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USEFUL OF ENGINEER STUDENTS IN MR 2112 BASICS FOR MARINE ENGINEERING MR2112 BASICS FOR MARINE ENGINEERING
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MR 2112 BASICS FOR MARINE ENGINEERING 3 0 0 3
AIM:
To impart Sound knowledge of Basic Marine Engineering with the special emphasis
on Energy resources and Marine Power Plant.
OBJECTIVES
On Completion of the course the Students are expected to
1 Have studied the renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources
2 Have a good knowledge of working principle of 2 Stroke and 4 Stroke
Marine IC Engines
3 Have sound knowledge of Marine Refrigeration and Air- Conditioning
Plant
4 Have a Knowledge of Metal Forming and Joining Processes and
various Power Transmission methods
1. ENERGY RESOURCES AND POWER GENERATION 12
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).
2. MARINE I.C. ENGINES 12
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.
3. REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING 12
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.
4. METAL FORMING, METAL JOINING PROCESSES 12
Metal forming – Principles of forging – mechanical power hammers – Hot and Cold
forging processes – rolling, drawing and extrusion, Metal joining processes – flexible
and permanent, Principles of welding – Fundamentals of arc welding, gas welding
and gas cutting, Brazing and Soldering
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5. POWER TRANSMISSION 12
Brief introduction to belt and rope drives. Simple and compound gear trains.
Machine Tool Engineering - Main Components and functions of lathe, drilling,
shaping, planning and milling machines.
Introduction to CAD, CAM, CIM and ROBOT.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Taylor, ‘‘Introduction to Marine engineering”, 2nd Edition, Butterworth Heinemann,
London, 1999
2. Shanmugam.G., Basic Mechanical Engineering 3rd Edition, TATA
McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, Year 2000
REFERENCES:
1. K. Venugopal, Basic Mechanical Engineering, Fourth Edition, Anuradha Agencies,
Chennai, Year 1994.
2. Duraivelu. K., Richard. S., Basic Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition, Dear
Publication, Chennai, 2001.
3. Reed’s General Engineering Knowledge for Marine Engineers by Leslie Jackson
and Thomas D. Morton.
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