Marine Engineering

It goes without saying that the well maintained ship will have all of the onboard equipment and systems in order and sufficient for all the voyages that the subject vessel is planning to undertake. The engineering items of today are indeed reliable and in most cases they have the failsafe devices incorporated into their construction. In addition to that, there can be some non-serviceable components that shall be paid particular attention at all times.

The experienced and professional engineers are expected to duly meet all of the technical requirements imposed by the manufacturers of the particular shipboard equipment, while the national regulations may require the equipment to be installed by the authorized technicians – this particularly relates to the electrical systems, LPG handling, HVAC and refrigerating systems etc. the engineers are therefore required to possess a good understanding of the mathematics and science, not limited to the essential calculations.

They should be able to assess how the materials cab be changed under the influence of the external heat and pressure, and to know the effect of the forces acting upon the structures. The present book will be of great practical interest to the marine engineers and any other people engaged in the maintenance and servicing of the ship auxiliary equipment, and also a perfect one for the training purposes.

The main declared intention of the authors of this volume was to provide assistance to the piping engineers during the selection of valves for particular application and duly meeting all design parameters of specific process service. The book addresses virtually all types of valves and gives a good resume of the main concepts. The content is fairly comprehensive, the explanations are clear and supplemented by illustrations.

According to the reviews, the volume is remarkably instrumental and helpful when used for the calculation of the pressure drop. The commonly used packing materials have also been covered in detail. This is an excellent choice for both specialists and novices. This latest edition will be equally useful for the designers and project engineers. There are several new chapters added and covering the valve locking devices and actuators, bleed- and double ball valves plus providing the useful glossary of terms.

Ten chapters of the book are focusing on the different important aspects of valve technology. Due attention was paid by the authors to the new generations of valves intended for use offshore. In addition, the book addresses newly introduced environmental friendly equipment and relevant procedures considered critically important issue in the oil and gas industry of today...

This presentation by SIGTTO applies to the valves installed on board liquid petroleum gas vessels, but it can provide guidance to such valves on LPG terminals, as well. It is intended to serve as a supplemental guide to be used together with the relevant standards and codes for LPG valves and shall not override them.

In this book such an important issues as valve design, specific design consideration for ESD (emergency shutdown) valves, valve testing, material requirements and codes and standards, have been addressed. The publication is mostly intended to provide necessary technical guidance to the designers and/or operators on the applicable general requirements for valves for LPG service, designed for an operating temperature ranging between -55 and +80 degrees Celsius.

Though the document was specifically developed to apply to LPG vessels, the provisions contained in it may be equally applied throughout the liquefied petroleum gas industry. Note, however, that this paper shall not override any national/international standards or codes. The appendix at the last part of the document provides considerations to be taken into account during the periods of construction and maintenance.

The pumps are widely use in many industries and they are commonly installed on the vessels. Same applies to the seals and associated piping arrangements. And installation of pumps implies the use of the valves and actuators. The present reference publication was released to provide readers with the required information about subject equipment pieces.

The content of the book will be of particular practical interest to the persons directly engaged in the design, use or routine maintenance of the valves and their systems together with the operational, design and performance information required to be in hand. The author of the volume is a world recognized expert and his work will be very useful since it provides lots of information.

The content is very well documented and all explanations contained are very thorough. There are numerous calculations presented in quite clear manner. Numerous data tables and charts supplement the text part. The practical approach applied by the author is backed up with so many technical information and engineering know-hows making this book a perfect reference, and this is one of the reasons why this volume gained huge popularity among both students and specialists.

This training booklet together with the training video film on same topic are dealing with the oil record book of the vessel and belong to the four-part training set devoted to the management of the wastes generated in the engine room of the vessel. Three other parts of the set address the oily water and separators, sludge and the incinerator, and sewage and waste water management; note that each part also consists of the booklet and video.

The content of the volume, when duly familiarized with by the trainees, particularly marine engineers and other members of the engine room team, will enable them all to get proper understanding of the purpose of the shipboard ORB, standing for the oil record book, and to make correct entries. They will also be able to properly identify all record keeping issues. The other features of the booklet include exercises that will be appreciated by the crew members needing some practice in filling in the book since they will show the correct entries.

The appendix contains excerpts from the relevant international regulations. Definitely recommended training for the trainees and seafarers involved in the management of the shipboard wastes and willing to keep their work compliant with all applicable regulations.

This is one more part of the training series developed and released to address the management of the shipboard wastes. While the other parts of the training pack are dealing with the oily water and separators, sewage and waste water management and the oil record book, the present one has been devoted to the sludge and incinerator and is supplemented with this booklet.

The main objective of this training is to enable the engineer officers to use the video film as the basis when conducting training sessions for the engine team members. The trainees who satisfactorily complete the course will be able to review all regulations and rules that commonly govern the discharge of the shipboard garbage and sludge and use of the incinerators, perform proper identification and review of the relevant management programs, get the understanding of the procedures established on board for the routine technical maintenance of the incinerators and also the most important features of the newly introduced IMO specifications etc.

They will be able to properly use the shipboard incinerators and other equipment associated with the management of the wastes generated on board with particular attention paid to the sludge wastes...

This training set made of the video and associated training booklet belongs to the package including three other parts covering the oily water and separators, sludge and the incinerator, and the oil record book. The original intention of the authors of this booklet was to enable ship engineer officers to conduct training sections for the groups of engine room personnel.

Upon completion of this part of the training the trainees will get the understanding of the operation of the extended aeration plants, review the applicable international regulations that govern the discharge of the shipboard sewage. They will also have an opportunity to discuss how to control what should go to into the sewage treatment plant and what should not, and review the established procedures to be followed when conducting the routine technical maintenance of the plants, shutting them down for cleaning and removal of the collected sludge from inside.

And, what is the most important, they will be able to properly relate the points that have been raised in this video and booklet to the actual operation of the shipboard sewage treatment plants. Recommended to the machinery room personnel of any vessel.

The present training program on oily water and separators supplemented with this training video, belongs to the series made of four parts that cover different important and practical aspects of the management of wastes commonly generated in the engine room of the ships. The other three parts of the training package cover the sewage and waste water treatment, the oil record book and, finally, the sludge and the incinerator.

Each of the programs also consists of a booklet and video. Upon completion of this particular part of the training, the trainees will be able to properly identify all typical sources of oily water and know how to minimize the amount of such water reaching the bilges; they will also know how to perform the control of the oily water content so that the shipboard oily water separator and oil content monitor, i.e. OWS and OCM can work properly.

They will get due understanding of the working principles of both separator and content meter and know the main features of operation and maintenance of the separators including important safety precautions. The program is highly recommended to the crew members of any vessel as well as to the students since it provides useful recommendations and instructions that, when duly followed, will allow better waste management.