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What happens if the seawater-pump for some reason fails, and the silencer is left with no seawater flow, and runs dry? Will the silencer be damaged?

April 26, 2017dry fails flow happens Left seawater silencer

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What happens if the seawater-pump for some reason fails, and the silencer is left with no seawater flow, and runs dry? Will the silencer be damaged?

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The unit is designed for a run-dry failure mode, and in itself will not present a problem running at high temperature. In this condition, it will still perform as a silencer, although not as effectively at with water present.