4th Sem, MARINE

MV3412: Heat Engines, Boiler Chemistry and Refrigeration Laboratory syllabus for Marine 2021 regulation

Heat Engines, Boiler Chemistry and Refrigeration Laboratory 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 heat engines, boiler chemistry and refrigeration laboratory is as follows.

Heat Engines, Boiler Chemistry and Refrigeration Laboratory

Course Objectives:

To develop skill of the students on

  • Demonstration ability to carry out the different tests on heat engines.
  • Carrying out the Performance and Characteristics of heat engines.
  • Performance tests on boiler feed water, oils, fuels and lubricants based on the test results
  • Operation and Maintenance of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.

List of Experiments:

Heat Engines Lab

  1. Flue gas analysis by Orsat apparatus.
  2. Study and performance characteristics of steam turbine.
  3. Dryness fraction of steam using calorimeters.
  4. Performance characteristics of a constant speed air blower.
  5. Verification of fan laws and static efficiency of air blower.
  6. Test on Reciprocating compressor.
  7. C.O.P. of a Refrigeration plant.
  8. Performance test on A/C plant.
  9. Testing of fuels – calorific value, proximate analysis
  10. Testing of fuels – Ultimate analysis, octane number, cetane number.
  11. Testing of lubricants – flash point, fire point, pour point.
  12. Testing of lubricants- Viscosity index, corrosion stability, carbon residue.
  13. Testing of lubricants – Mechanical stability, ash content.
  14. Wind Tunnel – Drag and lift measurements.
  15. Performance test on IC Engine as per BIS specifications.

Boiler Chemistry Lab

  1. To determine hardness content of the sample of boiler water in P.P.M. in terms of CaCO3.
  2. To determine Chloride Content of the sample of water in P.P.M. in terms of CaCO3.
  3. To determine Alkalinity due to Phenolphthaline, total Alk. and Caustic Alk. Of the sample of water (in P.P.M).
  4. To determine Phosphate Content of the sample of water.
  5. To determine dissolved Oxygen content of the sample of water.
  6. To determine sulphate content of given sample of water.
  7. To determine Ph-value of the given sample of water.
  8. Boiler trial.
  9. Water Testing – Dissolved oxygen, total-dissolved solids, turbidity.
  10. Water Analysis (Fresh and sea water)- Chloride, sulphate, hardness.
  11. Sludges and scale deposit – Silica, volatile and non-volatile suspended matter.

Refrigeration Laboratory

  1. Watch keeping: Parameters to be monitored during running of refrigeration unit.
  2. Various cut-outs, viz, pressure, temperature
  3. Determination of actual COP, theoretical COP and Carnot COP.

Course Outcomes:

Upon Completion of the course, the students will be able to:

  1. To Perform various tests on the heat engines
  2. To Analyze the results to understand the performance characteristics of Engines
  3. To Perform Boiler water tests, Sea water and fresh water tests
  4. To Choose the best water, oils, fuels and lubricants based on the test results.

Reference Books:

  1. Laboratory Manuals
  2. Skelly.J.D, Water Treatment, Marine Engineering Practice , Vol-2 Part-14, IMarEST, London, 2004
  3. Mathur, M.L., Sharma, R.P., Internal Combustion Engines, 7th Ed. Dhanpat rai Publications, REPRINT 2002
  4. Willard W. Pulkrabek, Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engines, 1 st Ed., PHI Learnings Pvt. Ltd., 2011
  5. Flanagan,G.T.H, Marine Boilers, 1st Ed. ,Elsevier, 1990

List of Equipments:

FOR A BATCH OF 30 STUDENTS HEAT ENGINES LAB
Sl.No Name of the Equipment Qty.

  1. Orsat Apparatus 02 nos
  2. Steam Turbine 01
  3. Steam Calorimeter 01
  4. Air Blower 01
  5. Air Compressor 02 nos
  6. Vapour Compression Refrigeration test rig 01
  7. Vapour compression Air Conditioning test rig 01
  8. Bomb calorimeter and Junkers calorimeter 01
  9. Crucible Metener Burner, Electric Benser Hot air oven 01
  10. Flash & Fire point – closed cup apparatus 01Redwoods Viscometer 01 Say bolts Viscometer 01
  11. Carbon residue apparatus.
  12. Wind Tunnel 01

Fuels and Lubrication Oil Testing Equipments

Sl.No Name of the Equipment Qty.

  1. Redwood Viscometer 01
  2. Saybolts Viscometer 01
  3. Abels flash point and fire point apparatus 01
  4. Closed cup apparatus (Pensky) 01
  5. Bomb Calorimeter with Beckman (Digital) 01
  6. Junkers Gas Calorimeter 01

Boiler Chemistry Lab

Sl.No Name of the Equipment Qty.

  1. Burette, Pipette, Beaker, Conical Flask, Bunsen Burner 01 each
  2. Burette, Pipette, Conical Flask, STD Flask 100ml 01 each
  3. Burette, Pipette, Conical Flask, STD Flask 01 each
  4. Burette, Pipette, Conical Flask. 01 each
  5. Do Bottle, Burette, Pipette, Conical Flask. 01 each
  6. Wephlo turbidity meter, STD Flask Pipette. 01 each
  7. PH meter, Buffer tablets, beaker. 01 each
  8. Petridish, Hot air Oven, Weighing Balance 01 each
  9. Water Analysis kit. 01 nos
  10. Burner, Silica, Crucible, Electric Bunsen, Petridish Hot air Oven 01 each
  11. Burette, Pipette, Conical Flask, turbidity meter, Bunsen Burner, Beaker, STD 01 eachFlask

Thermal Engineering

Sl.No Name of the Equipment Qty.

  1. Internal Combustion Engines Section 01
  2. Fuel and Lubrication Oil Testing Equipments 01
  3. Heat Transfer Equipments 01
  4. Steam Lab. Equipments 01
  5. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipments 01 set
  6. Automobile Components 01
  7. Engine Research Centre 01
  8. Computers with UPS 01
  9. Miscellaneous Equipments 01

Internal Combustion Engines Section

No Name of the Equipment Qty.

  1. Multi Cylinder Petrol Engine 01
  2. Twin Cylinder Diesel Engine 01
  3. Kirloskar Diesel Engine 01
  4. Greaves Cotton diesel engine 01
  5. Two Stroke Petrol Engine 03 nos
  6. Two Stroke Diesel Engine Model 01
  7. Four Stroke Petrol Engine 01
  8. Four Stroke Diesel Engine Model 01
  9. Two Stroke Petrol Engine Model 01
  10. Multi Cylinder Petrol Engine 01
  11. Four Stroke Single Cylinder Diesel Engine (Anil) 01
  12. MK-12 Petrol Start Kerosene run Engine 01
  13. Battery charger 01

Marine Ac & Refrigeration Laboratory

Sl.No Name of the Equipment Qty.

  1. Marine Refrigeration Plant (10 ton capacity) 01
  2. Marine Air Conditioning Plant (10 ton capacity) 01
  3. Vapour compression and Vapour Absorption refrigeration test RIG 01 each

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

For all Marine Engineering results, visit Anna University Marine all semester results direct link.

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