Marine Engineering Practice MEP Questions and

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In this article get to know about boiler burner maintenance, fuel injector testing, CO2 line
testing, cylinder head testing and HP cut out problems in details. Here are some of the most
common questions that are framed out of the problems that are faced in the common
machinery.

Some of the answers have been taken from social discussions as well.

Marine engineering practice Questions and Answers

Here are the questions:

How to do Boiler Burner Maintenance?

Burner maintenance includes cleaning of burner nozzle, swirl plate, igniter electrode and
filters. Brass wires to be used for cleaning. Nozzle may also have filter within their
assembly which should be washed with diesel or kerosene and blown through compressed
air. Igniter electrodes checked for correct gap and distance from burner, otherwise forget
about good spark. Soot deposit may affect igniter electrode performance and hence it
should be cleaned. Electrical leads condition to be checked for any cut.

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How to Do Fuel Injector Testing?

Take out the fuel injector safely and mount the injector in testing rig and connect the oil
supply. Keep injector priming valve open operate hand pump to prime it. Otherwise trapped
air will make needle operation sluggish, as it is compressible then close the priming valve.
Operate the pump rapidly for several strokes. The injector should with high pitch chatter
and fuel should be emitted in a fine cloud. You can check the pattern, by placing a paper
down. Don’t keep your hand while doing so.

How to test Co2 line of fire extinguishing system?

There is an air connection, connect with compressed and blow through, check all nozzles
for proper venting of air. Corroded portion of the line needs to be taken care of.

How and Why do you pressure test Cylinder Head?

Hydraulic test or pneumatic test 2.5 bar pressure, cover all the open spaces and give
pressure from outlet. Generally ships have that setup which is used for testing the cylinder
head.
Why we do the pressure testing of cylinder head is to check any leakage because if hole is
 there then chances of gas leakage and water inlet, so there will be water hammering then
lots of problem for engineers as well.

In case of a boiler gauge glass showing water level is empty how can you correct
way of find water in boiler?
· First stop the boiler.
· Then check other means of reading. Like remote gauge or other gauge.
· Blow through the gauge glass and when everything is normal then start the boiler again.
Keep an eye on the parameters.
What Happens When Hp Cut Out Not Operational In Refrigeration System?
Well for this we have protection system. Main protection is v-belt driven arrangement is
there as protection for overload of refer compressor. In case hp trip not working and
compressor is overloaded, belt will give away to protect compressor. Also if HP cut out not
working, Relief valve will operate on condenser side.

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