Course Overview
This course furthers students' knowledge about steam plant components description and steam plant operation, including Main propulsion plant. Students will study marine boiler fundamentals, marine water tube boiler construction, maintenance, operation, and steam distribution. Particular attention will be given to fuel atomization and combustion. Marine steam turbine basic construction and operation principles will also be covered. Feed water system components and boiler feed water treatment will be studied in detail. In addition, preparation to start up, operation, fault detection, and necessary measures to prevent damage of the Steam Propulsion Plant will be studied, with the help of Steam Propulsion Plant Simulator exercises. Safety and emergency procedures for operation of the propulsion plant machinery will be included in most of the study topics. Marine gas turbine principles and basic construction will also be discussed.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
6.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe with the aid of sketches, design features of a water tube marine steam boiler.
- Explain the purpose of all mountings fitted to a water tube boiler, and any special design features involved.
- Describe fuel atomization and combustion process in a marine water tube boiler.
- Describe boiler operation and maintenance.
- Describe with the aid of sketches, feed water systems and auxiliaries for a steam propulsion plant.
- Describe feed water and boiler water treatments.
- Describe with the aid of sketches, design features of a marine steam turbine.
- Describe operation principles of a marine steam turbine and associated machinery.
- Describe the safety and emergency procedures for operation of the steam propulsion plant machinery.
- Describe steam plant preparation, operation, fault detection, and necessary measures to prevent damage for plant, and associated systems.
- Describe with sketch components, safety devices, and operation of a thermal fluid heating system.
- Describe gas turbine fundamentals, theory of operation, and details of construction.
Effective as of Fall 2021
Related Programs
Engineering Knowledge 3 General - Steam (MEOC 3303) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs with a co-op option.
School of Transportation
- Marine Engineering
Diploma Full-time
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