Volvo Penta updates D13, D16 marine engines
More power, fewer emissions and easier management in store for Volvo Penta’s high-volume commercial diesel enginesVolvo Penta has announced significant upgrades to two of its most popular commercial engine lines – the D13 and D16 – as it also announces the roll-out of a new online management tool for owners.
The most significant upgrade is to the 16.1-litre twin-turbo six-cylinder D16 engine, first teased in concept form in 2017.
The new twin-turbo D16 IMO Tier III engine meets strict new engine emissions standards while increasing its output from a maximum of 750hp to 850hp for heavy duty operations.
It will remain at a maximum output of 750hp for continuous duty operations such as running gensets, although minimum output rises from 500hp to 600hp.
Volvo Penta says the new D16 IMO Tier III now offers more torque lower down in the rev range, using strengthened steel pistons and a higher capacity heat exchanger to handle the increase in performance.
The extra torque lower down, via more air pushed into the cylinders from the larger turbos, also gives the Volvo Penta D16 IMO Tier III more acceleration at lower revs.
A new pre-injection system also reduces the amount of noise the engine makes at all revs.
Volvo Penta said the new D16 could still use fuel with up to 1000ppm of sulphur.
Upgraded D13
Also undergoing a significant upgrade is Volvo Penta’s highest-selling marine diesel engine, the D13.
The four-engine range will use the same base platform as before, but from June next year they will offer more performance and durability via a number of refinements.
Volvo Penta said the medium light-duty version of the engine will increase power, with one ferry operator successfully replacing two D12 engines with a single D13 unit during testing.
The other significant news, though, is that Volvo Penta will expand its engine diagnostics app developed for land-based versions of its engines to the marine environment.
The Easy Connect app will next year become available for Volvo Penta marine products built since 2010, meaning it can even be retrofitted to an existing engine.
The app works like a digital dashboard, pushing real-time engine data to a mobile phone or tablet screen, or even uploading information to a cloud-based server so fleet managers can keep a track of overall performance.
Volvo Penta said the Easy Connect could even recognise any potential problems and flag them with operators, who could then schedule preventative maintenance ahead of time.
The engine module adding Easy Connect functionality takes about 15 minutes to install, Volvo Penta said.
No information is yet available on the Australian release of the new Volvo Penta products.
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