A bilge system is a piping system installed onboard a vessel for the purpose of removing water that accumulates in enclosed spaces (holds, machinery spaces, cofferdams) as a result of condensation, leakage, washing, or fire fighting. It is also to be capable of controlling flooding in the Engine Room as a result of minimal piping…
Onboard vessel, in general, saturated steam is produced into the oil-fired boiler or the exhaust gas boiler. There are special type of systems, where steam is used for propulsion or electrical generation into the steam turbines. On these cases steam need to be superheated and at high pressure and steam generating systems are more complex…
The fresh water generator is an equipment installed onboard vessels which is used to produce fresh water from sea water. There are two major ways of producing fresh water onboard vessels: vacuum evaporation and reverse osmosis, of which the vacuum evaporation comprises of two types: tube type and plate type. Each system has its own…
The emergency diesel generator is a self contained diesel engine driven electrical generator set, which is located in a separated room with access from deck. Usually the generator is the self-excited, brushless type and can be set for manual or automatic operation. Auto will be normally selected, with the manual setting being used for testing…
The vessel air system comprises, normally, of Starting air system, Control air system and General service/working air system.The starting air system is supplied by two or three main air compressors which provide air, usually, to two main air reservoirs and is used to start the main engine and the generator engines. The generators may also…
Smoke detection systems are typically installed for cargo holds and work in conjunction with CO2 fire extinguishing systems. Additionally, hold sampling pipes are utilized to deliver CO2 into the cargo holds as needed and they are connected to three-way valves which are used to effectuate the changeover. Smoke detection panels are positioned in the CO2 chamber,…
Crankshaft is the main element of the motor mechanism and it sums up the rotational motion of all cylinders and transmits it to the consumers, which in the case of marine engine systems can be a propeller or a generator. For this reason, from a mechanical point of view, it has the higher load and…
I believe that many of you have heard lately, at least once, about the autonomous or “unmanned” vessels and thinking on how this will affect your jobs, life and your future. As I could see and understand, everyone of us tend to deny and refuse to believe that this will ever happen or that will…
Marine boilers are steam generators where heat resulted from combustion of a fuel, from nuclear reaction or thermal effect of electrical current is transferred to the water which is heated and vaporized. There are two types of boilers in marine industry: Fire tube boiler is the type of boiler where the exhaust gases resulted from…
Centrifugal pumps are hydraulically powered machines that transport energy to fluids (most notably liquids) via the action of a field of centrifugal forces. Their primary function is to move fluids by increasing pressure. Centrifugal pumps come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but its operating principle and fluid dynamic characteristics stay unchanged.Centrifugal pumps are…