FRESH WATER GENERATOR

Fresh water generator, one of the

important auxiliary machinery on
board a ship, because with use
FWG (fresh water generator) can
produce fresh water that can be
used for drinking, cooking,
washing and even running other
important machinery which use
fresh water as a cooling medium.
Fresh Water Generator
Arrangement
The main body of a fresh water
generator on the ship consists of a
large cylindrical body with two
compartments. One of the
compartments is the condenser and the
other is the evaporator
The kinds Fresh Water Generator
Fresh Water Generator high pressure
Pressures
At FWG this type of sea water is
evaporated at a pressure above 1 bar,
evaporation occurs at temperatures
above 100oC. From this conditions, the
media needed evaporator vapor
(steam). Therefore, FWG this type
requires the steam boiler
Fresh Water Generator low pressure
At FWG this type of sea water is
evaporated at a pressure below 1
bar, and the temperature required
for it does not need to be high, so it
does not require high-temperature
evaporator media
FRESH WATER GENERATOR WORKING
PRINCIPLE
The working principle of the fresh water
generator to produce fresh water several
processes :

Heat Transfer
Evaporation and Condensation
Influence of pressure on boiling point
temperature
Bagian-Bagian Utama Fresh
Water Generator
 Evaporator
This tool is located in the Fresh Water
Generator bottom and has the shape of
small pipes where the heating medium
is steam and engine cooling fresh
water mains are in the pipeline and sea
water as a medium to be heated is
outside the pipe
Deflector
This tool is located above the evaporator
which serves to hold sparks boiling sea
water so that the spark was not with steam.

condenser
Located above the deflector, the shaped is
small pipes (spiral),which sea water flows in
the pipes for convert steam into water
droplets to produce distilled water.
Air Ejektor
Has a cone shape that is useful to
suction air in the space heating
and in the space condensation for
resulting vacuum.

Ejektor Pump
Located out of the Fresh Water Generator, the
tool is useful for pumping sea water as the
purpose of the air ejector is used to process
vacuum and suction sea water to produced into
fresh water.
Distillate Pump
Distillate useful to
suction water and then
pumped into the tanks of
fresh water.
Maintenance should be done on the
Fresh Water Generator :
Evaporator

Every six months a part of the heating pipes

should be checked and cleaned of crusts or
rust attached through chemical methods
Condenser
Every 6 months condenser cover
is opened and checked the
coolant pipes of the possibility of
the crusts and cleaned.
ejector
Every 6 months nozzle and diffuse is removed
and checked from possible damage, if clogged
from dirt so cleaned and when happen
damage so immediately repairing
Strainer
Every 5 months filter and cooling
water pipe is removed and cleaned
with pressure water

distillate Pump
Every 3 months packing conditions of leakage
when the pump is run if the necessary
repairing
Distillate Pump

a. Gland packing
Setiap 3 bulan sekali diperiksa kondisi
packing dari kebocoran bila pompa dijalankan
kalau perlu diadakan perbaikan.
b. Setahunsekali diadakan pemeriksaan
komponen-komponen pompa dari kerusakan
dan korosi yaitu pada bagian imfeller, casing
ring, shaft.
Disturbs in the parts of Fresh Water
Generator
Narrowing the flow in the ejector
Leakage or dirty condenser
Decrease Cooling Water Temperature in the
main engine
Decrease production of Fresh Water Generator
The process of running the Fresh
Water Generator
Open pressure valve of Ejector
Pump
Open suction valve of the
ejector pump
Open Supply valve of sea water
Running Ejector Pump
Fresh Water Generators have
reached Vacuum.
Open inlet valve Feed Water (sea water)
Open outlet valve for heating (fresh
water)
Open inlet valve for heating (fresh water)
Open valve sea water out the condenser
Open valve sea water in to condenser
Lets some time to produce, after that
Running the pump Distillate Plant
Open the spout valve (do not open fully)
Turn Salinity Meter or Alarm.
Rotate slowly indicator, the salt water
to the maximum limit of 2 ppm. When
alarm happen lower the indicator lights
off and do achieve price 2 ppm
When it reaches 2 ppm, close the valve
Destilate Pump, record numbers in the
Flow Meters and noting the time too.
The process of stopping Fresh
Water Generator
Close the valve before Flow Meter
and record numbers at the time then
turn off the pump destilate plant
Close the valve in heater and out
Evaporator Close the valve in cooler
and out condenser
Close the Supply valve of sea water
Turn off the ejector pump
Close the pressure valve and suction
valve of sea water