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If it becomes necessary to remove water from a pressurized main boiler, it should be directed __________.

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• Boiler bottom blows and drains – where they normally discharge and why • Contamination risks – what happens if boiler water (with chemicals and solids) goes into different spaces like bilges or tanks • Reserve/feed systems – purpose of a reserve feed tank versus bilge or cofferdam

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• Think about which location is designed to safely receive hot, chemically treated, contaminated water from a boiler under pressure. • Ask yourself: which option would most likely create a pollution, fire, or corrosion hazard if you sent boiler water there? • Consider normal shipboard practice: when you "blow down" or drain a main boiler, what piping and overboard arrangements are commonly used?

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• Verify which space is specifically connected by piping to boiler blowdown or bottom blow valves on typical marine boilers. • Check which option would avoid discharging contaminated boiler water into internal ship spaces like bilges or cofferdams. • Confirm which system is intended for clean make‑up feedwater, not for dumping dirty or hot blowdown water.

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Question 1 of 20

If it becomes necessary to remove water from a pressurized main boiler, it should be directed __________.

into the bilges

overboard through the bottom blow line

into the cofferdam

into the reserve feed tank

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Question 1 / 205eccefa0bacbc34ba4d46fc5

Question 1 of 205eccefa0bacbc34ba4d46fc5

If it becomes necessary to remove water from a pressurized main boiler, it should be directed __________.

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If it becomes necessary to remove water from a pressurized main boiler, it should be directed __________.

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