
crankshaft lies between the thrust pads which are made the crosshead pin and piston rod, and the piston rod is
of cast white metal. At the upper part of thrust pad, the fastened by four stud bolts mounted to the crosshead pin.
thrust pad holders are connected to the bed plate and
prevent the thrust pad from popping out.

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- Piston and piston rod

The piston made of the special forged steel piston head, - Camshaft and camshaft bearing
which has cooling space (channel) inside it, piston skirt is Camshaft is a series of cam lobes along its centerline
connected to the piston rod flange at bottom surface. consist of fuel cam, exhaust cam, camshaft driving gear,
Piston skirt is fastened with bolt between piston rod and camshaft shifting gear and starting air control valve
piston head. driving gear are attached to the camshaft. The camshaft
is driven by the crankshaft via camshaft driving gear. The
Two piston rings are provided in the side grooves in the camshaft is a single, solid shaft and, mounted in the
piston head to ensure gastight interface between the camshaft housing, is supported with the metals and
piston head and inner surface of cylinder liner. The upper bearing housing.
surface of a piston forms a combustion chamber together
with a cylinder cover and the cylinder liner. The piston - Camshaft driving gear
head has a circumferential cooling space (channel) and The camshaft driving gear is mounted at the engine
the piston rod is provided with oil tube and inner piece. driving end and consists of crankshaft gear, idle gear and
The cooling oil flows through inner piece from the oil tube camshaft driving gear and transmits the engine revolution
results in high velocity and hence speed flow cooling oil to the camshaft through the idle gears and the camshaft
passes into the cooling space of the piston head. The driving gear. All the gears are spur gears.
cooling oil is discharged through the oil tube. Both ends of idle gear shaft are supported by the bearings.
Lubricating oil is sprayed on the engaging points of each
The piston rod is made of forged steel and connected to gear and the inspection covers are provided around the
a crosshead pin with four stud bolts. gears to check conditions of the tooth surface and its
lubrication.
The foot liner connected between the piston rod and the
crosshead pin. A piston-rod stuffing box is provided to
prevent sludge from penetrating into crankcase. - Cylinder liner
The cylinder liner forms the combustion chamber together
with the cylinder cover and the piston. The cylinder liner
- Piston rod stuffing box is made of special wear-resistant cast iron, and has
Piston rod stuffing box consists of casing split in two parts scavenging ports in the lower part and cylinder lubricating
made of cast iron, top ring, tight rings, ring supports, oil oil holes in the upper part.
scraper rings and others. The top ring and seal rings in The upper part of cylinder liner is enclosed with water
the 1st and 2nd grooves prevent scavenging air leakage guide jacket is cooled by fresh water supplied from the
and scrape off the sludge attached to the piston rod. The pipe for cylinder cooling water. Cooling fresh water is
clean oil scraped off by the oil scraper rings which are supplied to the cylinder cover through the inside (lower),
located in several grooves drops into crankcase and the the bypass pipe (lower) of water guide jacket and the
dirty oil scraped off by the oil scraper rings from the inside (upper) of water guide jacket, the bypass pipe
bottom is carried away with a pipe outside the crankcase (upper) and the joint piece. The gasket is mounted on the
and goes to the drain tank. Each ring is split to three or contact surface.
four segments which are pressed against the piston rod
with a tension spring.
- Cylinder cover
On the top of the cylinder cover, an exhaust valve housing,
- Piston cooling system two fuel injection valves, one cylinder safety valve, one
The lubrication oil is used to cool the pistons and also to starting air valve, and one indicator valve are mounted.
lubricate the crossheads and the crank pin bearings. The
oil is supplied through telescopic pipe and led to the The cylinder cover is mounted on the cylinder liner with
piston rods. stud bolts and nuts. The gasket ring is mounted on the
contact surface with the cylinder liner for preventing gas
leakage.
- Air cooler
The air cooler is equipped in order to cool down the The cylinder covers which incorporate a "Solid cooling"
scavenging air to required temperature which is raised by system using cooling water chambers are cooled inside
supercharging and supplied to the scavenging air trunk. by fresh water. The cooling water is led from the water
guide jacket into the lower cooling water chamber of the
cover. Furthermore, the water cools down hot surface of
- Scavenging valve cylinder cover passes through many cooling passages in
There are several scavenging valves inside the it and then flows out to the exhaust valve housing.
scavenging air trunk. The scavenging valves are flap
valves made of steel plates, bearings, shaft steel, and
others. The scavenging valve (plate) is opened and - Exhaust valve
closed automatically by air pressure difference between The main function of exhaust valve is to discharge the
a 1st chamber and a 2nd chamber. During engine combustion gas in the cylinder and is mounted with two
operation, the scavenging air is compressed and cooled sets of stud bolts and nuts at the center of cylinder cover.
then flows from the 1st chamber of scavenging air trunk The exhaust valve consists mainly of the valve stem
into the 2nd chamber and reverse flow of scavenging air made of heat-resistant special steel, valve stem guide
is prevented by the valves. which supports the valve stem, exhaust vale driving

