Coursecode: mt211
Coursename: Marine Engineering 2

DUT creditpoints: 2
ECTS creditpoints: 3
Faculty of Design, Engineering and Production
Lecturer(s): Grimmelius, ir.ing. H.T. Tel.: +31 15 278 2746
Catalog data:
Total Energy Systems (integrated propulsion and auxiliary systems), refrigeration plants and compressors, airconditioning and ventilation, electric power supply systems, dynamic behaviour of systems 		Courseyear: MT3,ME4
Semester: 4/0/0/0
Hours p/w: 4
Other hours: 0
Assessment: written
Assessm.period(s): 1, 2
(see academic calendar)
Prerequisites: mt214, wb1123, wb1224
Follow up: mt212, mt213
Detailed description of topics:
  • Total Energy Systems:
    1. Integration of propulsion systems with other energy conversion/consumer systems, drive of auxiliaries, shaft generators, waste heat use.
    2. Shaft generators, methods to control nett frequency, gliding nett frequency.
    3. Exhaust steam systems for heating purposes and electric power generation.
  • Refrigerating systems and compressors:
    1. CARNOT process for power generation versus cooling.
    2. Compression refrigeration process, cooling factor, exergetic efficiency, T,s- and p,h process diagram.
    3. Compressors, types, principles, efficiencies.
  • Airconditioning and ventilation:
    1. Goal, function, main components.
    2. Characteristics of moist air, Mollier diagram.
    3. Heat, moist and CO2 loading, design conditions.
    4. Basic processes: mixing, heating, cooling, humidification.
    5. Lay-out of ship airconditioning systems, energy calculations.
  • Electric power supply systems:
    1. Main components.
    2. Characteristics of electric motors and generators.
    3. Electric load calculations, number and capacity of generators.
    4. Lay-out of distribution systems.
  • Dynamic behaviour of machinery systems:
    1. Dynamic behaviour of propulsion systems.
    2. Differential equations for ship and propulsion plant.
    3. Torque and thrust as function of ship’s speed and propeller speed, Robinson diagrams.
    4. Introduction to system modelling and simulation.
Course material:
J. Klein Woud, "Marine Engineering II", 1995
References from literature:
Remarks (specific information about assessment, entry requirements, etc.):
Goals:
Ability to design ship machinery auxiliary systems. Ability to understand machinery dynamic behaviour.
Computer use:
Laboratory project(s):
Design content:
Design of ship auxiliary systems.
Percentage of design: 100%