Direct Vs Indirect seawater cooling
Direct Vs Indirect seawater cooling
(OP)
hi fellow engineers,
I know this issue has been around for many years and I am aware of various pros and cons but I would like to hear opinions and reasons from engineers why they have chosen to design and install direct seawater cooling system in lieu of indirect system (use sw to cool fresh water loop to cool), especially those with feed back from their direct sw design.
many thanks
C&E
I know this issue has been around for many years and I am aware of various pros and cons but I would like to hear opinions and reasons from engineers why they have chosen to design and install direct seawater cooling system in lieu of indirect system (use sw to cool fresh water loop to cool), especially those with feed back from their direct sw design.
many thanks
C&E





RE: Direct Vs Indirect seawater cooling
Best regards
Morten
RE: Direct Vs Indirect seawater cooling
cheers,
gr2vessels
RE: Direct Vs Indirect seawater cooling
Capital cost is the primary factor.
How often do you want to replace the part of the system that the seawater touches ?
Seawater eats everything (eventually)
When I worked at a USNavy shipyard 30 years ago, seawater was described as the world's oldest "universal solvent"
-MJC