Section 4 Control arrangements
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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Naval Ships, January 2023 - Volume 2 Machinery and Engineering Systems - Part 7 Piping Systems - Chapter 5 Ship Type Piping Systems - Section 4 Control arrangements

Section 4 Control arrangements

4.1 General

4.1.1 Equipment used in Ship Type piping systems is to be provided with local and remote control and monitoring arrangements.

4.1.2 The control, alarm and monitoring systems are to comply with Vol 2, Pt 9, Ch 7 Control, Alerts and Safety Systems.

4.1.3  Where isolation of Mobility systems or Ship Type systems is to be carried out whether automatically or manually, indication of the status of isolation is to be provided at each control station.

4.1.4 Indication of the operational status of running and standby equipment is to be provided for all Ship Type piping systems at each control station.

4.1.5 Alarms are to be provided for compartments containing equipment for operation of Ship Type piping systems in the event of:

  1. A fire.

  2. A high bilge alarm level in any compartment that could be flooded by ingress of sea water and situated below the damage control deck. Irrespective of the assignment of the UMS notation, the bilge level detection system and arrangements for automatically pumping out bilge wells, if applicable, are to comply with Vol 2, Pt 10, Ch 1, 6.5 Displays.

4.1.6 Refrigeration compressors for chilled water systems are to be provided with the following instrumentation and automatic shutdowns:

  1. Indication of suction pressure (saturated temperature), including intermediate stage when applicable.

  2. Indication of discharge pressure (saturated temperature), including intermediate stage when applicable.

  3. Indication of lubricating oil pressure.

  4. Indication of cumulative running hours.

  5. Automatic shutdown in the event of low lubricating oil pressure.

  6. Automatic shutdown in the event of high discharge pressure which is to operate at a pressure in excess of normal operating pressure but not greater than 0,9 of the maximum working pressure.

  7. Automatic shutdown in the event of a low suction pressure.

4.1.7 Refrigerant compressors greater than 25kW for chilled water systems are to be provided with the following instrumentation in addition to that required by Vol 2, Pt 7, Ch 5, 4.1 General 4.1.6:

  1. Indication of lubricating oil temperature.

  2. Indication of cooling water outlet temperature.

  3. Indication of suction and discharge temperatures.

4.1.8 Air compressors are to be provided with the following instrumentation and automatic shutdowns:

  1. Indication of discharge pressure and temperature.

  2. Indication of lubricating oil pressure and temperature.

  3. Indication of cooling water outlet temperature where applicable.

  4. Indication of cumulative running hours.

  5. Automatic shutdown in the event of low lubricating oil pressure.

  6. Automatic shutdown in the event of high discharge pressure.

4.1.9  Alarms are to be initiated in the event of the following fault conditions with the refrigerant compressors for cooling water systems and air compressors:

  1. High discharge pressure.

  2. Low suction pressure (cooling compressors only).

  3. Low oil pressure.

  4. High discharge temperature.

  5. High oil temperature.

  6. Motor shutdown.

4.1.10 Chilled water systems are to be provided with the following alarms:

  1. Failure of condenser cooling water pumps.

  2. High condenser cooling water outlet temperature.

  3. Failure of air cooler fans associated with the operation of chilled water plant.

  4. High and low chilled water delivery temperatures.

4.1.11 All pumps are to be provided with an indication of discharge pressure, a low discharge pressure alarm and a motor shutdown alarm.


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