Pump Room Arrangement In Oil Tanker

Eductors steam reciprocating pumps screw pumps and centrifugal pumps working as a cargo oil pump.

Pump room arrangement in oil tanker.

P a r t 5 c h a p t e r 5 c o n t e n t s rules for classification. The pump room houses all the pumps required for cargo oil loading and discharge. A pump room onboard an oil tanker contains the largest concentration of cargo pipelines of any space within the ship and leakage of a volatile product from any part of this system could lead to the rapid generation of a flammable or toxic atmosphere the operation of a pump room thus involved numerous hazards. Located in the pump room the system comprises of a number of pumps including.

Gas extraction valve 02 50 avss automatic vacuum stripping s. The position of the vent outlet should be arranged at a distance of at least 3 m measured horizontally from any ignition source and from the nearest opening to accommodation service or machinery spaces. Slop tank or dedicated reception tank for subsequent discharge ashore. One pump served the tanks forward of the pump room while the other dealt with the oil from the tanks aft of this pump room.

Cargo pump rooms should be mechanically ventilated and the capacity should be 20 air changes per hour of the total volume of the pump room. Oil tanker pump rooms. Driven by a steam turbine. The engine room and superstructure as usual are located at the aft.

Pump room of oil tanker and the purpose and working principle of the installed equipment in it. But one notable feature in oil tankers that is not found in other types of ships is the pump room that is usually located just forward of the engine room. Edition october 2015 amended january 2016 page 4 oil tankers dnv gl as.