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Originally Posted by Apple82
My experience:
Fuel oil purifier then clarifier
Lub oil purifier only.
I seem to recall the clarifier removes water, not solids, and does not have a gravity disc.
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The purifier removes the solids to the outside and then to the sludge discharge, water out of the top to sludge tank. FO in the middle, to the day tank.
Two experiences come to mind:
-Middle East bunkers, excess wax/paraffin derivatives. The "sludge" discharge resembled a never ending turd: We just removed the sight glass and let it discharge to the plates and then get the oilers to wash it down, with high pressure spray, to the sludge tank. A nightmare! Sludge was disposed to shoreside for safe disposal.
-Alaska bunkers, SG over 1.0. We swapped the oil and water discharges. More FO coming from the water discharge. Then purify again with the largest available discs.
Clarifier, by name, only removes solids. If you have H2o in your LO, then you have serious problems!
Rgds.
Dave