Knowledge and Understanding:

• the purpose, general design and operating principles of shipboard boiler, steam and gas turbine plants;
• the main operating schemes of shipboard main, auxiliary and waste-heat boiler and turbine plants;
• the main working processes occurring in shipboard boiler, steam and gas turbine plants;
• the purpose of the main equipment and systems that ensure the operation of shipboard boiler and turbine plants;
• general operating modes of shipboard boiler, steam and gas turbine plants under various operating conditions;
• the basic principles of automatic control, monitoring and protection of shipboard boiler and turbine plants;
• requirements for the safe and reliable operation of shipboard boiler, steam and gas turbine plants;
• the main environmental, energy and economic performance indicators of shipboard boiler and turbine plants;
• general organizational and technical measures aimed at improving the efficiency of operation of shipboard boiler and turbine plants.

Skills:

• to explain the purpose and operating principles of the main elements of shipboard boiler, steam and gas turbine plants;
• to identify the main systems that ensure the operation of shipboard boiler and turbine plants;
• to characterize the main operating modes of shipboard boiler, steam and gas turbine plants;
• to use basic operational information related to the operation of shipboard boiler and turbine plants;
• to justify the need to comply with safety, reliability, economic efficiency and environmental requirements during the operation of shipboard boiler and turbine plants.

The acquisition of learning outcomes for the educational component is achieved through studying the educational material in the following sections:

General design, purpose and operating principles of shipboard boiler, steam and gas turbine plants.

Main thermal diagrams of steam turbine and gas turbine plants.

Shipboard steam turbine and gas turbine plants: main elements and operating modes.

Shipboard boiler plants: design, purpose and main technical characteristics.

Fuel, furnace processes and general principles of efficient heat utilization.

Systems ensuring the operation of shipboard boiler and turbine plants.

Fundamentals of technical operation and maintenance of shipboard boiler and turbine plants.

Safety, reliability, economic efficiency and environmental aspects of the operation of shipboard boiler and turbine plants.