Course Overview
In this third level of the Marine Engineering Knowledge course, students will study the construction, operation, and maintenance of slow speed crosshead diesel engines. The study of diesel engine fuel atomization and combustion process will be given particular attention. Main propulsion steam plant will be studied next, including water tube boiler, steam propulsion turbine, feed water system, and feed water treatment. An introduction to thermal fluid heating systems will be included. An introduction to ship’s vibration will be given. Preparation, operation, fault detection, and necessary measures to prevent damage will be studied in detail with the help of Propulsion Plant Simulator exercises. Safety and emergency procedures for operation of propulsion plant machinery will be included in most of the study topics. Finally, construction, operation, and maintenance of gas turbines will be studied.
Prerequisite(s)
- Successful completion of Term 3.
Credits
10.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe with a simple sketch, the construction and maintenance of bedplates, framing, and holding down arrangements of the large bore slow speed propulsion diesel engine.
- Describe with a simple sketch, the construction and maintenance of crankshafts and running gear of the slow speed propulsion diesel engine.
- Describe with a simple sketch, the construction and maintenance of the liner and pistons of the slow speed propulsion diesel engine.
- Describe with a simple sketch, the construction and maintenance of the cylinder heads and valves of the slow speed propulsion diesel engine.
- Describe with a simple sketch, the construction, operation, and maintenance of the fuel injection system in diesel propulsion engines.
- Describe fuel atomization and combustion process in a diesel engine.
- Describe scavenging and turbocharging of marine diesel engines.
- Describe construction, operation, and maintenance of a marine water tube boiler and associated machinery.
- Describe fuel atomization and combustion process in a marine water tube boiler.
- Describe feed water system for steam propulsion and feed water treatment.
- Describe thermal fluid heating system.
- Describe construction and operation principles of a marine steam turbine propulsion plant.
- Describe the safety and emergency procedures for operation of propulsion plant machinery.
- Describe preparation, operation, fault detection, and necessary measures to prevent damage for main engine, boiler, and associated auxiliaries/systems.
- Describe vibration fundamentals.
- Describe gas turbine fundamentals, theory of operation, and details of construction.
Effective as of Fall 2017
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