2nd International Hybrid Marine Propulsion Conference 12 November 2012 | Amsterdam RAI Media Partner

Hybrid control systems Triskel Marine Ltd, Triskel Marine Ltd ●Established 2003 ●Manage, analyse and control complex marine data Will Godfrey ●Electronics hardware design ●Embedded software development

Hybrid components Triskel Marine Ltd, ● Power supply ● Parallel hybrid diesel/electric machine ● Existing boat data ● Communication and translation ● Energy management unit ● Human friendly interface ● Monitoring system

Data from silent components Triskel Marine Ltd, ● Power sources, tank levels etc. ● No native language ● Data for energy management algorithms ● V² sensors for voltage and temperature ● E² sensors for current, voltage and temperature ● SoC, iBC, Ah and boat energy flows ● Addressable switches provide power control ● The Triskel ARGO bus

The engine language Triskel Marine Ltd ● J1939 CAN bus and the ECU ● Valuable source of data ● Temperature ● Shaft RPM, direction and derived torque ● Fuel consumption ● Engine mode status ● Error conditions

The engine data Triskel Marine Ltd ● Translation using the C² interpreter ● “Re-gen” control (RPM and torque) ● Load efficiency control (RPM and fuel) ● Accurate fuel tank level and costs (fuel) ● Interpreting status and error codes ● Autonomously act on critical data ● Cooling pumps and engine room fans

The boat language Triskel Marine Ltd ● Listening to existing equipment and sensors ● Universal translator ● NMEA2000 ● NMEA0183 ● Seatalk, Mastervolt and PC applications ● Individual components ● RS232/422, USB, CAN, current loop, pulses

The boat data Triskel Marine Ltd ● Navigation details and voyage waypoints ● GPS location, time, CoG, SoG ● Wind, temperature, rain, humidity, pressure ● Sea temperature, current speed, depth ● Autopilot

Energy management module Triskel Marine Ltd ● Jason (EMM) ● Common format data on the ARGO bus ● Part of an agnostic modular design ethos ● Charging decisions ● Enhances efficiency ● Automation where possible ● Warnings, advice, alarms and safety ● Human interface

Charging the batteries Triskel Marine Ltd ● Lead instead of Lithium are you mad? ● TPPL technology ● Bulk charge: Generator, shore supply ● The finishing charge issue ● Equalisation/conditioning charge ● Battery health

Controlling efficiency Triskel Marine Ltd ● Improving engine efficiency ● Low speeds for electric propulsion ● Lower total fuel usage ● Bulk charging loading control ● Predicting events from the data ● Intelligent source selection ● Regeneration

Talking to humans Triskel Marine Ltd ● Jason’s window to the world ● Boat wide data in a neat interface ● Real time data display becomes a tool ● Customise the system with options ● Provide advice, warnings and alarms ● Control remote switches from anywhere ● Web browser based ● Use on a tablet, PC, phone any web device

Watchdog remote monitor Triskel Marine Ltd ● Monitor the boat data remotely ● Mobile network or Iridium as telemetry ● Very low power to allow 24/7 operation ● Uses any web enabled device ● Anywhere in the world (or pub) ● Secure access ● Control remote switches from anywhere ● Set limit alarms via or SMS

Watchdog for the user Triskel Marine Ltd ● Over winter monitor ● Check battery health and boat position ● Check weather/sea conditions at the boat ● Start up devices remotely (heating) ● Friends and family voyage tracker ● Burglar alarm ● Data can be updated in near real time ● Or you can be alerted to a preset event

Watchdog for business Triskel Marine Ltd ● Chartered fleet monitor ● Boat builder customer service ● Monitor live boat data remotely ● Provides a two way diagnostic tool ● Access to historic logged data ● Remote fault diagnostics ● Fix problems without sending an engineer ● Damage tracking using an accelerometer ● Be alerted to a problem before the user

Hybrid control systems Triskel Marine Ltd, Thank you for listening and not making fun of my tie Will Godfrey, Triskel Marine Ltd