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OPERATIONS OF DIFFERENT SIMMULATORS

BRIDGE SIMULATOR (TURN ON)

1 ) TURN ON SERVER IN THE SERVER ROOM 3 ) WAIT FOR THE STATUS OF THE WINOW TO
SHOW RUNNING

2 ) OPEN THE CPU IN THE INSTRUCTORS ROOM

4) CLICK THE APP POLMON
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5) WAIT FOR THE ICON TO SHOW ON THE 7 ) A POP UP WINDOW WILL SHOW “PRESS
BOTTOM LEFT PART OF THE DESKTOP AND START”
CLICK MONITOR

8 ) REFRESH THE WINDOW TO SHOW THE

6 ) ONCE OPENED HIGHLIGHT ALL COMPUTER STATUS READY
EXCEPT FOR SERVER AND INSTRUCTOR’S COMP
THEN TURN THEM ALL ON BY PRESSING THE
POWER BUTTON ON THE UPPER MENU
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9 ) WAIT FOR ALL THE SCREENS TO LOAD AND 11 ) OPEN THE EXERCISE TAB THEN CHOOSE
SHOW YOU THE HORIZON LIKE SOOOO . . . YOUR INITIAL CONDITIONS

10 ) OPEN POLARIS INSTRUCTOR APP TO HAVE

AN EXERCISE

12 ) OPEN THE STEERING AND THE ECDIS

MANUALLY INSIDE THE BRIDGE SIMULATOR
ROOM
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13 ) VIOLA YOU HAVE OPENED THE BRIDGE SIMULATOR

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TURNING OFF THE BRIDGE SIMULATOR

(NO PICTURES )

1 ) PRESS THE YELLOW LIGHT ON THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE WINDOW THAT IS OPENED TO PAUSE
THE WHOLE SIMULATION.

2 ) AFTER PAUSING THE SIMULATION YOU CAN NOW CLOSE THE WINDOW THAT IS RUNNING THE
SIMULATION, IN THIS CASE THE POLARIS INSTRUCTOR IS RUNNING THE SIMULATION SO CLOSE IT.

3 ) THEN GO TO THE WINDOW THAT IS LOCATED AT THE 2ND SCREEN OF THE INSTRUCTOR’S MONITOR
TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN ALL THE PC EXCEPT OF THE “SERVER AND INSTRUCTORS COMP”

4 ) PRESS THE SHUTDOWN ICON LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE SAID WINDOW AND WAIT FOR ALL THE
COMPUTER TO SHUTDOWN PROPERLY.

5 ) AFTER SHUTTING DOWN ALL THE COMPUTER YOU CAN NOW SHUT DOWN ALSO THE INSTRUCTOR’S
COMPUTER BUT NOT THE SERVER. THE SERVER MUST BE OPENED AT ALL TIMES. TO SHUTDOWN THE
COMPUTER JUST GO TO THE WINDOW’S BUTTON FOUND AT THE BOTTOM LEFT PART OF THE COPUTER
PRESS “SHUTDOWN” AND WAIT FOR THE SCREEN TO TURN OFF.
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ENGINE ROOM SIMULATOR

1 ) OPEN THE CPU OF THE INSTRUCTOR’S 3 ) HIGHLIGHT ALL COMPUTERS AND START
COMPUTER THEM ALL BY RIGHT CLICK AND CLICKING THE
START OPTION

2 ) OPEN THE NEPTUNE APP ON THE DESKTOP 4 ) SINCE COMPUTER 3 HAS A DEFFECT YOU
WINDOW NEED TO REBOOT IT THEN AFTER REBOOTING
START IT AGAIN BY PRESSING RIGHT CLICK AND
PRESS START
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5 ) SELECT ANY EXERCISE ON THE EXERCISE WINDOW. DOUBLE CLICK ANY OF THEM AND . .

6 ) VIOLA YOU HAVE OPENED THE

ENGINEROOM SIMULATOR
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TURNING OFF THE ENGINE ROOM SIMULATOR

(NO PICTURE)

1 ) FIRST STOP THE EXERCISE THAT IS RUNNING BY PRESSING THE INSTRUCTOR’S COMPUTER (RIGHT
CLICK) SELECT THE OPTION “STOP EXERCISE” AND WAIT FOR ALL THE PC TO RESPOND.

