The main characteristics of Pythia system are summarized as follows:
It provides a complete diagnosis of the engine and its subsystems.
Applicable on both M/E and DGs without any modification on the engine or the engine flywheel.
It requires no TDC mark or encoder which simplifies the installation. TDC and thus crank angle reference is estimated thermodynamically with an accuracy of 0.1 deg of CA. This way it is avoided the use of an additional sensor or encoder with obvious advantages.
The software is user friendly requiring no training for its application.
System provides the actual cause for a fault for both the engine and its subsystems i.e. fuel injection, T/C, A/C etc.
It provides suggestions and actions to improve engine performance.
It provides current and optimum (proposed) engine tuning.
It has a built in database and allows transfer of measurements 9not only results but raw measured data) for further processing between vessel and main office and if necessary Pythia support team.
Provides long term trend analysis (based on configuration).
Allows comparison of engine performance for different vessels or comparative evaluation of measurements for the same vessel.
Guarantees the quality and validity of measurements transferred to main office i.e. not interference from technical personnel.
The shop or sea tests of each vessel are imbedded in the system.
The office version allows the monitoring of all vessels and can generate a list with condition of subsystems, FOC and deviation from reference for any parameter (xls files) with a simple click.
Guarantees the quality and validity of measurements transferred to main office i.e. not interference from technical personnel.
Provides suggestions and actions to improve engine performance.
System can be used to generate automatically the current actual reference vessel curves (Power-Speed and FOC-Speed) after a progressive speed trial.
It has a built in simulator allowing the simulation of various faults and evaluation of actions to be taken.
