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Weir electro-feeder for motor ships

The Weir electro-feeder (Figure below) is a multi-stage centrifugal pump mounted on a common baseplate with its electric motor. The number of stages may vary from two to fourteen depending upon the capacity of the pump and the required discharge pressure. The pump body consists of a number of ring sections fitted with difrusers and held in position between a suction and discharge casing by a ring of steel tie bolts.

The unit is supported on pads on the baseplate by two feet on each of the end casings, these feet being drilled to accommodate the holding down bolts. Tapered dowels are used to maintain the correct alignment, and the driving torque from the electric motor is transmitted through a flexible coupling. The shaft assembly is supported on two ring lubricated white metal lined journal bearings bedded into plurnmer blocks, the lower sections of which form oil sumps.

An internal hydraulic balancing arrangement similar to that found in the turbo-feed pump automatically maintains the shaft assembly in its correct axial position at all loads during running. To avoid excessive wear on this balancing arrangement when starting the pump, it is essential that the discharge pressure be built up quickly, and for this purpose, and to eliminate the possibility of reverse flow, the pump is fitted with a spring loaded non-return discharge valve.


Figure 1: Electrically-driven multi-stage feed pump (Weir Pumps Ltd)

Condensate cooled stuffing boxes packed with high quality packing, are used for shaft sealing and these can be additionally cooled by water-circulated cooling jackets in the suction casing and the balance chamber cover. A pressure-operated cut-out switch may be fitted which will automatically isolate the driving motor from its supply if the first stage discharge pressure falls to a predetermined value due to loss of suction pressure, cavitation or other reason.




Summarized below various circulating systems for motorships, some of the basic procedure of heat exchangers & control of temperatures:

1. Sea water circulation-systems

The usual arrangement for motorships has been to have sea-water circulation of coolers for lubricating oil, piston cooling, jacket water, charge air, turbo-charger oil (if there are sleeve type bearings) and fuel valve cooling, plus direct sea-water cooling for air compressors and evaporators....




2. Shell and tube heat exchangers for engine cooling water and lubricating oil cooling

Shell and tube heat exchangers for engine cooling water and lubricating oil cooling have traditionally been circulated with sea water. The sea water is in contact with the inside of the tubes, tube plates and water boxes....


3. Plate type heat exchanger

The obvious feature of plate type heat exchangers, is that they are easily opened for cleaning. The major advantage over tube type coolers, is that their higher efficiency is reflected in a smaller size for the same cooling capacity....


4. Details of charged air cooler

The charge air coolers fitted to reduce the temperature of air after the turbo-charger and before entry to the diesel engine cylinder, are provided with fins on the heat transfer surfaces to compensate for the relatively poor heat transfer properties of air....


5. Maintenance of heat exchangers

The only attention that marine heat exchangers should require is to ensure that the heat transfer surfaces should remain substantially clean and flow passage generally clear of obstructions. Indcation that fouling has occured is given by a progressive increase in the temperature difference between the two fluids, and change of pressure....


6. Central cooling system & Scoop arrangement for motorships

The corrosion and other problems associated with salt water circulation systems can be minimized by using it for cooling central coolers through which fresh water from a closed general cooling circuit is passed. The salt water passes through only one set of pumps, valves and filters and a short length of piping.....


7. Circulating systems for steamships

The main sea-water circulating system for a ship with main propulsion by steam turbine is similar to that of a motorship with a central cooling system. The difference is that the sea water passes through a ....


8. Closed feed system and feed heating for motor ships

To ensure trouble-free operation of water-tube boilers the feed water must be of high quality with a minimal solid content and an absence of dissolved gases. Solids are deposited on the inside surfaces of steam generating tubes,....


9. Marine condenser assembly

A condenser is a vessel in which a vapour is deprived of its latent heat of vaporization and so is changed to its liquid state, usually by cooling at constant pressure. In surface condensers, steam enters at an upper level, passes over tubes in which cold sea water circulates, falls as water to the bottom and is removed by a pump (or flows to a feed tank)....


10. Three stage air ejector with internal diffusers

A steam-jet ejector may be used to withdraw air and dissolved gases from the condenser. In each stage of the steam-jet ejector, high pressure steam is expanded in a convergent/divergent nozzle. ...


11. Pressure governor for motor ships

The main feature of the governor is that if the pump loses suction the steam ports are opened wide, allowing the pump to accelerate rapidly to the speed at which the emergency trip acts....


12. Liquid ring pump- Nash rotary liquid ring pumps

Nash rotary liquid ring pumps, in association with atmospheric air ejectors, may be used instead of diffuser-type steam ejectors and are arranged as shown...


13. The Weir electro-feeder - a multi-stage centrifugal pump

A multi-stage centrifugal pump mounted on a common baseplate with its electric motor. The number of stages may vary from two to fourteen depending upon the capacity of the pump and the required discharge pressure....


14. Feed water heaters for motor ships

Surface or direct contact feed heaters, play an important part in the recovery of latent heat from exhaust steam. Direct contact feed heaters are also known as de-aerators....


15. Devaporizer & turbo-feed pump

If the de-aerator cannot be vented to atmosphere or to a gland condenser satisfactorily, a devaporizer is connected to the vapour outlet condensing the vapour vented with the non-condensable gases and cooling these gases before they are discharged. ...


16. Typical de-aerator & Cascade trays

Normally, the de-aerator is mounted directly on a storage tank, into which the de-aerated water falls, to be withdrawn through a bottom connection by a pump or by gravity. The tank usually has a capacity....

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