Safety Precautions and Watch Keeping for B.Tech 8th 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 Safety Precautions and Watch Keeping B.Tech (R13) eighthsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
To impart knowledge to the students in Watch-keeping of Engine Room in various types of ships and to prepare for Class IV MOT Examinations
UNIT I : SAFE WATCH KEEPING [9 hours]
Definition of watch, operating principles, requirements of watch keeping, requirements of certification, duties of engineer officers – operation of engine room in general, log book writing – watch keeping under way – watch keeping at port – at unsheltered anchorage, fitness for duty, preparation of Diesel Engines for a long voyage – bad weather precautions, safe working practices – during overhauling at port, and during bad weather, change over from diesel oil to heavy oil and vice versa. Trouble shooting during watch keeping: Emergency measures taken in case of –flooding of engine room, engine room bilge fire, general fire, Incase of any system failure or breakage of pipe lines, etc.
UNIT II TROUBLE SHOOTING IN AUXILIARY MACHINERIES [9 hours]
Malfunctioning, partial or total failure of auxiliary machineries – such as, auxiliary engines, purifiers, heat exchangers, air compressors, reefer and air conditioning compressors and systems, boilers and accessories, fresh water generators, hydrophore tanks and systems, all pumps & systems. Repairs and maintenance of propeller, rudder, dry docking methods, dry docking inspection and repair works.
UNIT III : TROUBLE SHOOTING IN MAIN ENGINE [9 hours]
Trouble shooting related to various types of marine diesel engines and condition monitoring – causes, effects, remedies and prevention of engine not turning on Air and Fuel, knocking at TDC and BDC, black smoke in funnel, poor compression and combustion, early or advanced injection, turbocharger surging, scavenge fire, Air starting line explosion, crank case explosion, exhaust uptake fire, failure of bottom end bolts.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES: At the end of the course the students are expected to have learnt,
- STCW standards of training, requirements of officers and ratings.
- Watch-keeping in various ships.
- Prevention, rectification and maintenance with respect to trouble shooting of machineries in the Engine Room.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Vikram Gokhale & N.Nanda,” Marine Engineering Practice and Ship safety and Environmental protection”, 3rd Edition, Engee Enterprises Mumbai, 2002.
- Sulzer brothers, “Sumitomo – Sulzer Diesel Engines”, Service Instruction for Sumitomo Sulzer Diesel Engines RND Sumitomo ship building & Machining co., Ltd., Japan.
- Heinz P. Bloch, Fred K. Geitner, “Machinery Component Maintenance and Repair” 3rd Ed. An imprint of Elsevier, 2010
REFERENCES:
- IME Manuals and Ship’s Marine Manuals.
- Manual instruction for MAN Diesel Engine and spare parts, 1968.
- Instruction Manual for Mitsui – B & W Diesel Engine data, Mitsui Engineering & Ship Building co., Mitsui B & W, 1976.
- Manual De Maintenance & operation MAN type K.270 120E DMR.
- Daihatsu Diesel Engine instruction book, Operation & maintenance manual for Daihatsu Diesel Engine Model – DV26, Model 6 PKT – TB-16.
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