{"id":5733,"date":"2023-05-12T05:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T05:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/?p=5733"},"modified":"2023-06-02T17:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T17:29:59","slug":"fuel-oil-system-fuel-oil-supply-system-for-2-stroke-marine-diesel-engine-meo-class-4-marine-engineer-study-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/fuel-oil-system-fuel-oil-supply-system-for-2-stroke-marine-diesel-engine-meo-class-4-marine-engineer-study-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"FUEL OIL SYSTEM | FUEL OIL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR 2-STROKE MARINE DIESEL ENGINE | MEO CLASS 4 |  MARINE ENGINEER STUDY GUIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5734 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-1-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-1-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-1-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-1-2-155x87.jpg 155w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-1-2.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Fuel oil supply for a two-stroke Diesel Engine.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A slow-speed two-stroke diesel is usually arranged to operate continuously on heavy fuel and have available a diesel oil supply for man\u0153uvring conditions.<br \/>\nIn the system , the oil is stored in tanks in the double bottom from which it is pumped to a settling tank and heated.<\/p>\n<p>After passing through centrifuges the cleaned, heated oil is pumped to a daily service tank. From the daily service tank the oil flows through a three-way valve to a mixing tank.<\/p>\n<p>A flow meter is fitted into the system to indicate fuel consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Booster pumps are used to pump the oil through heaters and a viscosity regulator to the engine-driven fuel pumps.<\/p>\n<p>The fuel pumps will discharge high-pressure fuel to their respective injectors.<\/p>\n<p>The viscosity regulator controls the fuel oil temperature in order to provide the correct viscosity for combustion.<\/p>\n<p>A pressure regulating valve ensures a constant-pressure supply to the engine-driven pumps, and a pre-warming bypass is used to heat up the fuel before starting the engine.<\/p>\n<p>A diesel oil daily service tank may be installed and is connected to the system via a three-way valve. The engine can be started up and man\u0153uvred on diesel oil or even a blend of diesel and heavy fuel oil.<\/p>\n<p>The mixing tank is used to collect recirculated oil and also acts as a buffer or reserve tank as it will supply fuel when the daily service tank is empty.<\/p>\n<p>The system includes various safety devices such as low-level alarms and remotely operated tank outlet valves which can be closed in the event of a fire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5573 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/seadonna-1-300x61.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/seadonna-1-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/seadonna-1-1024x210.png 1024w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/seadonna-1-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/seadonna-1-155x32.png 155w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/seadonna-1.png 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuel oil supply for a two-stroke Diesel Engine. A slow-speed two-stroke diesel is usually arranged to operate continuously on heavy fuel and have available a diesel oil supply for man\u0153uvring conditions. In the system , the oil is stored in tanks in the double bottom from which it is pumped to a settling tank and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marine-engineering-competency-exams-study-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5737,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733\/revisions\/5737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}