Periodic maintenance should be carried out on the purifier to prevent breakdown and blockages caused by hardened sludge and impurities. The purifier can be manually cleaned at intervals of a week (7 days) to achieve…
The tools listed below are the basic tools required during routine maintenance and servicing of the Fuel Oil purifier. Ensure to stop the fuel oil separator/purifier before carrying out maintenance.https://sailor.com.ng/servicing-of-a-fuel-oil-purifier/
SPANNER- Ring, open ended/flat or…
(A)STOPPING PROCEDURE FOR A FUEL OIL SEPARATOR/PURIFIER
Fill the separator with sealing water by opening the feed water inlet valve.Feed sealing water until water flows out through the water outlet then close the feed valve.Turn off…
The purifier or separator comprises of various components and parts which work together to achieve it's objective of fuel oil Purification.
These parts includes but are not limited to;
GRAVITY DISC: The gravity disc serves as the…
The separator can operate in one of two modes;
The clarification mode in which two-phase separation takes place. The oil is continuously separated from the heavy phase, consisting of water and sludge.This is an optional mode…
Fuel oil and lube oil are treated in a centrifugal separator because mechanical separation cannot break emulsified bond between two liquids or two liquids that are immiscible. Where a centrifuge is arranged to separate two…