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Engine Room Steam Questions.

You will now find this subject in the online study under:

• All New USCG Question Databank 9_25_12

  • Steam Plants I

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  The subject of Engine Room Steam consists of  1,780 questions and 49 illustrations which are presented as 89 / 20 question quizzes. If you are studying for your United States Coast Guard Engineering License exam, you should continue working through all 89 of these quizzes until you are scoring 80% or better on all of them. 

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UNDER ENGINEERING EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

STEAM

• MAIN BOILERS

  • CONSTRUCTION: OPERATION AND FUNCTION

    • BOILER REFRACTORY

    • AIR HEATERS

    • SUPERHEATERS

    • BOILER TUBES

    • STEAM DRUM: INTERNAL AND FITTINGS

    • BOILER WATER GAGE GLASSES

    • DRY PIPE

    • INTERNAL FEED PIPE

    • DESUPERHEATERS

    • SAFETY VALVES

    • ECONOMIZER

    • STEAM PIPING

    • SOOT BLOWERS

  • CONSTRUCTION: OPERATION FUNCTION

    • CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION

  • MAINTENANCE

    • CLEANING AND INSPECTING WATERSIDES

    • OIL DEPOSITS WATERSIDES

    • BOILER GAGE GLASSES

    • SLIDING FEET

    • PLASTIC & CHROME ORE REPAIRS

    • SAFETY VALVE

    • TESTING BOILER WELDS

    • HYDROSTATIC TEST

    • SUPER HEATER REPAIRS

    • SCREEN TUBES

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • BOILER GAGE GLASS PROBLEMS

    • BRICK WORK PROBLEMS

    • BOILER TUBE DAMAGE

    • ECONOMIZER LEAKS

    • ECONOMIZER FIRE AND SOOT BUILD UP

    • STEAM DRUM SAFETY VALVE

    • HANDHOLE GASKET

• STEAM PRINCIPLES AND BASIC SYSTEMS

  • PRINCIPLES

    • PRINCIPLES

    • CHARTS

    • END POINTS: COMBUSTION, CIRCULATION, FIRING

  • SYSTEMS

    • AUXILIARY EXHAUST SYSTEM

    • AUXILIARY STEAM SYSTEMS

    • CONDENSATE DRAIN SYSTEMS

    • AUTOMATIC STEAM PRESSURE CONTROLS

    • CONTAMINATED DRAIN SYSTEM

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • WATER HAMMER

    • OIL IN DRAIN INSPECTION TANK

• CONDENSATE SYSTEMS

  • CONDENSATE SYSTEM COMPONENTS FUNCTION AND OPERATION

    • D. C. HEATER COMPONENTS

    • CONDENSATE PIPING

    • FIRST STAGE/ LP FEEDWATER HEATER

    • CONDENSER COMPONENTS

    • AIR EJECTORS AND EQUIPMENT

    • STEAM WHISTLE

  • MAINTENANCE

    • MAIN CONDENSER LAY UP

    • MAIN CONDENSER MAINTENANCE

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • AIR EJECTOR PROBLEMS

    • ATMOSPHERIC DRAIN TANK

    • D.C. HEATER

    • CONDENSATE SYSTEMS TROUBLESHOOTING

    • STEAM WHISTLE

• MAIN TURBINES

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • TURBINE BLADE EROSION

    • MISCELLANEOUS

    • CUTTING OUT L. P. TURBINE

    • DISCOLORATION OF DIAPHRAGM JOINTS

    • EXCESSIVE GLAND SEAL STEAM

  • COMPONENTS CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND FUNCTION

    • AXIAL THRUST FLEXIBLE COUPLING

    • CARBON RINGS

    • AXIAL THRUST REACTION TURBINES

  • COMPONENTS CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND FUNCTION

    • CROSS COMPOUND TURBINE & BLEED STEAM

    • TURBINE CASING FLANGES

    • TURBINE ASTERN ELEMENT

    • IMPULSE-REACTION TURBINE

    • AXIAL THRUST IN IMPULSE TURBINES

    • GLAND SEALING STEAM

    • SUPERHEATED STEAM

    • ASTERN TURBINE OPERATION

    • SECURING MAIN TURBINE

    • COLD START UP

    • SENTINEL VALVE

  • COMPONENTS CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND FUNCTION

    • SUPPORTING I BEAM EXPANSION

  • MAINTENANCE

    • BRIDGE GAGE

• AUXILIARY TURBINES

  • COMPONENTS: OPERATION AND FUNCTION

    • AUXILIARY TURBINES

    • TURBO-ELECTRIC GENERATORS

    • TURBINE BOILER FEED PUMP

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • T-G DAMAGE DUE TO CARRYOVER

