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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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