SHIP PROPULSION PLANTS

General Info

• Course Title: Ship Propulsion Plants
• Course Code: NAOME1326
• Semester: 5th
• Course Type: S.¹
• Weekly Teaching Hours: 2 (Lectures), 2 (Laboratory)
• Credits (ECTS): 5
• Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
• Course Website:https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NAFP117/
• Professors: G. Livanos , M. Serris , A. Hatziapostolou , S. Tsantzalis

Course Content / Syllabus

1. Classification and description of ship propulsion installation. 2. Selection of Ship Main Engine 3. Engine / Propeller Cooperation 4. Seating of Ship Main Engine 5. Design and analysis of the shafting system of a ship. 6. Axial Torsional Vibration Analysis. 7. Basic Elements of Dynamic Diesel Engines. 8. Reliability and Maintenance of Propulsion Installations. 9. Financial Performance Analysis of Propulsion Installations. 10. Testing and approval of ship main and auxiliaries engines 11. Pollution-control systems for Ship main and auxiliaries engines 12. Laboratory Exercises (on the four-stroke experimental naval engine of the Department): A) Basic Principles and Protocols for Testing Naval Engines B) Exercise on Torque Measurement on the Axis C) Exercise on Vibration Measurement. D) Exercise on Noise Measurement E) Exercise on Gas Exhaust Gas Measurement F) Exercise on measurement of functional characteristics and drawing of thermal balance.

Course Outline