Technical Insights
Written for engineers, not for search engines. What we meet often and think is worth writing down.
Engine-room blackout: why the PMS did not save the vessel
A blackout is rarely caused by a failure. Usually it is caused by three parameters nobody has looked at since commissioning.
kW and kVAr load sharing: why generators do not share correctly
Active and reactive load are shared by two entirely different systems. Confuse them during diagnosis and you will adjust the wrong machine.
Seven mistakes in generator controller configuration
Most of them never show in normal operation. They show the first time something goes wrong — which is exactly when they must not.
From forty standing alarms to a monitoring system you can trust
A system with forty standing alarms monitors nothing. It has trained the crew to acknowledge without reading.
Earth fault on a ship's network: how it is actually located
A vessel does not stop for the first earth fault — and that is precisely why the second one is dangerous.
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