Answer the following questions. The answers are in the book.
Answer the questions
What is bilge?
Why is it necessary?
Why do we have bilge? How does it accumulate?
What do bilge pumps do?
How many systems of pumps are there usually? What are they?
What is an ejector?
What is the distribution valve chest?
What does the separator do?
What is a mud box?
What is the bilge pump?
Where are bilges found?
How big are bilges?
What kind of liquids constitute the bilges?
What is the law regarding bilge?
Why do bilge wells have strainers?
What does a bilge well look like?
What is an anti-heeling system?
What is the ballast system used for?
Why are the rules for the ballast system not as strict as the ones for bilge systems?
Why do we need ballast?
What are some of the tanks used for ballast?
How do the valves in ballast arrangement systems have to be arranged?
Why are marine ejectors more reliable in operation?
Where are water ejectors used?
How do ejectors work?
What are some of the applications of ejectors?
What is the size of the water ejectors?
