Tag: #machineryspacefire

  • EK General Mar 2021 (Q8)

    EK General Mar 2021 (Q8)

    With reference to fixed installations for machinery space fires (a) Sketch a CO2 bottled system (5) (b) Explain how the system sketched in part (a) is protected from overpressure (2) (c) Describe the periodic maintenance required (3) Fire Mar 2021 (Q8)

  • EK General Dec 2019 (Q7)

    EK General Dec 2019 (Q7)

    Following a serious machinery space fire, the engine room was abandoned and an inert gas smothering agent used to extinguish the fire. Explain the sequence of events which led to this course of action and the subsequent actions taken to enable the vessel to proceed on passage. (10) Fire Dec 2019 (Q7)

  • EK General Dec 2017 (Q8)

    EK General Dec 2017 (Q8)

    With reference to fixed installation for machinery space fires: (a) sketch a CO2 bottled system (5) (b) Explain how the system sketched in part (a) is protected from overpressure (2) (c) Describe the periodic maintenance required (3) Fire Dec 2017 (Q8)