Marine Diesel Engines (Second Edition) - Deven Aranha [2023, PDF]

Marine Diesel Engines, Second Edition By Deven Aranha

Year: 2023
Language: English
Author: Deven Aranha
Genre: Textbooks
Publisher: SHROFF PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS PVT. LTD.
Edition: Second
ISBN: 978-93-5213-594-3
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 410
Description: This book serves as an excellent practical guide and reference manual for marine engineers, students, and professionals working with marine diesel engines. It covers everything from basic operating principles to detailed construction, maintenance, and troubleshooting of both two-stroke and four-stroke marine engines.
Key Content Included:

• Fundamentals & Structure: Work cycles, structural components of the engine (bedplates, liners, pistons, and crankshafts).
  
• Auxiliary Systems: Scavenge air systems, turbochargers, fuel systems (including VIT/Super-VIT and heavy fuel oil management), and lubrication systems.
  
• Operation & Manoeuvring: Pneumatic starting systems, reversing mechanisms, interlocks, and bridge manoeuvring flow charts.
  
• Maintenance & Decarbonisation: Detailed procedures for dismantling and calibrating cylinder heads, pistons, bearings, and turbochargers.
  
• Performance & Diagnostics: Indicator diagram analysis, thermal balance, emission control (SOx/NOx), and governors.
  
• Special Operations: Safe watchkeeping, prevention of crankcase explosions, and meticulous preparations for dry-docking.
  
• An indispensable resource whether you are preparing for competency exams or looking for a quick-reference manual to take with you on voyages.