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Inert Gas plant

Components of plant

Boiler uptake valve


- Provides a take off point for the flue gas, A cleaning arrangement is
fitted to prevent soot build up.

Scrubber
- Flue gas passes to the scrubber via the uptake valve, here it enters at
the bottom via a water seal and passes up through a series of sea
water sprays and baffle plates being cooled and cleaned before exiting
via a demister

The water is supplied via the scrubber pump, the sprays reduce the
temperature to within 2oC of the seawater temperature, the sulphur
dioxide content is reduced 90%, and the gas is clear of soot.

The tower is rubber lined and other parts are made of inconel or
glassfibre to protect against the SO2 .The water seal at the bottom is
provided by the weir arrangement fitted to the drain system.

The following alarms are fitted:


 High water level alarm and trip
 Low water level alarm
 Low water level alarm

Fans
- Two types of fans are fitted, a steam turbine driven one of sufficient
capacity to supply I.G requirements during cargo ops, and an
electrically driven unit with sufficient capacity for topping up only

Shut down of the fans occurs due to:


 High gas temperature after the blowers
 Low scrubber water pressure, high scrubber water level
 Blower failure

A blank on a stub pipe may be removed to allow the fans to blow fresh air
up the I.G. main when gas freeing

Recirculating and regulating valves


- The pressure within the tanks is controlled by automatic or manual
operation of the regulating v/v, if the demand is low and the regulating
v/v nearly closed then the recirculating v/v opens thereby reducing the
possibility of the fan overheating by passing the gas back to the
scrubber tower.

Oxygen monitor
- Fitted just upstream of the regulating v/v and initiates an alarm if
oxygen content above 8%.
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Deck water seal


- The inert gas leaving the engine room to deck passes through the deck
water seal whose purpose is to prevent gases from passing back to the
engine room from the cargo tanks. A demister is fitted on the outlet
side.
- The seal is internally rubber lined and a heating coil fitted to allow use
in low temperatures. The weir-controlled water level has a low-level
alarm fitted.
- As the seal is, a primary safety feature it is supplied from the general
salt water system when the scrubber pump is not in use. Checks are
made on the pipe from the seal to the regulating v/v to ensure no HC
prescience, which would indicate corrosion damage.

Non-return v/v
- Purpose similar to the deck seal

Deck isolating valve


-Allows the isolation of the deck system from the engine room system

Pressure/vacuum breaker (PV)


- This is the safety valve for the system and prevents both under and
over pressurisation of the tanks. Flame screens are fitted to the PV
breaker vent. The PV breaker may be of the mechanical or liquid type.
The liquid type is filled with a liquid of the correct specific gravity, such
as monoethylene Glycol and water.

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