MV3405: Marine Diesel Engines syllabus for Marine 2021 regulation

Marine Diesel Engines detailed syllabus for Marine Engineering (Marine) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Marine students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Marine Engineering 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Marine 4th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of marine diesel engines is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

COMPONENTS OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINE AND LUBRICATION SYSTEM 12 Constructional details of Marine diesel engines- Welded construction for bedplates, Foundation bolts, A frames, crosshead and guide shoes, main bearings, Crankshaft and its types – Cam shaft, connecting rod, stuffing box- Piston and piston rod, cylinder liners, cylinder heads and its mountings, tie rods, Engine chocks and its types- merits and demerits of chocks. Auxiliary power transmission- chain and belt – gear transmission etc. Lubricating oils properties and testing of lubricating oils- Types of lubrications – Lubrication system- Main and crosshead bearing lubrication – Rocker arm- Cylinder liner lubrication. lubricating oil contamination- microbial attack- remedies – Alpha lubricator – cylinder oil properties – Cylinder lubricating quills- significance of cylinder lubricating oil.

Unit II

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Unit III

MARINE FUEL OIL, FUEL SYSTEM AND ENGINE RATINGS 12 Fuel oil properties – fuel oil system – fuel oil mixing column, fuel pumps -jerk and common rail systems – VIT Super VIT & Electronic injection systems. fuel injector – Incorporation of FQSL along with the VIT system on the engine- Pre combustion and post combustion effects. Exhaust valve types and its operation- Rotocap mechanism – Exhaust valve timing in 2s and 4s Marine Diesel engine – Factors affecting the operation of exhaust valves. Combustion of fuel – Mean Piston speed- Mean effective pressure- Compression ratioReasons for variation in compression pressure and peak pressure and its effect on engines – critical speed-MCR & CSR ratings – Heat balance diagram – Fuel contaminants -Microbiological attack.

Unit IV

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Unit V

EMISSION CONTROL AND MODERN INTELLIGENT ENGINES 12 Control of NOX, SOX in exhaust emission -deviation from ideal condition in actual engines, comparative study of slow speed, medium speed and high engines. Construction and Operation of Sulzer, MAN and B&W, Mitsui, Mitsubishi etc. Latest development in marine diesel engines-cam less engines, UMS-Operation, Intelligent engines – RT-flex engines.

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. Wood yard, Doug, Pounders Marine Diesel Engines, 7th Edition, Butter Worth Heinemann Publishing, London, 2014.
2. Sanyal D.K, Principle & Practice of Marine Diesel Engines, 2nd Edition, Bhandarkar Publication, Mumbai, 2010
3. D.A. Taylor, Introduction to Marine Engineering, 2nd Edition, Butter worth – Heinemann, London, 1996

Reference Books:

1. Christensen, Stanley G Lamb’s Questions and Answers on The Marine Diesel Engine, 8th Edition, Butter Worth Publications, 2001
2. John Lamb, Marine Diesel Engines, 8th Edition, Butter worth – Heinemann, London, 1990.
3. Christen Knak, Diesel Motor Ships Engines and Machinery, 1st Edition, Marine Management Ltd., London, 1990.
4. C.C Pounder, Marine Diesel Engines, 6th Edition, Butter worth – Heinemann, Scotland, 1995.
5. S. H. Henshall, Medium and High-Speed Diesel Engines for Marine Use, 1st Edition, Institute of Marine Engineers, Mumbai, 1996.
6. VL Maleev, Internal Combustion Engines, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill book co., Singapore, 1987.
7. A.B. Kane, Marine Internal Combustion Engines, 1st Edition, Shroff Publishers & Distributors, Mumbai, 1984.

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Marine Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Marine 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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