CBT MODULE # 0043

BILGE WATER SEPARATOR

By: Capt. Armand Pameruan

1. Are you allowed to discharge oily water from the oily water separator and into the sea when the
ship at anchor?
 No, the ship has to be proceeding en-route √
 Yes, if the oil content is less than 15 ppm

2. IMO Regulation demands that accuracy of the bilge alarm should be within ….. ppm?
 +/- 15 ppm
 +/- 100 ppm
 +/- 1 ppm
 +/- 5 ppm √

3. What is the main weakness of bilge water separator of Gravity type?

 It requires heating of the bilge water
 It Doesn’t separate emulsified bilge water √
 It Can not operate in heavy weather

4. When should be the accuracy of the bilge water alarm be checked?

 Every 6 months
 At renewal of IOPP Certificate √
 Every time bilge water separator is used
 Once a week

5. What is the maximum response time between detection of the high oil content out of the bilge
water separator and operation at an automatic stopping device preventing overboard discharge?
 5 seconds
 20 seconds √
 60 seconds
 15 seconds

6. What is done to avoid anyone tampering with the bilge alarm?

 Anything but essential operation requires the breaking of a seal √
 Anything but essential operation will give an alarm

7. What is used to calibrate the bilge alarm?

 A sample from bilge water tank
 A sample from sludge tank
 Diesel Oil
 Clean water √

8. It is possible to separate an emulsion by setting?

 No √
 Yes

9. The Suction pipe to the bilge water separator should be placed so that the suction is …..than
heating coils.
 Higher √
 Lower
10. Which of the following shall be recorded in Oil Record Book Part I?

1
  Bunkering of Fuel or bulk Lubricating Oil √
 Condition of Oil discharge monitoring and control system √
 Incineration of Garbage
 Collection and disposal of Oil residues √
 Main engine fuel consumption
 Bunkering of Fresh Water

11. Due to residues from heavy Fuel, the bilge water should have temperature of …… before it is
pumped from the bilge water tank?
 95 O C - 00 O C
 50 O C - 55 O C √
 10 O C - 30 O C

12. Oily mixture discharge into the sea after passing through the bilge water separator must never
have an oil content exceeding;
 5 parts per million
 100 parts per million
 15 parts per million √
 50 parts per million

13. What Regulation controls the discharge of oil into the sea?
 ISPS Code
 SOLAS
 STCW
 MARPOL √

14. For how long must the Oil Record book kept onboard after the last entry has been made?
 1 Year
 5 Years
 3 Years √
 10 Years

15. Which person shall sign the Oil record Book?

 Chief Officer
 2nd Engineer
 Chief Engineer
 Master √
 Duty Engineer
 Officer in-charge of the operations √

16. Which of the following areas are defined as special areas with strict controls on discharges of
oily wastes?
 The Indian Ocean
 The Red Sea √
 The South China Sea
 The Mediterranean Sea √

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Master Pac Aries June 2009
CAR