Fresh water generator cleaning without the chemical soak Fresh water generator cleaning on this car carrier needed chemical soaking to shift scale from the plates, and each clean could take up to 24 hours. The plates were also vulnerable to build-up between cleans,...
Barnacle control in seawater cooling on a car carrier Barnacle control in seawater cooling had failed on Main Cooling System #2 aboard a car carrier, where a large barnacle population covered the cooling plates. Seawater flow was reduced and cooling efficiency was...
Shipboard potable water bacteria and calorifier scale Shipboard potable water bacteria control on M/V Hermes Leader depended entirely on a UV steriliser, with no scale protection in the piping or the calorifier. The operator wanted safe water across the accommodation,...
Evaporator cleaning interval on a fresh water generator The evaporator cleaning interval on M/V Hermes Leader’s fresh water generator was too short, as scale built up on the heat exchanger plates and water production dropped to around 17 cubic metres a day....
Freshwater generator output and cleaning time Freshwater generator output on MV Hoegh America was at risk from up to 3 mm of scale on the generator’s titanium plates. The FWG needed chemical dosing to keep running and took 24 to 48 hours to clean, and the...
