Marine Engineering

Another rare and classical publication on marine engineering. The original edition of the volume was published in 1893, and here is the fifteenth edition of it. Throughout the last century this book remained one of the most useful training resources for marine engineers including students and practicing seamen. The author of the volume has addressed all important aspects of marine engineering.

Even though the age of this volume far exceeds hundred years, it shall still be treated as a textbook for any marine engineering. The physics of the machinery covered in the pages of this perfect volume has mainly remained unchanged, and the theoretical knowledge provided herein will be greatly appreciated by the readers. Note that the material in the book is presented in a very reader-friendly manner making reading and understanding the content an easy and pleasant task even to the non-professionals.

According to the author, the audience for this pocket book shall not be limited to the marine engineers but shall also include naval architects and ship designers, draughtsmen and ship superintendents, and other categories of professionals involved in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the shipboard machinery.

An educational textbook prepared by the specialists of the Yanmar company and officially released for training purposes. The volume covers the medium-speed/medium-size marine diesel engines. The diesel engines offer many advantages such as good durability and compatibility with the fuels of relatively low quality, excellent handling performance and others, in addition to the high thermal efficiency.

The main content of the volume is based on the textbook used for the familiarization course of the new hires at Yanmar company; it has been revised to concentrate on the medium-type and medium-speed diesel engines. The descriptions are ranging from the fundamental operating principles of the diesel engines and their construction, performance of the engines, fuel consumption as well as combustion technology.

The authors hope that this textbook will aid both people learning the fundamentals of the engines and those who are actually involved in the handling and application of the marine diesel engines. Four major chapters of the volume are dealing with the diesel engine basics, construction and functions of the engines, fuel and lube oil, and environmental response. The SI unit conversion table is attached for reference.

This book by Gil Taylor is intended to serve as a reader-friendly resource full of the useful technical information to save both time and money when checking and ensuring quality. The publication contains numerous data charts and data tables, inspection checksheets, examples of the calculations, informative diagrams clearly illustrating the information making it faster and easier to understand. The book will definitely answer most of the question the practicing engineer may have in the field.

That is why it is recommended to all mechanical inspectors to be used as a reference source for their day to day work. Opening with the introductory chapter on the design quality control covering the specifications and plans, design analysis, structural and mechanical design checksheets, drawing checksheets, fire protection design, IBC Code requirements, electrical design and other relevant information, the content of the book proceeds to the ductwork including shop drawings, fabrication and installation, supports etc.

The next three chapters have been devoted to the installation, insulations and heating systems while the remaining chapters of the publication are dealing with the fuel storage tanks together with the associated fitting and equipment, inspections, cooling and heating equipment, ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning and other matters.

Another excellent and useful publication prepared by the MarineInsight experts. The volume will give readers all required guidance to making and following correct operating procedures when working with the shipboard machinery. The review of the numerous maritime accident investigation reports show that the human error remains the major contributing factor for the loss of human life and property at sea.

In the meantime, the prime reasons for the shipboard accidents are handling and operational errors relating to the machinery room equipment and systems. This would typically include poor preparation and incorrect management of the various operations, lack of good technical knowledge of the equipment, and other issues. In addition, it is noted that many of the crew members working in the engine room face serious difficulties with operating the systems and can miss out some of the important steps, which eventually results in breakdowns and other problems.

The present guidebook has been written with the sole intention of its author to offer a good advice and easy-to-follow instructions covering all systems and equipment in the engine room, including main and auxiliary engines, boilers and fresh water generators, oily water handling equipment and sewage treatment plants, incinerators and separators, refrigeration plants and air compressors, AC plants, emergency generators and compressors, inert gas systems, pumps etc. я

A truly excellent reference book that should definitely be considered a must-have publication in any engineer's home library. Michael Volk, who is the author of the volume, has managed to create a well-thought work which is very easy to read and containing the materials very easy to understand even for non-professionals in the field. The amount of the material included in the publication is really tremendous.

We would for sure say that the book could easily serve as a textbook on pumps and their technical characteristics allowing all people to get to the good level of knowledge of pumps in quite organized manner. The author presents clear and understandable descriptions of creating system curves and also of evaluating the pump curves. The book will therefore be helpful in describing the various associated electrical components and also in providing required guidance on how to reduce the pump usage costs. Note that this is one of the most popular and, as per the reviews submitted by the readers, maybe the best volume for all mechanical engineers.

This is the second edition of the book which has been significantly expanded in comparison to the first release; it now includes some completely new chapters added to cover the newly introduced technologies.

Another classic publication, this one was first released nearly a century ago, in 1923. The book represents an excellent reproduction of a very important historical work, while the team of authors who were preparing the present release did their best trying to maintain the same format of presenting the information as the one used in the original publication.

Note that the publishers of this volume have not applied the OCR when preparing the soft copy of the book; instead, they have declared that the application of such technique would lead to sub-optimal results, e.g. confusing formatting, many typo errors etc. The author strongly hopes that the present work will be more culturally important in the original form. As it can be easily seen from the title, the book is fully dedicated to the marine steam engines.

The book opens with the introduction giving some historical overview and describing the progress in the field of marine engineering. Then, the main body of the book comes, divided into three major parts, named "The Boiler", "The Steam", and "The Mechanism". This set of sections is followed by the section providing general information on the pumping arrangements, auxiliary shipboard machinery, construction materials, fire arrangements, indicator diagrams and others.

The title of this publication is quite self-explanatory. The book is mainly focusing on the matter of thermal design and some important performance aspects of the fire-tube and water-tube waste heat boilers, steam generators and other relevant equipment including economizers and air heaters.

The author of the book has worked out more than a hundred of real-life practical issues presenting them in a way that would be helpful for the boiler plant engineer to evaluate the newly installed boiler plants or make modification to the existing boiler arrangements without having to approach the boiler manufacturers or suppliers for assistance. All key technological trends and developments relating to the design and construction of the boilers have been covered in this volume in order to prevent the new ideas for the improvement of the efficiency of the boilers and also with the intention to lower the drop in gas pressure.

The book will also help practicing boiler plant engineers to better understand and correctly evaluate the performance of the steam generator/waste heat boilers they maintain. Numerous very informative calculation procedures have also been included in this book; in addition, the appendices to the main body of the book contain the simplified procedures of estimation of the heat transfer coefficients.

The last Coen & Hamworthy Combustion Handbook was written by Arthur H. Light in 1920.' In the late 1980s, Coen authorized the publication of a new combustion handbook at the request of its customers, but day-to-day work never allowed time for the book.

The origins of this book started during a business trip. In early 2000, one of the editors (Steve) was on a trip to visit a major Coen customer with a young Coen application engineer. During dinner, the engineer told Steve a story of a number of engineers debating the units of molecular weight for hours. It was at this moment that Steve decided a unique kind of book was needed that did not exist for combustion engineers. The book needed to be all inclusive and cover the very basics in building block form up to more complex combustion topics for everyone involved in combustion systems to use.

This book is designed for all engineers and professionals involved in the field of industrial and utility combustion systems. It is roughly divided into two parts, consisting of a total of 17 chapters, sequentially covering relevant and important combustion engineering basics and then specific computations and applications. Each chapter is roughly organized from simple to more complex, thus allowing the reader to absorb as much as they may need before moving on to the next chapter. Practical examples are also included.