Before starting the
fresh water generator we have to check that the ship is not in congested
water, canals and is 20 nautical miles away from the shore. This is
done because near the shore the effluents from factories and sewage are
discharged into the sea can get into the fresh water generator.
Check whether engine is running above 50 rpm, the reason for this is
that at low rpm the temperature of jacket water which is around 60
degrees and not sufficient for evaporation of water.
Check the drain valve present at the bottom of the generator is in close position.
Now open suction and discharge valves of the sea water pump which will
provide water for evaporation, cooling and to the eductor for creating
vacuum.
Open the sea water discharge valve from where the
water is sent back to the sea after circulating inside the fresh water
generator.
Close the vacuum valve situated on top of the generator.
Now start the sea water pump and check the pressure of the pump. The pressure is generally 3-4 bars.
Wait for the vacuum to build up. Vacuum should be at least 90% which
can be seen on the gauge present on the generator. Generally the time
taken for the generation of vacuum is about 10 minutes.
When vacuum is achieved open the valve for feed water treatment, this is to prevent scale formation inside the plates.
Now open hot water (jacket water) inlet and outlet valves slowly to
about half. Always open the outlet valve first and then inlet valve.
Slowly start to increase the opening of the valves to full open.
Now we can see that the boiling temperature starts increasing and the vacuum starts dropping.
The vacuum drop to about 85% which is an indication that evaporation is started.
Open the valve from fresh water pump to drain.
Switch on the salinometer if it has to be started manually. Generally it is on auto start.
Now start fresh water pump and taste the water coming out of the drain.
When fresh water starts producing it is seen that the boiling
temperature drops again slightly and vacuum comes back to the normal
value.
Check the water coming out of the salinometer is
not salty and also check the reading of the salinometer. This is done to
see if the salinometer is working properly or not and to prevent the
whole fresh water from getting contaminated with salt water. The value
of salinometer is kept below 10ppm.
After checking the
taste of the water coming out of the salinometer, open valve for tank
from the pump and close drain valve.
Stopping the Fresh water Generator
Close the jacket water inlet valves. Generally inlet is closed first and then the outlet valve.
Close the valve for feed water treatment.
Stop fresh water pump.
Switch off the salinometer.
Stop sea water pump (also known as ejector pump).
Open vacuum valve.
Close sea water suction valve and overboard valve. This is generally
not required as they are non- return valves. However, in case of valve
leaking or damage, these valves are to be closed without fail
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