2) AFTER CLOSING THE EXERCISE YOU CAN NOW HIGHLIGHT ALL PC EXCEPT FOR THE INSTRUCTOR AND
TURN THEM ALL OFF BY PRESSING RIGHT CLICK AND SELECTING THE OPTION “STOP COMPUTER”

3) AND THEN YOU WAIT FOR ALL THE COMPUTERS TO SHUTDOWN PROPERLY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
ALL OF THEM ARE NOW OFF.

4) AFTER CHECKING THAT ALL OF THEM ARE CERTAINLY OFF YOU CAN NOW SHUTDOWN THE
INSTRUCTOR’S COMP BY PRESSING ALSO RIGHT CLICK ON THE ICON AND SELECTING THE OPTION “STOP
COMPUTER” AND THERE YOU GO . . .
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DP SIMULATOR ROOM

(NO PICTURES)

OPENING OF DP SIMULATOR

1 ) OPEN THE CPU OF EACH SIMULATOR BY PRESSING THE POWER BUTTON.

2 ) WAIT FOR THE COMPUTER TO START AND SHOW ITS INITIAL CONDITIONS

NOTE : DON’T TAMPER WITH THE PRESET CONDITIONS UNLESS TOLD TO DO SO.

3) PRESS OK FOR THE PRE-SET CONDITIONS AND WAIT FOR THE SIMULATION TO BEGIN

4) AND THERE YOU GO THE DP SIMULATOR IS NOW OPEN!

CLOSING OF DP SIMULATOR

1 ) PRESS THE TAB “SYSTEM” AT THE TOP MOST RIGHT CORNER OF THE SCREEN.

2 ) CLICK IT AND YOU WILL FIND ONE OF THE OPTIONS “STOP/RESTART” CLICK IT AND A POP UP

WINDOW WILL APPEAR.

3) IN THAT WINDOW CLICK THE OPTION SHUTDOWN BEFORE PRESSING OK.

4) BY PRESSING OK THE MONITORS WILL NOW START TO SHUTDOWN AND SO WILL THE SIMULATION.
THAT IS
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LIQUID CARGO ROOM SIMULATOR

(NO PICTURES)

OPENING THE LCR SIMULATOR

1 ) OPEN THE CPU OF THE SIMULATOR AND YOU WAIT FOR IT TO FULLY OPEN. JUST LIKE THE ENGINE
ROOM THE PROCESS IS STILL THE SAME

2 ) AFTER OPENING THE PC, PRESS THE NEPTUNE APPLICATION ON THE SCREEN OF THE DESKTOP AND
YOU WILL SEE THERE THE SAME WITH THE ENGINE ROOM THAT THERE ARE ALSO STUDENT CPUs AND
YOU CAN CONTROL ALL THE SYSTEM USING THE INSTRUCTORS COMPUTER.

3 ) HIGHLIGHT ALL THE COMPUTER EXCEPT FOR THE INSTRUCTOR’S COMPUTER AND TURN THEM ALL
ON BY PRESSING RIGHT CLICK AND SELECTING THE OPTION “START COMPUTER”

4 ) WAIT FOR ALL THE COMPUTERS TO START

5 ) NOW TO APPLY THE EXCERCISES THERE IS ALSO A WINDOW DESIGNATED FOR THE EXERCISE AT THE
LOWER RIGHT SCREEN OF THE NEPTUNE APP.

6 ) TO ACTIVATE THESE EXERCISES YOU NEED TO DRAG EACH OF THEM TO THEIR DESIGNATED
COMPUTERS. UNLIKE THE ENGINE ROOM THAT YOU JUST NEED TO DOUBLE CLICK IT, THIS TIME YOU
NEED TO DRAG IT ONE BY ONE.

7 ) AFTER DRAGGING THEM ALL A POP UP WINDOW WILL APPEAR AND IT WILL SHOW THAT THE
EXERCISE IS ALREADY RUNNING AND THERE YOU GO THE SIMULATOR IS NOW FULLY FUNCTIONAL.

TURNING OFF THE LCR SIMULATOR

1 ) FIRST YOU NEED TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE COMPUTERS THAT ARE PERFORMING EXERCISES.

