Marine Engineering

By Prof. Abdus Samad | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 1021 | Exam registration: 149

ABOUT THE COURSE:
This course is designed to teach students about the mechanical systems on ship. The system includes various machinery which includes power systems, fuel handling systems, power transmission systems etc. through this course the students will know the basics of the machinery used on the ship.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG students in Ocean, Mechanical engineering

PREREQUISITES: 1^st years Engineering courses such as thermodynamics and applied mathematics, basic electrical engineering.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Ship design /engine manufacturers

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Ocean Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	03 Nov 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Thermodynamic laws, work, power, energy, concept of entropy and enthalpy, units.

Week 2: Heat transfer- conduction, convection, radiation, heat exchangers.

Week 3: Turbines, pumps, their types and characteristics, cavitation.

Week 4: Marine boilers, stack gas, economizers, superheaters, draft, calculations.

Week 5: Steam engines, steam turbines, steam cycles, calculations.

Week 6: IC engines fundamentals, cycles, indicator diagram, V-type engine, calculations.

Week 7: Fuel, lubrication, turbochargers, cooling systems, calculations.

Week 8: Gas turbines, nuclear-powered engines, cycles, calculations.

Week 9: Refrigeration and air conditioning systems, cycles, refrigerants, calculations.

Week 10: Firefighting, incinerator, steering gear, rudder, propellers, desalination.

Week 11: Shafting, bearing, thrust block, gear, lubrication, stern tubes, and transmission system.

Week 12: Sewage disposal, oily water separator, motors, generators.

Books and references

Text books:

Basic and Applied Thermodynamics by PK Nag, TMH, 2002,
Taylor, D.A., Introduction to Marine Engineering, Butterworths, London (1983)
Any standard textbooks on thermodynamics

Reference books:

Woodward, J.B., Low Speed Marine Diesel, Ocean Engineering, A Wiley series (1981)
Harrington, R.L. Marine Engineering, SNAME, New york (1992)
Pounder’s Marine diesel engines and Gas turbines edited by Dough Woodyard, Elsevier Ltd,
Reed’s Motor Engineering Knowledge for Marine Engineers by Thomas D Morton Reprinted by Adlard Coles Nautical
H.D. McGeorge Marine Auxiliary Machinery 7th edition.

Instructor bio

Prof. Abdus Samad

IIT Madras

Prof. Abdus Samad is a professor and has Mechanical Engineering undergrad and grad degrees from Indian and South Korea. worked with ZiLift Ltd (UK) to design novel artificial lifts for 2 years before joining IIT Madras in 2010. He is teaching petroleum Engineering subjects since then. He did ample work on fluid machinery and its applications to oil and gas and renewable energy. He holds 5 patents related to oil and gas and energy, authored a book on fluid machinery

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 03 November 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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