• FEEDWATER SYSTEMS

  • FEEDWATER SYSTEM COMPONENTS: FUNCTION AND OPERATION

    • BOILER FEEDWATER LINE AND VALVES

    • MAIN BOILER FEED WATER REGULATOR

    • FEED PUMP OPERATION

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • FEEDWATER REGULATORS

• FUEL OIL COMBUSTION AND CONTROL PRINCIPLES

  • PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

    • BTU CONTENT

    • SULFUR IN FUEL

    • FUEL OIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

  • FUEL OIL MANAGEMENT

    • STORAGE OF FUEL OIL

    • TRANSFERRING FUEL

    • FUEL OIL SETTLING TANKS

  • F.O. MGMT

    • HI/LOW F.O. SERVICE SUCTION LINE

• FUEL OIL SERVICE SYSTEMS

  • COMPONENTS: OPERATION AND FUNCTION

    • FUEL OIL SYSTEM PIPING

    • FUEL OIL BURNER AND REGISTERS

    • FUEL OIL SERVICE PUMPS

    • FUEL OIL QUICK CLOSING VALVES

    • FORCED DRAFT FANS

    • COMBUSTION CONTROL SYSTEMS

  • OPERATING PROCEDURES

    • SECURING MAIN BOILER

    • RAISING STEAM ON A BOILER

    • INCREASING/DECREASING FIRING RATE

    • SHRINK & SWELL

  • MAINTENANCE

    • CLEANING BURNER TIPS

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • FUEL OIL HEATER PROBLEMS

    • FUEL OIL BURNER PROBLEMS

    • COMBUSTION GAS LEAK

    • HEAT LOSS IN A BOILER

    • LOW WATER LEVEL

    • HIGH WATER LEVEL

    • LOW ECONOMIZER TEMP

    • "PANTING" BOILER

    • FURNACE EXPLOSION

    • OIL FIRE DOUBLE CASING

    • DEC/INC FEED WATER TEMPERATURE

    • WATER IN FUEL OIL SETTLING TANKS

    • COMBUSTION CONTROL SYSTEMS

• BOILER WATER PRINCIPLES

  • ANALYSIS

    • PH VALUE

    • SODIUM PHOSPHATE

    • CHLORIDE CONTENT

    • BOILER WATER SAMPLES

    • SULFIDE TEST

  • TREATMENT

    • PH VALUES OF TREATMENT

    • CONCENTRATION OF SOLIDS

    • PURPOSE OF CONTINUOUS BLOW

    • DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND HYDRAZINE

    • BOILER WATER CHEMICAL FEED LINE

    • KEEPING SCALE FROM WATERSIDES

    • BOILER LAY UP WET-DRY

  • PROBLEMS

    • PRIMING, FOAMING, AND CARRYOVER

    • DESUPERHEATERS

    • HIGH ALKALINITY

• REGULATIONS

  • ALL

    • REGULATIONS

• DRIVE SYSTEMS

  • MAINTENANCE

    • REDUCTION GEARS

    • L.O. STRAINERS

  • COMPONENTS: OPERATION AND FUNCTION

    • REDUCTION GEARS - GENERAL

    • BABBITT LINED BEARINGS

    • KINGSBURY THRUST BEARING

    • SHAFTS, COUPLINGS, ETC.

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • REDUCTION GEARS

    • EXCESSIVE THRUST AND GEAR WEAR

    • CRACKING OF BABBITT LINING

• GOVERNING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS

  • COMPONENTS: OPERATION AND FUNCTION

    • MECHANICAL - HYDRAULIC GOVERNOR

    • CONSTANT PRESSURE FEED PUMP GOV.

    • TURBO GEN. HYD. GOV.

  • COMPONENTS: OPERATION AND FUNCTIONS

    • TROUBLESHOOTING

• LUBRICATION SYSTEMS

  • COMPONENTS

    • GRAVITY FEED L. O. SYSTEMS

    • L. O. PURIFIER

    • DEFLECTOR RINGS

    • PRESSURE TYPE L. O. SYSTEM

  • MAINTENANCE

    • FILTERING/STRAINING

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • INCREASE/ DECREASE IN L. O. PRESSURE

    • METAL PARTICLES IN STRAINER

    • BEARING TEMPERATURE

    • L.O. OPERATING PROBLEMS

• WATCH DUTIES

  • COMPONENTS: OPERATION AND FUNCTIONS

    • BOILERS

    • STEAM TURBINES

  • TROUBLESHOOTING/WATCHSTANDING

    • WATCH PROBLEM PRIORITIZATION

  • ALL

    • EMERGENCY PROCEDURES STEAM TURBINES

 

 

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