2) RIGHT CLICK THE HIGLIGHTED COMPUTERS AND SELECT THE OPTION STOP EXERCISE. SO UNLIKE THE
ENGINE ROOM WHICH YOU JUST NEED TO RIGHT CLICK THE INSTRUCTOR’S COMP TO STOP ALL IN ONE
GO, IN LCR YOU NEED TO DO IT ONE BY ONE.

3) ONCE FINISHED WITH STOPPING ALL THE EXERCISES YOU CAN NOW TURN THEM ALL OFF BY
HIGHLIGHTING ALSO ALL THE STUDENT COMPS AND NOT INCLUDING THE INSTRUCTOR’S COMP.

4) WAIT FOR THEM ALL TO SHUTDOWN PROPERLY AND NOW YOU CAN SHUTDOWN THE INSTRUCTOR’S
COMP BY PRESSING THE ICON OF THE INSTRUCTOR’S COMP AND PRESSING THE OPTION “STOP
COMPUTER”
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ROV (REMOTE OPERATED VEHICLE) SIMULATOR

(NO PICTURE)

TURNING ON THE ROV SIMULATOR

1 ) FIRST OFCOURSE YOU NEED TO OPEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO GIVE POWER TO THE
SYSTEM WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE BACK OF CPUs OF THE ROV SIMULATOR.

2 ) THEN YOU NEED TO TURN THE WIRELESS MOUSE THAT IS LOCATED AT THE SIDE OF THE
MONITOR OF THE INSTRUCTOR’S MONITOR.

3 ) PRESS THE POWER BUTTON OF THE UPS (UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY) AND SELECT THE
OPTION “TURN ON WITH DELAY” THEN PRESS OK

4 ) THEN BELOW THE KEYBOARDS OF THE SCREENS YOU WILL SEE ALL THE CPUs OF THE
MONITOR, YOU MANUALLY PRESS THE POWER BUTTON OF THE PCs 1,3,5,7 AND 8

5) AFTER PRESSING THE POWER BUTTON THE MONITORS SHOULD SHOW THE LOGO “VMAX”
AND THE PILOT MONITOR WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW.

6 ) IF EVER ONE COMPUTER DOESN’T SHOW OR TURN ON, LOOK AT ITS COMP NUMBER AND
FIND ITS CPU BELOW AND PRESS ITS POWER BUTTON AGAIN. SO IT SHOULD WORK THIS TIME

7 ) IF ALL MONITORS ARE NOW WORKING GO BACK TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR’S COMP AND LOOK
FOR THE “VMAX PROJECT SIMULATOR” ICON, OPEN IT AND THEN A POP UP WINDOW WILL
APPEAR AND YOU JUST NEED TO CLICK “OK”

8) THEN YOU WILL SEE A BUTTON STATING “START ALL COMPUTERS” JUST PRESS IT AND IF ALL
COMPUTERS ARE NOW DETECTED JUST CLOSE THE WINDOW.

9) THEN TO OPEN THE SIMULATION SELECT A SCENARIO AT THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WINDOW
AND THEN CLICK “LOAD SCENARIO” THEN WAIT FOR THE SCENARIO TO OPEN THEN PRESS
“START”
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TURNING OFF THE ROV SIMULATOR

1 ) STOP THE ONGOING SIMULATION BY PRESSING THE “STOP” BUTTON THAT IS FOUND NEXT
TO THE START BUTTON AND THEN CLICK “CLOSE SCENARIO AFTERWARDS.

2) AND NOW SHUTDOWN PC #2 AND #4 USING THE REMOTE DESKTOP SHORTCUT AND B Y
DOING THIS THE VMAX PAGE WILL AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE.

