enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Bilge pump - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilge_pump

   A bilge pump is a water pump used to remove bilge water. Since fuel can be present in the bilge, electric bilge pumps are designed to not cause sparks. Electric bilge pumps are often fitted with float switches which turn on the pump when the bilge fills to a set level. Since bilge pumps can fail, use of a backup pump is often advised. The ...

3. Maritime hydraulics in antiquity - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_hydraulics_in...

   The bilge pump was an improvement on the first hydraulic pumps used in antiquity: force pumps. Invented around the early 3rd century BCE, the most primitive design of a force pump consisted of a piston pushing water out of a tube, constructed by soldering individual bronze elements (Stein 246).

4. Oily water separator (marine) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oily_water_separator_(marine)

   Bilge water is a nearly-unavoidable byproduct of shipboard operations. Oil leaks from running machinery such as diesel generators, air compressors, and the main propulsion engine. Modern OWSs have alarms and automatic closure devices which are activated when the oil storage content of the waste water exceeds a certain limit(15ppm : 15 cm3 of ...

5. Marine pump - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_pump

   Gear pumps are positive displacement (or fixed displacement), meaning they pump a constant amount of fluid for each revolution. Some gear pumps are designed to function as either a motor or a pump. The screw pump is a positive-displacement (PD) pump that uses one or several screws to move fluids or solids along the screw(s) axis. In its ...

6. Boydton, VA Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/weather

   Get the Boydton, VA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.

7. Bilge - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilge

   Bilge compartment in a steel hulled ship (looking down) Bilge compartment and pump. The bilge / b ɪ l dʒ / of a ship or boat is the part of the hull that would rest on the ground if the vessel were unsupported by water. The "turn of the bilge" is the transition from the bottom of a hull to the sides of a hull.