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FEBRUARY25,2015BYANISH
Everytimeashipengineergoesonboard,he/shehastolearn,understandandmastertheoperation
andmaintenanceproceduresoftheassignedmachinery.
Anengineerwillcomeacrossavarietyofgeneratortypeswithdifferentconstructionalandoperationa
featuresduringthecourseofhisorhercareeronboard.Itisthereforeimportantthattheengineerkno
thebasicsofageneratormachinerysysteminsideout.
Belowisalistofsomenotsocommonlyknownconstructionalfeaturesofmarinegeneratorsandsom
overlookedbutimportantgeneratorproceduresthatareoftennotdiscussedortaughtintraining
sessionsormarineengineeringbooks.
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1.Airstartmotor:Modernmarinegeneratorsareprovidedwithairstartmotorwhichsuppliesstartin
airtothecombustionchamber.ThismotorwilldisengageoncethegeneratorRPMreaches
approximately7090RPMdependinguponthemanufacturingfeatures.Incaseofemergencyorblac
out,asmallswitchorknobisprovidedontopofthemotortostartthegeneratorfromlocal.
2.Oilfiltercleaningfeature:Marinegeneratorisfittedwithaduplexoilcleaningfiltersinthelubeoi
line.Insomegenerators,thesefilterscomewithaquickcleaningfeaturethatcanbeappliedincaseo
emergencyandwhenthelubeoilpressureislow.Thechangeoverhandleofthefilterisdrivenintoa
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fromotionmultipletimes,whichcausescleaningeffectonthefilterandasuddenriseinthelubeoil
pressure.
3.Telescopicpipe:Telescopicpipearrangementiscommonforsupplyinglubeoiltothepistonintw
strokemainengine.Somegenerators(e.g.Daihatsuetc.)areprovidedwithtelescopicpipeconnecte
thepistonforlubricationpurpose.Whileoverhaulingthegeneratordonotforgettoremovethetelesco
pipepriortoopeningthepiston.
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4.Fuelpumpblockandfloatingshaft:ThisisoneuniqueconstructionfeatureofgeneratorslikeSK
wherethefuelpumpsarefittedinaseparateblock(fuelpumpblock)andconnectedtothegenerator
meansofafloatingshaftforoperatingthepumps.
5.Isolationrubber:Somegeneratorswithhighpoweroutputhaveanarrangementoffrictionpad
couplingtoconnecttheprimemovershafttotheflywheel.Nofittedboltsareusedforthis,insteadthe
rubberpadfrictionholdstheflywheelandprimemovershafttogether.
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6.Longtermshutdown:Whenthegeneratorneededtobeshutdownforalongtime(3ormore
months)itiswisetouseanantirustsprayonthelinersurfaceandothermovingpartsofthegenerato
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7.Indicatorcock:Whiletakinguptheperformanceofthegenerator,theindicatorcockisopened.It
importanttoopenalltheindicatorcocksinfullopenposition.Iftheindicatorcockishalforsemiopen
thehighvelocityhotcombustionmixturecomingoutofitwilldamagethevalveandseatofthecock.
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8.ColdStart:Incoldcondition,ifthegeneratorrefusestostartinmultipleattempts,opentheindicato
cockandturntheenginewithturninggearwithlubeoilpumprunning.Thiswillremovetheaccumulat
fuelfromthecylinderandavoidanyexplosionfromblowback,whichmaydamagethecombustion
chamberpartsorevenleadtoaccident.
9.Airmanifolddraincock:Inconditionswherethechancesofmoistureaccumulationarehigh,the
manifolddraincockshouldbeopenedupto1/4thturnatalltimesevenwhenthegeneratorisrunning
Thiswillensureallthewatercollectedduetomoistureisdrainedanddamagetotheenginecylinders
prevented.
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10.InjectionValve:Efficiencyofthegeneratordependsmainlyontheconditionoftheinjectors,whic
needstobepressuretestedandoverhauledregularly.Whilereplacingthenozzleoftheinjector,itis
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veryimportanttoloosenthepressuresettingscrew(locatedeitheronthetoporonthesideofthe
injectorbody)beforeopeningthenozzleholdingcasenut,elseitwilldamagethematingsurfaceof
needle,spacerandthestraightpin.
Itistonotethattheabovelistedfeaturesarenotpresentineverymarinegeneratormodel.Doreadth
generatormanualbeforeperforminganykindofmaintenanceorwhileoperatingthegenerator.
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