Section 4 Control, monitoring and electrical power arrangements
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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Offshore Units, July 2022 - Part 5 Main and Auxiliary Machinery - Chapter 26 Fresh Water Systems - Section 4 Control, monitoring and electrical power arrangements

Section 4 Control, monitoring and electrical power arrangements

4.1 General

4.1.1 The control engineering arrangements are to comply with Pt 6, Ch 1 Control Engineering Systems, as applicable.

4.1.2 Equipment used in fresh water systems is to be provided with local control and monitoring arrangements.

4.1.3 Where isolation of equipment or systems can be carried out, manual or automatic means of indicating the status of isolation is to be provided at all positions where the equipment and system can be operated and monitored.

4.1.4 Instrumentation to indicate the operational status of running equipment and of any standby equipment is to be provided locally and at each control station.

4.1.5 All pumps are to be provided with an indication of discharge pressure and a low discharge pressure alarm at each control station from which the pumps can be operated.

4.1.6 Sea water desalination plant instrumentation is to include, as a minimum, salinity indication and a high salinity alarm of the desalinated water at the plant and at each control station.

4.1.7 Arrangements are to be made to automatically divert any water that is above the specified salinity limit from distribution into the on-specification fresh water storage system.

4.1.8 Sea water desalination plants using reverse osmosis are to be provided with automatic means of sterilising the desalinated water downstream of the plant.

4.1.9 Calorifiers are to be provided with a means of indicating and controlling the outlet temperature of fresh water to distribution systems. Low and high temperature alarms are to be provided in the hot water distribution system at each control station.

4.1.10 The electrical engineering arrangements are to comply with Pt 6, Ch 2 Electrical Engineering.


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