Sea water pumps on a ship: Sea chest suction filter cleaning procedures and their importance

Sea water system in ships has huge central coolers, centrifugal pumps called as main sea water pumps and numerous branching pipes running all over the ship. The sea chest filter is the main component to ensure the total heat balance is maintained and all machineries are maintained under normal running parameters. Astonishingly when we clean the sea suction filter, apart from the debris, will sometimes find beautiful fishes, crabs, sea shells and plankton.