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One is informed by the owner that two of the vessel's electrically driven centrifugal cooling water pumps will be replaced with two of higher capacity pumps. No modification of existing piping will be involved. What should be your concerns from an operational perspective?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Pump capacity vs. system design limits – what happens to flow rate, velocity, and pressure when you increase pump size • Electrical loading and protection – circuit breakers, controllers, motor starters, and cable sizing when motor HP (horsepower) increases • Erosion and wear in piping systems – relationship between fluid velocity and erosion/corrosion in discharge lines

💭 Think About

• If you increase the pump capacity but do NOT change the piping, how will the flow velocity and resulting stresses in the piping change? • How do motor size and pump capacity affect the sizing of circuit breakers, overloads, and controllers? Are they always built with enough extra margin? • Which answer choices assume that existing designs always have enough safety margin, and is that a safe operational assumption?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check whether higher capacity pumps usually draw more electrical power and what that implies for breaker and controller ratings • Consider whether increased flow in the same size piping leads to higher velocity and the potential for erosion or water hammer • Look for the option that recognizes specific new risks (electrical and mechanical) rather than assuming “no concern” due to generic safety factors

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