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Service Letter
Technical Information to all Owners / Operators
of Sulzer RTA Engines
05.11.02
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. System Requirements
as per Regulation
4. Verification List
Printed in Switzerland
PO Box 414
CH-8401 Winterthur
Switzerland
Page
1.
INTRODUCTION
Of all the international conventions dealing with maritime safety, the most important is the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which covers a wide range of
measures designed to improve the safety of shipping. The convention has been amended several times
through IMO Maritime Safety Committee resolutions. One of those resolutions is the MSC.31(63)*
from May 1994, which added the following paragraphs to Chapter II-2, Regulation 15:
2.9
All external high-pressure fuel delivery lines between high-pressure fuel pumps and fuel injectors shall be
protected with a jacketed piping system capable of containing fuel from a high-pressure line failure. A jacketed
pipe incorporates an outer pipe into which the high-pressure fuel pipe is placed, forming a permanent assembly.
The jacketed piping system shall include a means for collection of leakages and arrangements shall be
provided for an alarm to be given of a fuel line failure.
2.10 All surfaces with temperatures above 220C which may be impinged as a result of a fuel system failure shall be
properly insulated.
2.11 Oil fuel lines shall be screened or otherwise suitably protected to avoid, as far as practicable, oil spray or oil
leakages onto hot surfaces, into machinery air intakes, or other sources of ignition. The number of joints in such
piping systems shall be kept to a minimum.
2.12 Ships constructed before 1 July 1998 shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs 2.9 to 2.11 not later than
1 July 2003, except that a suitable enclosure on engines having an output of 375 kW or less having fuel injection
pumps serving more than one injector may be used as an alternative to the jacketed piping system
in paragraph 2.9.
This Service Letter should be kept in a separate file in the control room. The respective pages or
tables of the Service Letter with modifications to the Operating Manual, Maintenance Manual or
Code Book should be copied and filed in the respective Manual or Book.
2.
2.9
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* Validated by resolution MSC.99(73) from December 2000.
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3.
2.9
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**
Some classification societies require a certificate stating that the installed equipment was supplied by the
original engine manufacturer.
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4.
VERIFICATION LIST
Paragraph
Ref.
2.9
A.
Verify if the engine has a fuel leakage monitoring tank installed to detect
fuel leakage.
2.10
B.
Verify if the exhaust manifold and all surfaces above 220C, which may
be impinged as a result of a fuel system failure, are properly insulated.
A thermographic analysis is recommended.
2.11
C.
2.11
D.
2.11
E.
To Ships Alarm
Level Monitoring
Please contact your closest Wrtsil Network Company for further information or for any required
support in engine verification and solution configuration and installation. Please use the attached fax
form for this.
Wrtsil Switzerland Ltd has issued this Service Letter with their best knowledge and ability.
However, Wrtsil Switzerland Ltd can not take any liability for any or all information contained
in this or any other Service Letter.
Changes of any nature to the form and / or to the contents of this or any other Service Letter as
published by Wrtsil Switzerland Ltd, are not permitted.
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7.
To:
From:
Attn.:
Fax No.:
Email:
Sales Support
+41 52 262 07 26
service.sales.ch@wartsila.com
Fax No.:
Date:
No. of pages:
Subject:
Year of Manufacture:
Engine Type:
Engine Builder:
Engine No.:
Checklist
Yes
No
Is the engine equipped with a fuel leakage monitoring tank to detect fuel leakage?
Are the exhaust manifold and all surfaces above 220C, which may be impinged as
a result of a fuel system failure, properly insulated? (A thermographic analysis is
recommended).
Are the low-pressure fuel oil lines properly screened (protected) in order to avoid
oil spray or oil leakage on hot surfaces, machinery air intakes or other sources of
ignition?
Are pipes of turbochargers with external lubricating oil systems suitably screened
(protected)?
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