USEFUL OF ENGINEER STUDENTS FOR MR 2111 CHEMISTRY FOR MARINE ENGINEERING MR2111 CHEMISTRY FOR MARINE ENGINEERING

MR 2111 CHEMISTRY FOR MARINE ENGINEERING 3 0 0 3

AIM:

To impart Sound knowledge of Boiler Chemistry and Boiler Water Treatment

including basics of nano chemistry

OBJECTIVES

On Completion of the course the Students are expected to

1 Have a thorough knowledge of Boiler Chemistry and Feed Water

Treatment methods.

2 Have a knowledge of various Water Hardness analysis procedures

3 Have a basic concept on Nano chemistry

1. WATER TECHNOLOGY 9

Water and it’s impurities – Impurities in water – fresh water, sea water, distilled water

impurities. Purpose of water treatment in boilers, scale formation and prevention.

2. BOILER CHEMISTRY 9

Boiler corrosion – fretting, pitting corrosion, corrosion fatigue, atoms and ions, electro

chemical corrosion, hydrogen and hydroxyl ions, types and causes of corrosion and

it’s control ; chemical and mechanical deareation, methods of chemical deareation,

de-zincification, stress corrosion,

3. BOILER WATER TREATMENT 9

Lime and Soda treatment, PH treatment, salinometer, use of litmus paper, test for

partial, total alkalinity, chloride, sulphite, phosphate test, caustic soda treatment,

condensate lime treatment. De-salination of water, reverse osmosis and electro

dialysis, priming, foaming and control, effects of salts and gases in feed water

4. WATER HARDNESS ANALYSIS 9

Hardness, units of hardness, estimation of hardness by EDTA method, treatment for

hardness, total dissolved solids, dissolved oxygen test, use of coagulants, typical test

valves for smoke and water tube boilers.

5. ENERGY SOURCES AND NANOCHEMISTRY 9

Introduction - Properties (Electrical, Mechancial and vibration) – carbon nano tubes

- Applications in fuel cells, catalysis and use of gold nanoparticles - batteries –

secondary batteries - alkaline batteries – lead acid, Ni – Cd and Li batteries,

principles and applications of solar cells, fuels cells - Hydrogen and methanol.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

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TEXT BOOKS:

1. Jain.P.C. and Monika Jain, Engineering Chemistry, 4th Edition, Dhanpat Rai &

Sons, New Delhi, 2002.

2. Milton and Leech , “Marine Boilers ”.Butter Worth Publishers, UK

REFERENCES:

1. Uppal. M.M., A Text book of Engineering Chemistry, 7th Editions, Khanna

Publishing, 1988.

Water Treatment by J.D. Skelly Imarest Publication , London.

2. Reed’s General Engineering Knowledge for Marine Engineers by Leslie Jackson

and Thomas D. Morton.