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Steam Uses of Steam On The Ship

1. Steam is used on ships for propulsion, electricity generation, pumping cargo and ballast, operating winches and windlasses, creating vacuum in condensers, heating cargo and fuel oils, warming engines, operating whistles, heating accommodations, and producing fresh water. 2. The major components of a marine steam plant include an oil-fired boiler, hot well, feed water pumps, economizer, main and auxiliary steam systems, dump condenser, and boiler water circulating pump. 3. To light a boiler automatically, the control panel is activated which starts the fuel pump and forced draft fan to purge the furnace before igniting the pilot burner and allowing fuel to the main burner once the flame

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Steam Uses of Steam On The Ship

1. Steam is used on ships for propulsion, electricity generation, pumping cargo and ballast, operating winches and windlasses, creating vacuum in condensers, heating cargo and fuel oils, warming engines, operating whistles, heating accommodations, and producing fresh water. 2. The major components of a marine steam plant include an oil-fired boiler, hot well, feed water pumps, economizer, main and auxiliary steam systems, dump condenser, and boiler water circulating pump. 3. To light a boiler automatically, the control panel is activated which starts the fuel pump and forced draft fan to purge the furnace before igniting the pilot burner and allowing fuel to the main burner once the flame

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STEAM

Uses of Steam on the Ship:


1. For propulsion to drive the ship
2. For Electric power generation on steam ships and some motor ships
n. Used to drive cargo pump on tanker ships to transfer the oil taken
4. Winch and Windlass are also driven by steam in some ships like tankers
5. For creating vacuum inside condensers
6. Cargo oil tanks’ stripping pumps are driven by steam
7. For heating cargo in both steam and motor tankers
8. General service steam for cleaning filter mesh, and sanitizing MLO sump in
case of microbiological degradation (bacterial attack) of sump oil by steam
lancing
9. For warming up the Engine in cold areas and prior to starting
10. For operating ship’s whistle on some ships
11. For heating fuel oil for ME, AE, Boiler, purifier, bunker tank, settling & service
tank and also lube oil going to purifiers
12. For heat waste oil tanks, dirty oil or drain oil tanks and the waste oil in waste oil
service tank for Incineration
1n. Sea chest grating are blown through (cleaned) with help of steam
14. Commonly used for soot blowing M.E. Economizer And Boiler Flue Gas
Uptake on ships
15. Used for operating derricks on some ships
16. Heating accommodation and hot water for accommodation use, etc.
17. Producing FW in FWG by heating SW when heat of ME- JCW is not available.

Major Components of Marine Steam Plant:-


1. Oil Fired Boiler: - Pressure vessels called as Boiler provided with a Burner
arrangement to heat water and thus generate steam
2. Hot Well or Cascade Tank: - Dedicated tank for supplying clean fresh distilled
water at high temperature to the boiler and to collect the return steam from the
system
3. Feed Water Pumps (boiler, Economizer, Main Feed Pumps): - To Supply feed
water from the Hotwell to the Boiler
4. Exhaust Gas Boiler or Economizer: - An Excess Heat retrieving system, which
uses main engine exhaust to generate additional steam.
5. Main and Auxiliary Steam systems: - The Steam generated is provided to Main
(propulsion via Steam turbines in Steam ships) and various Auxiliary systems in the
ships for consumption.
Some examples of Auxiliary Steam systems are: -
a. 16K Steam systems: - for driving Cargo Oil Pump Turbines (COPT) and
Water Ballast Pump Turbines (WBPT)
b. 9K Steam Systems: - for driving Stripping Pumps, as Driving steam in
Air Ejectors for creating vacuum in Large Vacuum Condensers, tank
cleaning heater
c. 7K Steam Systems: - General Service Steam, as heating medium for
most heaters- for example- heating fuel oil for ME, AE, Boiler, purifier, as
heating medium in heating coils in tanks where heating may be required
for example- bunker tank, settling & service tank, waste oil tanks, dirty oil
or drain oil tanks and the waste oil in waste oil service tank for
Incineration, soot blowing, steam chest grating blow through etc.
d. 4K Steam System: - Heating accommodation; and hot water for
accommodation, galley use, etc.
6. Dump Condenser: - Excess steam is condensed by seawater cooler, and the
condensate (condensed water) is returned to Hot Well.
7. EGB (or Boiler) Water Circulating Pump: - to supply and circulate hot boiler
water (from the boiler water drum) to and inside the Exhaust gas boiler
(Economizer).

Procedure for lighting the Boiler manually and automatically:-


For Automatic Firing: -
1. Visually check water level and switch on boiler control panel. Confirm the Mode
selector switch on Auto mode
2. Sensing low steam pressure, boiler control panel will activate the boiler start
signal’
n. Fuel pump and F.D. Fan will start
4. Once fuel temperature is normal, forced draft fan flaps will move to Full Open
position to purge the Boiler furnace,
5. Purge timer completes sequences and flaps will close to Minimum air position.
Sequence 4 & 5 is also called as Furnace Pre-Purge Operation
6. Igniter Unit consisting of Pilot Burner, step-up transformer and Electrodes
activates and gets lit up.
7. After few seconds, the main burner shut-off valve will open, and allow fuel into
the boiler (at correct temperature and pressure)
8. After 5 seconds, the flame sensor must detect the flame, or the burner will shut-
off on Flame-Failure
9. Burner will fire on High Flame if the pressure is low and the F.D. Fan will admit
appropriate air quantity
10. As the steam pressure rises, the burner will flow to Low Flame and again the
F,D, Fan will follow and admit appropriate air quantity
11. If the steam pressure reaches maximum operating pressure, the burner will cut
out
12. After a certain Pre-Set minimum operating period, the F.D. will stop.
1n. The fuel pump will remain operating to maintain fuel temperature
Procedure for Stopping the Boiler: - (4 – 6 marks)
A> Before shutting down boiler: -
1. Inform Chief engineer
2. If the Boiler is required to be stopped for a Longer Duration for Maintenance or
opened up for survey, change the fuel to distillate fuel.
n. Top up DO service tank
4. Change over M/E, A/E and boiler to Diesel oil
5. Stop all purifier
6. Shut all heating and tracing steam valve
7. Soot blow the boiler furnace uptake
8. If separate heating arrangements for heavy oil is present then there is no need to
change over to distillate fuel and the oil is kept on circulation mode

B> Shutting down Boiler:-


9. Stop the Boiler Automatic cycle
10. Change over to manual firing
11. Stop firing
12. Purge boiler for 5 minutes
1n. Shut main steam stop valve
14. Close the Boiler feed water valves
15. Switch off power, off the circuit breaker and remove fuses for FD fan, FO pumps,
feed pumps and control panel.
16. Put a notice on the circuit breaker mentioned above
17. Shut all fuel valve and atomizing steam valve and lock them in shut position, blank
the line if necessary
18. Allow boiler to cool down slowly
19. When the Boiler pressure is just reduced to over the Atmospheric pressure, the air
vent is to opened to prevent collapse or damage due to vacuum formation inside the
boiler

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