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cylinder, piston, air spring cylinder, air spring piston, and The fuel injection valve is installed by fastening the bolt
its lower end is provided with the valve seat made of loaded with spring. It prevents deformation and excessive
special steel. stress caused by difference in temperature between the
cylinder cover and the fuel injection valve. And, in case of
A diagonal notch is formed in the upper part of the piston the leakage of combustion gases, for preventing fuel
to allow the valve stem to be rotated by drive oil. The injection and mounting hole from corrosive atmosphere
valve seat in which cooling water passage is made, is and to detect the gas leakage easily, the gas vent holes
cooled with the cooling water supplied through the are provided to the cylinder.
cylinder cover, and the cooling water is discharged
through outer circumference of valve stem guide.
- Fuel injection pump
In case of the leakage of exhaust gas from the seat part The fuel injection pump consists of the pump body,
between the cylinder cover and the valve seat of exhaust plunger, booster piston and others.
valve, in order to prevent from the corrosive atmosphere One fuel injection pump is installed for each cylinder on
of the mentioned part, and to detect the gas leakage the camshaft housing at the middle part of the engine and
easily, the gas vent hole is provided to the cylinder cover. is driven by the fuel cam installed on the camshaft and
supplies fuel oil to the fuel valve equipped on each
cylinder.
- Exhaust valve driving gear, lower part
Exhaust valve driving gear, consisting of the hydraulic
cylinder, the roller guide, the roller, the exhaust cam, the - Automatic starting air stop valve
spring and the piston, transfer working oil to exhaust The automatic starting air stop valve, which is located
valve driving gear upper part and open the exhaust valve between the starting air non-return valve and the starting
stem. air main pipe, opens and closes automatically by the
control air from the starting air pilot valve, and supplies
Working oil is supplied to oil space of the piston upper and shuts off the starting air to each cylinder.
part through the non-return valve and further it is
transferred to exhaust valve driving gear upper part.
- Starting air valve
Exhaust valve driving gear upper part works together with The starting air valve is mounted on the cylinder cover
the exhaust cam, the roller, the driving piston and the upper face and controls starting of the engine, and admits
piston and the transferred driving oil pressure opens the starting air into the cylinder after receiving start command.
exhaust valve stem. As the roller passes the exhaust cam When the automatic starting air stop valve is opened,
crest point and the piston starts to go down, driving oil in starting air is sent from the starting air reservoir to the
the exhaust valve driving gear upper part returns to the starting air control valve. The starting air sent to the
oil space of piston upper part and the exhaust valve stem starting air control valve is fed into the starting air valve
closes by air pressure of exhaust valve air spring space. for a specific time to "open" and "close" the valve. In
operation, control air sent from the starting air control
Lubricating oil for the driving piston and the roller is valve air first enters the chamber which is located above
supplied from hole of the locking pin and returned to the the piston. The pressure of the control air acts on the top
crankcase through the camshaft case. of the piston, depressing the valve stem and opening the
valve. This allows the starting air to pass through a gap
The relief valve is equipped to the hydraulic cylinder to between the valve body and valve stem of the starting air
limit driving oil pressure transferred from the piston. valve and enters the cylinder. When the control air in the
Sometimes due to some reasons exhaust valve stem chamber which is located above the piston is discharged,
does not open due to which pressure in driving oil system the piston and valve stem are pushed up by the spring,
increases than limit value, this relief valve helps driving which closes the valve. The discharge of control air is
oil to escape to the camshaft case through the passage carried out by the starting air control valve with
in the hydraulic cylinder. determined timing.

In order to stop the exhaust valve operation when engine

is stopped or in case of any engine trouble, free hole is - Rupture disk
made in the driving piston and tapped hole is made in In order to protect the starting air pipe, the rupture disc is
camshaft case for cut-off tool. provided on outlet of the automatic starting air stop valve.

- Fuel injection valve - Indicator valve

The fuel injection valve is the most important part directly The indicator valve is mounted on the cylinder cover to
governing the engine performance and the durability of measure the pressure inside cylinder during engine
the combustion chamber, and the rate of fuel operation. The indicator is attached to measuring nozzle
consumption is determined mainly by the performance of and the pressure in the cylinder is measured by "opening"
the fuel injection valve. Fuel injection valves for each the indicator valve. The valve body is made of special
cylinder are provided in the engine. The fuel injection steel and threaded on the measuring nozzle to permit the
valve is nitrified for better durability (except nozzle seat indicator being screwed into it. The valve spindle is
area). located midway in a gas passage cut through the valve
body.

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- Cylinder safety valve
The cylinder safety valve is mounted on cylinder cover
upper surface, automatically pops open and releases
high-pressure gas from the cylinder in case of gas
pressure within the cylinder exceeds to abnormally high
value than set value to ensure the safe engine operation.
The cylinder safety valve contains in its lower section the
special steel valve seat and the valve and, above these
valve seat and valve, the spindle and the spring. When
the pressure inside the cylinder exceeds the set value,
the valve is pushed upwards so that gas blows out into
the atmosphere through gas vent holes in the valve seat.

- Cylinder Lubricator
Cylinder lubricator lubricates the running surface
between piston rings and cylinder liner.

・Mechanical type
The cylinder lubricator discharges lubricating oil at
regular interval to reduce the cylinder lubricating oil
consumption. The lubricator and its driving gear are
installed at the free end of the engine driving side.
The driving gear is driven by the camshaft end
through the spur gear, bevel gear, sprockets, and
roller chains. Cylinder oil fed from the lubricator is
injected into cylinder liner from the lubricating oil
valve.

・A-ECL system
A-ECL system (Advanced Electronically Controlled
Lubrication system) consists of supply unit, relief
valve unit, lubricators, lubricating oil valves,
operation panel, control unit and crank angle
detector. Cylinder oil is pressurized to required
pressure and cylinder oil temperature is controlled
within 30 - 70degC by supply unit. The cylinder oil
pressurized by supply unit flows through the main
pipe and is decompressed by the pressure
regulating valve, and then returns to supply unit
again. Solenoid valve equipped at lubricator is
excited by command signal sent from the control
unit. Cylinder oil fed from the lubricator is injected
into cylinder liner from the lubricating oil valve. Two
control boards are provided with the control unit
and control the lubricator by duplexed system.

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