Basic Systems Flashcards

1
Q

A system is a series of … that with deliver a … from one point to another

A
  1. Components
  2. Substance
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2
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There are 2 types of system - … Loop and … Loop

A
  1. Open
  2. Closed
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3
Q

With an open loop system, the working fluid is …, e.g. fuel system

A

Consumed

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4
Q

With a closed loop system, the working fluid is … e.g. fresh water cooling system

A

Re-used

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5
Q

Name 3 different type of Tank?

A
  1. Header
  2. Service
  3. Drain
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6
Q

Header Tanks - These are used as a … to top up a tank or service system

A

Reservoir

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7
Q

Service Tanks - These are used as a reservoir for … and … … supply of fuel

A

Clean and water free

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8
Q

Drain Tanks - These are used to collect … … from a system

A

Oil returning

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9
Q

Name 4 different Tanks Gauges?

A

Contents Gauge
Sounding tube
Dip tape and conversion chart
Gauge glass

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10
Q

Strainers and used to remove … and … …from a system

A

Large and coarse particles

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11
Q

The type of material used in the systems pipe work depends on? (3parts)

A
  1. The type of service being applied
  2. The operating temperature
  3. Other types of materials used within the system
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12
Q

What are Phosphor bronze pipes used for?

A

High pressure salt water systems

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13
Q

What are copper pipes used for?

A

Domestic fresh water systems

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14
Q

What are copper nickel pipes used for?

A

Lub oil systems

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15
Q

What are brass pipes used for?

A

Castings, such as taps, valves, bodies, junctions, unions

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16
Q

What are plastic pipes used for?

A

Sewage and pre wet

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17
Q

What type are seal’s used depends on? (3 parts)

A
  1. System working pressure
  2. Fluid being used
  3. Temperature involved
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18
Q

What seals can be made from? ( 6 parts)

A

NAF
Paper
Leather
Cork
Copper
Rubber

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19
Q

Example of seal used in the Royal Navy are? (3parts)

A

Mechanical seals
Kneeling couplings
Gland Packing

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20
Q

Valves and cocks provide a method of … … …of a liquid, or gas, and as a means of … the various systems and components on board a ship or submarine

A

Controlling the flow
Isolating

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21
Q

A pressure relief valve prtotects the system from … ?

A

Over pressurisation

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22
Q

What does a Non-return valve do?

A

Prevents flow reversal

23
Q

2 examples of a non-return valve?

A

Flap valve
Piston valve

24
Q

Definition of a reducing valve?

A

Valves accepts a high pressure entering it and allows the fluid or gas to expand allowing it to reduce in pressure.

25
Q

Name 8 different valve types

A

Globe valve
Gate valve
Flap valve
Saunders valve
Ball seated cock
Pressure relief valve
Reducing valve
Non-return valve

26
Q

There are 2 main groups of pumps … displacement and … displacement

A

Positive
Dynamic

27
Q

2 methods of physically displace the fluid?

A

Reciprocating (up and down) e.g piston
Rotary (round and round) e.g gear

28
Q

A type of positive displacement pump is a … … pump

A

Gear wheel

29
Q

2 example of a dynamic displacement pump are … and …

A

Centrifugal
Axial

30
Q

Electric motors convert … energy into … motion

A

Electrical
Mechanical

31
Q

There are two main groups of pumps?

A

Dynamic displacement
Positive displacement

32
Q

3 types of thermometers you may encounter?

A

Fixed brass
Standard pocket
Clock / dial face

33
Q

The thermometer, either … or … …, is inserted into a recess within the plug

A

Standard
Fixed brass

34
Q

Where possible … or … thermometers are used in pockets

A

Standard or cased

35
Q

Thermometer pockets are to be painted with warning … and black stripes

A

Yellow

36
Q

To aid the transfer of heat from the system, or equipment, to the thermometer the pocket is filled with a … …, usually engine oil

A

Transmission filter

37
Q

When taking a temperature reading with a thermometer located in a pocket it must be removed quickly and read immediately. The reading must be taken with the thermometer at … … to ensure an accurate reading is obtained

A

Eye level

38
Q

Filters are used to remove … or … … from a system

A

Small or fine particles

39
Q

These filters include 2 types

A

Metallic
Absorbent

40
Q

Metallic filters are made from … …and … … …or gauge screens

A

Wire wool
Thin steel plates

41
Q

Metallic filters are used to remove … Particles of contamination from within the systems

A

Coarser

42
Q

When the metallic filters become blocked they are removed, … and then returned to the system

A

Cleaned

43
Q

Absorbent filters are made from …, …, … … and other similar materials

A

Paper
Cloth
Felt yarn

44
Q

Absorbent filters remove … particles than metallic filters and are used in systems where a higher standard of cleanliness is required e.g. fuel systems

A

Finer

45
Q

When absorbent filters and serviced they are … with a new one.
The discarded filters much be …

A

Replaced
Disposed of correctly

46
Q

If the absorbent filter becomes blocked the pressure will … on the discharge side of the filter

A

Reduce

47
Q

The pressure control valves … … …at a designated set level.

A

Maintains systems pressure

48
Q

A pressure control valve will .. (monitor) … pressure and open and close as required to … the set system pressure

A

Sense
Outlet
Maintain

49
Q

Rod gearing allows a valve to be shut manually from … (…) location

A

Another
Remote

50
Q

A pressure relief valve is placed in a system to protect against … …

A

Over pressurisation

51
Q

Pressure control valves … … …
At set levels

A

Maintain system pressures

52
Q

An accumulator is a device in which …
energy is held under pressure in the fir of compressed gas, spring or by a raised weight to be used to every a force against a fluid.

A

Potential

53
Q

Accumulators can be used as a … / … … / …

A

Surge
Pulsation dampener
Absorber e

54
Q

3 accumulater types include?

A

Piston
Bladder
Bag