Comments on: 8 Important Points To Note For Maintenance Of Emergency Generators On Ship

By: Praveen

Praveen — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 18:26:53 +0000

Nice Doumented

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:35:57 +0000

One critical area overlooked; Fuel integrity. Tank should be topped with minimum head space to avoid condensation – and potential for microbial buildup. If the fuel is in storage more than six months, fuel should be treated with high quality fuel stability additive, especially if the fuel is 0.1% sulfur, as hydro-treated low sulfur fuels tend to degrade rapidly. More than half of emergency generator failures occur as the result of degraded fuel.

By: karthick t

karthick t — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 07:18:21 +0000

all the emergency generator having water separators or any specially it will be there…?

By: hKhaldon

hKhaldon — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 20:45:41 +0000

Very important. First check gas oil tank
If the emergency g. In close room open. The window or hatch cover. Put the switch in. Position. Outomatic

By: Rouhollah Abbasi

Rouhollah Abbasi — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:00:07 +0000

As per rules/regulations every emergency generator to be fitted with secondary means of starting. It can be another set of battery, hydraulic (accumulator) or pneumatic. Important to be maintained and check to be done at regular intervals.
Attention to be paid to the level of fuel in the fuel tank. Capacity of fuel tank fixed as per rule and to ensure a min level always maintained.
Nothing mentioned about maintenance of generator and EMG switch board.
Another point to mention, this is not mandatory for all emg diesel generators to come into running and connect to the supply circuit automatically. That is depend on the vessel notation.

By: Akhilesh

Akhilesh — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 09:18:50 +0000

Photos accompanying your articles are taken from Maersk’s Margrethe-class vessels looks like (now G-class) 🙂 …I’ve been sailing on them the past few years. Nice website this!

By: Yogi

Yogi — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 08:11:41 +0000

Anish can u tell me how reverse power trip testing is done onboard?
Also can u guide me how blackout simulation test is done onboard?
It will be very much helpful

By: Antonis C.

Antonis C. — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 13:02:40 +0000

Very useful references.

Thanks a lot Mr Anish!

By: richard

richard — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 09:54:16 +0000

Check the hydraulic system for starting manually if the emergency generator is equipped with.

By: Anish

Anish — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:10:21 +0000

In reply to Antonis C..

@Antonio: Check these articles-

https://www.marineinsight.com/guidelines/general-overview-of-central-cooling-system-on-ships/

https://www.marineinsight.com/refrigeration-air-conditioning/types-of-heat-exchangers-on-a-ship/

https://www.marineinsight.com/guidelines/how-to-do-maintenance-of-marine-heat-exchangers-on-ships/

By: Antonis C.

Antonis C. — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:17:13 +0000

Anything about the sea-water cooling system and the heat exchanger?

Very useful article.
Thanks!

By: Aneesh

Aneesh — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:06:54 +0000

required this field

By: Bhavesh Haswani

Bhavesh Haswani — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:09:25 +0000

I would like to add few more points: 1. checking the functioning of the ventilator flaps. The ventilator can be closed from outside the emergency generator room in case of fire.

2. Check the antifreeze on the cooling water system.

3. Emergency generator must be test run ON-LOAD at least once in a month for 3-4 hours. During this time the frequency, current, KW produced must be recorded every 30 minutes to ensure proper functioning of the emergency generator.