{"id":9698,"date":"2022-02-28T13:46:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper-18-installation-manual-90672-1-draft-copy\/3-0-cooling-installation\/3-3-connecting-seawater-to-heat-exchanger\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T19:40:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T19:40:31","slug":"3-3-connecting-seawater-to-heat-exchanger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-16-18-installation-manual\/3-0-cooling-installation\/3-3-connecting-seawater-to-heat-exchanger\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Seawater to Heat Exchanger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Connect seawater from installer supplied pump to \u00be in. (19 mm) hose barb on heat exchanger. Use the same practices as typical below waterline seawater plumbing.&nbsp; Required flow rate is 4 GPM (15.1 LPM) minimum and 8 GPM (30.3 LPM) maximum.<\/li><li>Connect seawater return to overboard drain.&nbsp; Use the same practices as typical below waterline seawater plumbing.<\/li><li>In addition to initial operation at dock, new <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> installations should be checked with a flow meter for minimum 4 GPM (15.1 LPM) flow while vessel is at speed and when backing down. If no other method of confirming flow is available, discharge line may be temporarily diverted to a bucket. Flow is calculated from time to fill a known volume.&nbsp; A self-priming sea water pump (customer\/installer supplied) may be required due to installation location to maintain water flow in all underway conditions where cavitation near the intake may occur and potentially cause an air-lock condition restricting seawater flow to the heat exchanger.<br><ol><li>To prevent cavitation \/ aeration of the seawater intake a forward-facing scoop should be utilized. In addition, the seawater intake should be located in a location that will not aerate during normal underway operation.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Inspect raw water plumbing after sea trial for any signs of leakage.<\/li><li>Heat exchanger contains removable endcaps to provide access for cleaning the tube bundle.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SEAKEEPER-16-18-Seawater-Connections.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4539\" width=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/SEAKEEPER-16-18-Seawater-Connections.jpg 863w, https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/SEAKEEPER-16-18-Seawater-Connections-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>Figure 4 &#8211; <\/strong><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> 16\/18 Seawater Connections<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect seawater from installer supplied pump to \u00be in. (19 mm) hose barb on heat exchanger. Use the same practices as typical below waterline seawater plumbing.&nbsp; Required flow rate is 4 GPM (15.1 LPM) minimum and 8 GPM (30.3 LPM) maximum. Connect seawater return to overboard drain.&nbsp; Use the same practices as typical below waterline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":9690,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[254],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-9698","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-16-18-installation-manual-90549-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9698"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10115,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9698\/revisions\/10115"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=9698"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=9698"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=9698"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=9698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}