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Machinery systems

Subject:  Machinery systems

Credits: 10 ECTS

Target Audience: 
1.year students, MSc Product and system design

Prerequisites:  Fundamentals in mechanics, thermo dynamics, energy systems and flow engineering.

 

Objectives:  Introduction to design of machinery systems. Ship systems will be focused.

§         Overview of system involved, how they are assembled, how they work and interfacing.

§         Be able to analyze complex systems and part system for ship machineries and be able dimension systems

§         Be able to systematically execute a design task.

 

Topics:

1.   Introduction to ship systems.

2.   Introduction to systems as:

§         Propulsion. Different systems and typical behaviour.

§         Support systems as fuel, cooling, lubrication exhaust. Energy balance and use of heat exchangers, pumps and compressors. Dimensioning.

§         Energy production and power transmissions (mechanical, electric, hydraulic). Electric power production using diesel and gas turbines. Electric motors.

§         Ships systems like manoeuvring, cargo handling, marine operations etc.

§         Process equipment of cleaning of gasses and fluids.

§         Automation alarms and control. Basic control theory.

3.   Analyses of systems

§         Diagrams and specifications

§         Flow analyses

§         Energy analysis

§         Safety and risk analyses

§         Cost analyses

§         Environment issues.

 

Course readings:

·         Marine Machinery systems – kompendium  (Vilmar Æsøy, Aalesund University College)

·         Systemprosjektering – Langseth og Rasmussen, NTNU 1990

·         System Based Ship Design - Kai Levander, NTNU 2004

·         Research articles

 

Instructions:

Lectures, exercises, mandatory project work (individually and in groups) and laboratory assignments.

 

Mandatory Assignments:

Minimum 2/3 of the mandatory assignments have to be approved before admission to examination.

 

Evaluation:

3 hours written exam

 

Grades: A – F where the grade F represents failure.

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Published by Inter nasjonalisering 22.02.2008