STEAM PROPULSION

PLANT

STEAM SERVICES
Fuel tank heating
Fuel line heating
Water heating
Oil heating before
purification
Main Engine Jacket Heating
Steam machinery

Cargo pumps
winch and windlass

AUXILLIARY STEAM
SYSTEM
Low Pressure
In Motor Ships
For:

heating
turbo
generators
deck machinery

LP
BOILER
Auxiliary Duties
Motor Ships
up to 15 bar
Fire Tubes

LP
BOILER
Water in tank
Flame in
tubes (fire
tube)
steam at top
boiler

HP
BOILER
Propulsion
Plants
Drive
Turbines
55 - 120 bar
Water Tube

WASTE HEAT SYSTEMS

Boilers
normal
operation via
furnace
Circulating
pump

ECONOMISER

SOOT BLOWER

Collection of soot on the tubes

can:
cause a fire
reduce heat transfer - efficiency

Soot blowers use steam to blow

away the soot from the surfaces

UPTAKE FIRES
Soot on
tube
surfaces
Can result
in a
HydrogenIron fire

TUBE DAMAGE - Economiser

Due to a HydrogenIron fire
Sequence:

steam & hot steel

produces hydrogen
hydrogen & hot
steel results in a
hydrogen-iron fire; self supporting

BURNER

WATER HAMMER

Can damage steam pipes due to

heavy shock load

Avoided by:
Strictly following operating procedures .
Open drains if fitted.
Crack opening steam valves and
warming through.
Leaving drains open till steam comes out

STEAM TURBINE

Used for:
propulsion
electricity
generation
pumps

STEAM TURBINES

Advantages

Low vibration levels

Direct, smooth rotary motion
Light weight
Minimum space requirements
Can be applied to any power range
Low maintenance

Disadvantages
Higher specific fuel consumption
than diesel
Expert attention required during
warm-up, draining and shutting
down

STEAM
TURBINE

HP and LP
Coupled to shaft
via gearbox
Turning gear
Reversing turbine

STEAM TURBINE PLANT

REDUCTION GEARING
Requires
large
reduction
Thrust
bearing