Basics of Marine Engineering Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech 1st sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Basics of Marine Engineering B.Tech 2016-2017 (R13) fristsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES : On Completion of the course the Students are expected to
- Have studied the renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources
- Have a good knowledge of working principle of 2 Stroke and 4 Stroke Marine IC Engines
- Have sound knowledge of Marine Refrigeration and Air- Conditioning Plant
- Have a Knowledge of Metal Forming and Joining Processes and various Power Transmission methods
UNIT I : ENERGY RESOURCES AND POWER GENERATION [9 hours]
Renewable and Non-renewable resources – thermal, hydel, solar, wind, tidal, geothermal and nuclear – Indian energy scenario. Power Plants – Steam, gas turbine, diesel, nuclear and hydel power plants – Layout, major components and working, Choice of the type of plant, Combined cycles, cogeneration, Importance of Energy storage, Environmental constraints of power generation using fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Steam generators – Classification, working or Cochran, Babcock Wilcox, Lamont and Benson boilers, Principles and features of modern high pressure boiler – tower type boilers. (A separate study of boiler mountings and accessories are beyond the scope of this course).
UNIT II : MARINE I.C. ENGINES [9 hours]
Classification, Working principles of petrol and diesel engines – two stroke and four stroke cycles, functions of main components, Carburetion – Single jet Carburetor, mixture strength, Ignition system of petrol engine, Fuel pump and injector of diesel engine, Cooling system – necessity, air and liquid cooling, optimum cooling, Lubrication system – purpose and methods of lubrication, lubrication oil classification and selection.
UNIT III : MARINE REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING [9 hours]
Refrigeration – application and types, Vapour compression refrigeration system – working principles and features, working fluids. Air conditioning – requirement of conditioned air, summer and winter air conditioning, layout of a typical window air conditioner, Thermoelectric cooling.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
- Ability to identify the sources of renewable and nonrenewable energy towers.
- Ability to explain the working principles of 2 Stroke and 4 Stroke Marine Engines
- Ability to explain the working cycle of Refrigeration and Air- Conditioning used in marine
- Ability to explain different forming and metal forming processes.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Taylor, ‘‘Introduction to Marine engineering”, 2nd Edition, Butterworth Heinemann, London, 1999
- Shanmugam.G., Basic Mechanical Engineering 3rd Edition, TATA McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, Year 2000
REFERENCES:
- Venugopal K., Basic Mechanical Engineering, Fourth Edition, Anuradha Agencies, Chennai, Year 1994.
- Duraivelu. K., Richard. S., Basic Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition, Dear Publication, Chennai, 2001.
- Leslie Jackson and Thomas D. Morton, Reed’s General Engineering Knowledge for Marine Engineers.
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