What To Do During Marine Auxiliary Boiler’s Flame Failure or Fuel Pump Tripping?

Marine auxiliary boiler is only used in port and the exhaust boiler caters for all heating and steam needs while at sea. Generally if the burner routines are carried out religiously and the filters are cleaned, there is no major maintenance or routine that needs to be done

In this article the author is relating a problem faced on one ship and the troubleshooting done.

Scenario

One day the boiler shut down after flame failure alarm came.  After many futile attempts to restart the boiler on HFO, the boiler was changed over to diesel and manually fired. The auto firing