Marine Diesel Engines, Second Edition Paperback – 14 May 2018

This book has been written with the view to fulfilling the need of marine engineers to be in touch with up-to-date information on present day engines, which have replaced the older series. In this age of technological advancement, it is of vital importance that today’s marine engineer keeps abreast of these developments and equip themselves with equip themselves with thorough knowledge of the engines that they work on a regular basis. A distinctive feature of this book is that the text matter is presented in a ‘easy-to-understand’ point form, for the benefit of marine engineering students. Besides providing an in-depth understanding of the basic principles of marine diesel engines, this book also gives an insight into working of modern engines. This book will be useful to candidates appearing for the Certificates of Competency examinations. The book covers the following topics exhaustively. Dry Docking Watch Keeping Engine running problems Camshaft-less electronically controlled intelligent engines Indicator card analysis Engine performance and testing Latest developments Engine overhauls Engine emission Starting and reversing Maneuvering Bridge control VIT and Super-VIT Faults, defects and problems of all engine components

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