MAN Energy Updates Engine-Oil Condition Software: Multi Fluid Monitor

MAN Energy Solutions recently launched a new version of MAN Fluid Monitor, dubbed the MAN Multi Fluid Monitor (MFM). The continuous engine-oil monitoring tool applies to two-stroke engines across different generations, configurations, and fuels in the merchant marine industry. First unveiled in 2020, the new tool allows managers to monitor the health of engines across their entire fleet.

MFM aligns with Industry 4.0, which intends to replace reactive maintenance with predictive maintenance to optimize the industrial equipment management.

MFM Specifics

The updated system contains all the features of MAN Energy’s 2020 platform, adding real-time, continuous monitoring of engine-oil condition. Upon early-stage anomaly detection, MFM sends an alert and technical recommendations to the operator, preventing further degradation that may cause damage and unscheduled shutdowns. These alerts trigger well before conventional oil-mist systems can detect anomalies, preventing failures before they affect production.

Operator using Multi Fluid Monitor; image credit: MAN Energy Solutions

“Oil contamination reflects deteriorating engine health,” said Arnauld Filancia, President of MAN Energy Solutions France. “The MAN Multi Fluid Monitor thus moves from being a specialized solution for four-stroke engines to one that can be applied globally, including to two-stroke engines and other industrial equipment. The system has already been installed on several hundred engines of different brands worldwide and is proving its worth.”

A smartphone-based app, which will be available soon, is currently being tested by customers. This tool will provide expert technical recommendations and comprehensive maintenance manuals with 24/7 access, even offline.

MAN Energy News

This week, MAN Energy Solutions Deggendorf was contracted by Ren-Gas to design, manufacture, and deliver a catalytic methanation reactor for the Tampere Power-to-Gas project. The 50-MWe methanation reactor, to be installed at the Tampere e-methane plant, will convert electrolyzer-produced green hydrogen and captured biogenic CO₂ into renewable e-methane fuel. In addition to design and manufacture, the company will oversee:

• Pre-fabrication
• Testing
• Installation supervision
• Commissioning
• Performance testing

Ren-Gas’ Tampere facility will generate approximately 200 GWh of renewable e-methane fuel per year for the heavy road and maritime transport industries. Also, the methanation reactor will produce 180 GWh of CO₂-free heating for Tampere’s district heating system. In terms of the e-methane production process, MAN Energy’s catalytic technology will combine approximately 40,000 tons of annually captured CO₂ from the Tarastenjärvi waste-incineration plant’s flue gases with green hydrogen.

In early December 2024, MAN Energy Solutions’ industrial-scale seawater heat pump was commissioned and began operation at DIN Forsyning’s heat pump plant in Esbjerg, Denmark, which supplies approximately 280,000 MWh of heat per year to local district heating networks. The CO₂-based heat pump system has a 70-MW total heating capacity and operates in tandem with a 60-MW wood chip boiler and 40-MW electric boiler plant—a peak and backup load facility.

The plant utilizes renewable energy from regional wind farms and seawater as a heat source, delivering heat to 25,000 households and reducing CO₂ emissions by 120,000 tons annually. The pump-driven plant aligns with Esbjerg’s aim to reach climate neutrality by 2030, transitioning the city’s coal-fired power plant that recently ended operations. DIN Forsyning leverages the pump’s non-toxic and environmentally safe CO₂—the system’s refrigerant—to ensure clean operation near the Wadden Sea.