3 ) RE OPEN THE “VMAX PROJECT SIMULATOR” THEN CLOSE THE POP UP WINDOW THAT WILL
SHOW IN A FEW MOMENTS THEN CLOSE THE VMAX INSTRUCTOR WINDOW BUT CLICKING THE
“X BUTTON” AT THE TOP RIGHT MOST CORNER OF THE WINDOW” THEN CLICK SHUTDOWN, THE
REST OF THE THE BLADES/PC WILL SHUTDOWN AUTOMATICALLY

4) FOR THE PILOT PC YOU NEED TO FIND ITS KEY BOARD WHICH IS HIDDEN BELOW THE
MONITOR AND PRESS “ALT X” BY DOING SO THE MONITOR WILL SHUTDOWN. THEN A POP UP
MESSAGE WILL APPEAR “JUST PRESS ENTER”

5) WAIT FOR IT TO TURN OFF THEN PRESS THE “UPS POWER BUTTON “ AND PRESS “TURN OFF
WITH DELAY” THE PRESS “OKAY”

6) WAIT FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS THEN SWITCH OFF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.

7) AGAIN PRESS THE POWER BUTTON OF THE UPS SELECT THE OPTION “INTERNAL POWER OFF”
THEN PRESS OKAY. AND ALSO TURN OFF THE WIRELESS MOUSE. THAT IS ALL
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RESEARCH ASSIGNEMNTS ON THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENTS

“ECDIS”
- As what I recall on our discussion when we were on the bridge simulator the ECDIS or
Electronic Chard Display and Information System can be defined as like the Application
called WAZE on mobile phones, which helps us navigate to our destination and as for ships it
aids us in our VOYAGE across the see which literally can be very tricky for us engine
department to understand cause all we can see on the ocean is just water but on ECDIS it
shows us more

“RADAR”

- From I also remember is that RADAR is used to avoid collision ahead of time by showing us
the distance of not just ships but also big obstacles like islands from our ship by using
Frequency and more.
- RADAR stands for radio detection and ranging. If you’ve ever played with an echo, then
that’s kind of the way it works. Strong radio waves are sent out by a transmitter – it’s like
making ripples in a pond. These waves hit objects in the distance and the waves come
back. A receiver in effect ‘listens’ for the reflected waves and by studying the reflected
signals, it can work out the position of objects according to
(http://www.funkidslive.com/learn/amys-aviation/specialist-plane-equipment/amys-aviation-
radar/)

“VHF”

- Stands for VERY HIGH FREQUENCY and its main purpose is for communication, a marine
VHF is a combined transmitter and receiver and only operates on standard, international
frequencies known as channels. Marine mostly uses “simplex” transmission where
communication can only take place in one direction at a time meaning that if ever we are
going to receive a message we should not attempt to give a message while we are still
receiving coz it will not work simultaneously, if we are going to receive a message then we
can only receive and if we are going to send it then we can only send, so receiving and
sending can only be done one at a time.
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“REFRIGERATION SYSTEM”

Component #1 is the compressor.

It takes refrigerant vapor in from the low pressure side of the circuit, and discharges it at a much higher
pressure into the high pressure side of the circuit.

The compressor is the heart of the system; it keeps the refrigerant flowing through the system at
specific rates of flow, and at specific pressures.

The rate of flow through the system will depend on the size of the unit,

And the operating pressures will depend on the refrigerant being used and the desired evaporator
temperature.

Component #2 in this refrigeration cycle diagram is the condenser.

The red dots inside the piping represent discharge vapor.

The solid red color represents high pressure liquid refrigerant.

Most air cooled refrigeration systems are designed so that the refrigerant will condense at a
temperature about 25 to 30 degrees above the ambient air temperature around the condenser.

Most water cooled systems are designed for 75° to 95° entering condenser water temperature, with 85°
being the design temperature.

With water cooled condensers, refrigerant should condense at a temperature about 10° above leaving
condensing water temperature, or 20° above entering condenser water temperature.
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When the hot refrigerant vapor discharged from the compressor travels through the condenser, the cool
air or water flowing through the condenser coil absorbs enough heat from the vapor to cause it to
condense.

If the outside air temperature is 80°, an air cooled system is designed so that the temperature of the
refrigerant, right at the point where it first condenses, will be about 105° to 115°.

If the entering condenser water temperature is 85°, a water cooled system is designed so that the
temperature of the refrigerant, right at the point where it first condenses, will be about 105°.

Why do we want the refrigerant to condense at this relatively high temperature?

So that the air or water flowing through the condenser will be very cold relative to the temperature of
the discharge vapor,

Which will allow the heat energy in the vapor to move into that relatively cold air or water,

And cause the refrigerant to condense.

