Marine Auxiliary Machinery 7 min read
Butterfly valves
A butterfly valve consists basically of a disc pivoted across the bore of a ring body having the same radial…
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Marine Auxiliary Machinery 6 min read
Globe Valve Used on Ships
Glove valve, a type of valve, is commonly used on board ships in places such as bilge suction lines. A…
Marine Auxiliary Machinery 1 min read
Blow Through Boiler Gauge Glass on Ships
There must be two independent means of determining the water level, one of which must be a direct reading gauge…
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Cocks and valves – Ship service systems
Cocks and valves are designed to control or interrupt flow. This is done in cocks by rotating the plug, and…
Marine Auxiliary Machinery 2 min read
Ship fire main system
Fire main: Whilst the various types of portable extinguishers form the front line of attack against a fire detected in its…
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Marine auxiliary diesel engine cooling system
A variety of cooling systems may be adopted for marine auxiliary engines but the most commonly used is the simple…
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Lubricating oil system for a marine diesel engine
Function of lubrication: The lubrication system of an engine provides a supply of lubricating oil to the various moving parts in…
Marine Auxiliary Machinery 6 min read
Checks and Precautions
Optimization Ship’s Main Engine for Slow Steaming, we discussed about all the steps that are to be taken for optimization…
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Bunkering is Dangerous
Bunkering procedure is one such operation on a ship which has been the reason for several accidents in the past.…
Marine Auxiliary Machinery 11 min read
Bilge system
All cargo ships are provided with pumping and piping arrangements so that any watertight compartment or watertight section of a…