http://www.marineengineering.org.uk/ http://www.marinediesels.co.uk/ Both of these sites are good for reference

Seems there are a lot of quality issues with Chinese yards, a recent owner wanted to build to GL class but Chinese yard would not accept. Following delivery owner changed class to GL and many deficient welds were discovered. There have also been numerous problems with engines delivered from China as...

Check out FOBAS calculator for change over:

http://www.lr.org/NR/rdonlyres/764160D1 ... ulator.xls

Hello Sebastien

You can eliminate much of the scale by installing a de-ionizing filter in the operating water supply line to the separators. They are available for around $150-200 and greatly reduce the presence of scle in the operating water system.

Has anyone ever experienced corrosion or pitting of the heavy phase paring disk on an Alfa Laval FOPX separator handling HFO?

Of course they let them off with nothing. The USCG is much like the police, the blue wall of silence. To allow someone to retire with benefits for life after an offense like that is just not right. "Do as I say, not as I do" is their policy.

From MarineLog website: Employment for 2008 Graduates of U.S. Maritime Colleges: August 2008 ACADEMYS: California, Maine, Great Lakes, Massachusetts aka Buzzards Gulch College of Nautical Knowledge, SUNY aka Throgs Neck Tech, Texas, USMMA aka "Queens Point" TOTAL GRADUATES (graduate and un...

Unfortunately there is a great disparity amongst maritime licenses and education around the world. I myself am an Amerrican hawespiper with a lot of military and commercial technical schools under my belt. I had to fight for every job at sea and was fortunate enought to move ashore in supoerintenden...

The tests were not meant to be destructive although for engineering purposes some units are pushed to destruction for research. The gyro table was initiated to subject the separators to actual sea conditions of pitch and roll to evaluate the effects on a high speed rotational mass. As for lining up ...

They may not contain many parts however, they do require careful handling and assembly. I had the opportunity to witness some destructive tests at the Mitsubishi separator plant in Kawasaki City Japan back in the 70's. They (MKK) were the first to subject each machine to testing on a gyro table. It ...

Nothing seems to work here in the US. With the heightened concerns for port security the government felt all port workers needed background checks and an official gov't photo ID. Good idea for stevedores and others who require access to the waterfront. Merchant Mariners however, already possess phot...

Yes they are pretty neat sailed on a ferry for a while that used them. Other than problems associated with the seals due to the rope chokers trying to dredge with them they were very reliable and a breeze to operate.

Check out Unitest Marine Software site. They used to have a great PC based simulation for the AlfaLaval NIREX unit which is pretty much the same as the ATLAS and SASAKURA distillation units. They now have one for reverse osmosis.

An engineer that can't deal with the heat?

No I just searched Centinel on the search line and it brought up reference articles. Must be working out as there are quite a lot of the Cummins out there in new diesel electric OSV's