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    Ballast provides stability to vessels by counteracting weight above the waterline. It is stored in ballast tanks, where water is pumped in and out to balance the ship as the cargo load changes. A ballast water system allows ships to manage ballast using pumps, pipes, tanks, and controls. The fire main system is used to fight fires, extending throughout the ship to deliver water from pumps via hydrants. It must maintain adequate pressure, volume, and capacity to operate fog nozzles and fight fires effectively. Parameters like pumping rates and tank capacities are important to maintain stability and balance in the ballast system.

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    Ballast provides stability to vessels by counteracting weight above the waterline. It is stored in ballast tanks, where water is pumped in and out to balance the ship as the cargo load changes. A ballast water system allows ships to manage ballast using pumps, pipes, tanks, and controls. The fire main system is used to fight fires, extending throughout the ship to deliver water from pumps via hydrants. It must maintain adequate pressure, volume, and capacity to operate fog nozzles and fight fires effectively. Parameters like pumping rates and tank capacities are important to maintain stability and balance in the ballast system.

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    Ballast provides stability to vessels by counteracting weight above the waterline. It is stored in ballast tanks, where water is pumped in and out to balance the ship as the cargo load changes. A ballast water system allows ships to manage ballast using pumps, pipes, tanks, and controls. The fire main system is used to fight fires, extending throughout the ship to deliver water from pumps via hydrants. It must maintain adequate pressure, volume, and capacity to operate fog nozzles and fight fires effectively. Parameters like pumping rates and tank capacities are important to maintain stability and balance in the ballast system.

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    Ballast and Fire System

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    Ballast provides stability to vessels by counteracting weight above the waterline. It is stored in ballast tanks, where water is pumped in and out to balance the ship as the cargo load changes. A ballast water system allows ships to manage ballast using pumps, pipes, tanks, and controls. The fire main system is used to fight fires, extending throughout the ship to deliver water from pumps via hydrants. It must maintain adequate pressure, volume, and capacity to operate fog nozzles and fight fires effectively. Parameters like pumping rates and tank capacities are important to maintain stability and balance in the ballast system.

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    BALLAST AND FIRE SYSTEM

    WHAT IS BALLAST?
    Ballast is a material that is used to provide
    stability to a vehicle or structure. Ballast, other
    than cargo, may be placed in a vehicle, often a ship
    to provide stability. A compartment within a boat,
    ship, submarine, or other floating structure that
    holds water is called a ballast tank. Water should
    move in and out from the ballast tank to balance
    the ship. In a vessel that travels on the water, the
    ballast will remain below the water level, to
    counteract the effects of weight above the water
    level. The ballast may be redistributed in the
    vessel or disposed of altogether to change its
    effects on the movement of the vessel.
    WHAT IS A BALLAST WATER SYSTEM?
     A ballast water system allows a ship to pump
    water in and out of very large tanks to
    compensate for a change in cargo load, shallow
    draft conditions, or weather.

     Physical components of the system include;


    pumps, distribution pipes, ballast water tanks,
    treatment system, discharge system, and all the
    valves, sensors, and controls to run the
    equipment.
    WHAT IS FIRE MAIN SYSTEM?
     Whilst the various types of portable
    extinguishers form the front line attack against a
    fire detected in its early stages, the fire main or
    one of the other fixed fire-fighting installations is
    used if a fire becomes established. The fire main
    extends to the full length of the ship and from the
    machinery spaces to the highest levels. Hydrants
    served by the main, are situated so that with
    suitable hoses any area on the ship can be
    reached.
     Water is the chief fire fighting medium on a ship
    and the fire main is the basic installation for
    fighting fires. The system shown below has two
    independently powered pumps which are also
    used for general service and ballast. These
    pumps supply two engine room hydrants and the
    deck main through the isolating valve which
    must be accessible from outside of the machinery
    space.
     The latter is required in the fire main system to
    prevent loss of water through damaged pipe work in
    the engine room if, to maintain the deck supply, the
    emergency fire pumps has to be used. The emergency
    fire pump is shown as being situated in the tunnel,
    with a supply to deck fire main through tunnel escape
    and also both hydrants in the shaft tunnel by the
    engine room water tight door. The deck main has a
    drain at the lowest position so that the pipe can be
    emptied(particularly of freshwater) in cold weather.
    If this is not done, the pipe can be damaged by the
    water freezing, but more important the pipe will be
    blocked by the ice and not usable.
    APPLICATION FIRE MAIN SYSTEM ON
    BOARD

     The latter is required in the fire main system to


    prevent loss of water through damaged pipe work
    in the engine room , if to maintain the deck
    supply, the emergency fire pumps has to be used.

     In case of fire, the Fire main system will do its


    job to cease the fire in the ship
    APPLICATION OF BALLAST ON BOARD
     Ballast is used to provide stability or balance to a
    ship. A compartment within ship that holds
    water is called a ballast tank. Water should move
    in and out from the ballast tank to balance the
    ship
    MAINTAINING PARAMETER IN THE FIRE
    MAIN SYSTEM
     Pressure- any pump installed for use as a fire
    pump must be designed to deliver an adequate
    volume of water at a pressure sufficient to
    operate fog nozzles efficiently at the upper deck
    levels. On the largest ships fire pumps are
    designed to operate at 150 pounds per square
    inch pressure.

    Capacity- Diesel driven emergency fire pump


    capacity > 25 m3/h
    MAINTAINING PARAMETERS IN THE
    BALLAST SYSTEM
     Capacity- Ballast capacity can range from several
    cubic meters in sailing boats and fishing boats to
    hundreds of thousands of cubic meters in large
    cargo carriers.

     Pumping Rates- Ballast replaces cargo 5,000 –


    10,000 Typical Pumping Rates (m3/h).

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