Diesel engines are the most common type of propulsion and power source for ships that are employed in the marine industry and they typically do not burn diesel fuel, despite their name, but rather heavy fuel oil that has been heated and purified by centrifugal filtering before being used. As a byproduct of the combustion…
All along the ship’s length, the ballast system utilizes water tanks positioned in the double bottom, along the sidewalls, and beneath the ship’s main deck.In order to keep the ship’s draught and trim proper, to provide maximum stability, and to keep the ship’s stress and bending moments within acceptable limits, water is added to or…
The feed water system of the boilers is the component of the steam producing plant that circulates feed water from the cascade tank into the oil-fired auxiliary boiler and the exhaust gas boiler via the boiler feed water pumps and feed water regulators. The feed water regulating valve automatically controls the feed water flow to…