At this stage in the refrigeration cycle, high pressure liquid refrigerant will flow down the liquid line,
through a filter drier that is designed to prevent contaminants from flowing through the system, and on
to the metering device.

The metering device, component #3 on this refrigeration cycle diagram, is the dividing point between
the high pressure and low pressure sides of the system,

And is designed to maintain a specific rate of flow of refrigerant into the low side of the system.

If the wrong capacity of metering device is used, or if there is a problem with the metering device,

An incorrect quantity of refrigerant will flow into the evaporator.

When the high pressure liquid refrigerant passes through the metering device, its pressure will drop to a
low pressure that will be equivalent to about 10° to 15° below the design temperature of the
evaporator.

It starts evaporating immediately,

And it wouldn't be too inaccurate to imagine it acting like warm soda when you shake the bottle and
pop the top off.

It shoots out into the evaporator foaming, bubbling, and boiling,

And remember, it's at a low pressure, so for a freezer it would be boiling at about -10° to -15°, and for a
medium temperature refrigerator it would be boiling at about 25°.

And that brings us to the evaporator, component #4 in the refrigeration cycle diagram.
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There will be relatively warm air (or water, if the unit is an ice machine) flowing over the evaporator coil.

The refrigeration system is designed so that the refrigerant will evaporate in the evaporator at a
temperature that's about 10° to 15° below the temperature setting if it's a refrigerator or freezer, and
the temperature will drop to around 0° in the evaporator of an ice machine or ice cream machine.

The system is designed so that the heat in the relatively warm air, water or ice cream mix flowing over
the evaporator will move into the cold evaporating refrigerant.

This process will continue to cool the air, water, or ice cream mix that's flowing over the evaporator until
it reaches the design set point or thermostat setting.

So, when you turn on the refrigerator, freezer, ice machine or ice cream machine, the system is
designed so that the evaporator will stay colder than whatever it's cooling, and will continuously remove
heat from it and cool it.

ACCORDING TO (http://www.air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-guide.com/refrigeration-cycle.html )

“BUNKER TANK”

- Bunkers are technically the storage for fuels on board. Bunker fuel may be defined as the
low grade coal or heavy fuel which is used to power a ship. Bunker fuel is one of the
derivatives of crude oil. In the simplest form, bunker fuel is the by-product left after the
refineries have processed all the more valuable fuels from the crude.

- Generally bunker fuel is very thick and heavy and it is required to be heated before using it
in an Ship’s engine. Bunker fuel is comparatively difficult to store and transport. Basically
bunker fuel is not readily available like petrol and it is mainly stored at the major sea ports
and it is sold and delivered via contracts which are physical contracts to the marine vessels
which are in need. Due to this factor the bunker prices vary widely from port to port.
Generally bunker fuel is supplied by three means which are bunker barges, pipelines and
road tankers. The way in which bunker fuel is supplied depends on the port and accessibility
to the marine vessel. This material can be broken down in to different categories based on
the chemical composition of the bunker fuels, intended purpose and the boiling
temperature. As compared to the other petroleum products the bunker fuel is extremely
crude and very highly polluting

Source : (http://livebunkers.com/what-bunker-ship-about-bunker-fuel-and-bunkering-
procedure)
“SETTLING TANK”

- As per my understanding of settling tanks from the word itself it is the process in which the
pre-cleaning of fuel oil takes place with the help of gravity. Why is gravity part of it? It is
because of their densities and weight of the mixed materials are separated here. The solids
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sinks down to the very bottom of the tank, the heavier liquid is on top of the solids and
ofcourse the refined liquid is on top.

- Usually there are two settling tanks, each with a capacity sufficient for 24 hours full load
operation of all consumers. Tanks should be designed to provide the most efficient sludge
and water separation. Each settling tank should be provided with baffles to reduce mixing of
sludge with the fuel. The bottom of the tank should be with slope toward the sludge drains,
and pump suction shall be not in the vicinity of the sludge space. The temperature in fuel
settling tanks should be as high as possible to help the dirt to settle. However, the
temperature should be below 75°C in order to avoid the formation of asphaltenes, and min
7°C above the pour point of the fuel to ensure pumpability.

Sources (https://www.wartsila.com/encyclopedia/term/settling-tank)