HFO Engine Power Plant Complete Parts

HFO Engine Power Plant Balance of Plant,

Now we will discuss the HFO Engine Power Plant complete parts in detail.
Below are the main/ important parts of the power plant.

• HFO Engine
• Fuel & Lube Oil Syst
• Electrical System
• Cooling System
• Air intake and Exhaust System
• Starting System
• Fire Safety System
• Civil Works
•      Piping System
•   Fuel Storage
•    Overhead Crane
•    Transfer Pumps
•    Steam Boiler

Now we will discuss the above System in detailed.

1.       HFO Engine

It is an internal combustion engine which operates on HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil) and Diesel Oil. One of the best manufacturers of the HFO Engine is MAN Diesel and Turbo Germany. Which manufactures a wide variety of the and capacity of the HFO Engine.

2.       Fuel & Lube Oil System

Fuel System is used to purify the HFO and to provide the fuel with the required viscosity and pressure to the HFO Engine. It consists of the below major parts.

Ø  Fuel Booster unit,
Which provides the fuel to HFO engine with required pressure and viscosity.

Ø  HFO Purifier,

Which purifies the HFO, prior to feed it to the Booster unit. It is mostly a centrifugal type.

Lube Oil system is used to purify the Lube oil and it consists of LO Purifier.

3.       Electrical System,

It is the system that provides, controls the electricity, It consists of the below parts.

Ø  VCBs

Ø  NGR Panel

Ø  Engine/ Gen. Control Panel

Ø  Common Control Pane

Ø  Battery and Battery Charger System

Ø  MCC Panel

Ø  Auxiliary Transformer

Ø  Take off feeder

4.       Cooling System,

It is used to cool the system. It consists of the below system

Ø  Cooling Tower

Ø  HT Water Heat Exchanger

Ø  LT Water Heat Exchanger

5.       Air Intake and Exhaust System

Ø  Air Intake Filter(Oil bath Filter)

Ø  Air Intake Ducting

Ø  Air Intake Expansion Below

Ø  Exhaust Gas Ducting

Ø  Exhaust Gas Expansion Below

Ø  Silencer

Ø  Chimney

6.       Starting System

It is used to start the engine. It means it causes the engine shaft to rotate to start the engine. It consists of the below parts.

Ø  Air Compressor

Ø  Starting Air Vessel

Ø  Air Regulating Valve

7.       Fire Safety System,

It is used to protect the system in case of the Fire. Mainly it consists of the,

Ø  Mobile Foam Unit

Ø  Portable fire extinguisher

Ø  Fire Detection System

Ø  Fire Hydrant System

8.       Civil Works,

It includes the complete building of the power plant.

Ø  Engine Hall

Ø  Engine and auxiliary Pad

Ø  Ventilation System

Ø  Control Room

Ø  Boiler Room

Ø  Trenches works

Ø  Access way to the Power Plant

9.       Piping System

It includes the complete piping system of the Plant.

Ø  Fuel and Lube Oil System Piping

Ø  Steam Piping

Ø  Air Starting System Piping

Ø  Cooling System Piping

10.   Fuel Storage System

It includes the storage of the HFO/HSD storage of the Plant.

Ø  HFO Storage Tank(15 Days)

Ø  HSD Storage Tank(6 Days)

Ø  HFO Settling Tank

Ø  HFO Service Tank

Ø  HSD Service Tank

Ø  Sludge Tank Water Maintenance Tank

Ø  Leak Oil Tank

11.   Overhead Crane

It is used for maintenance and overhauling purposes.

12.   Transfer Pumps.

It is used to transfer the HSD and HFO. Below are the Tanks that are used.

Ø  HFO unloading pump unit

Ø  HFO transfer pump unit

Ø  HSD unloading pump unit

Ø  HSD transfer pump unit

Ø  HSD Feed Pump

Ø  LO Transfer Pump

Ø  Sludge Pump

13.   Auxiliary BoilerIt is used to provide steam heating to the system. Steam heating is used to maintain the viscosity of the Fuel System.