Marine Power Plant

by: Zongming Yang(Author),Huabing Wen(Author),Xinglin Yang(Author),Viktor Gorbov(Author),Vira Mitienkova(Author),Serhiy Serbin(Author)

Publisher: Springer
Edition:1st ed. 2021

Publication Date: 13 Feb. 2021

Language: English

Print Length: 344 pages

ISBN-10: 9813349344

ISBN-13: 9789813349346

Book Description

This book describes the history and development of marine power plant. Problems of arrangement, general construction and parameters of marine power plants of all types are considered. It also introduces different characteristics of each type of marine power plant, matching characteristic for diesel propulsion. The book gives a clear idea about different marine power engines, including working principle, structure and application. Readers will understand easily the power system for ships since there are a lot of illustrations and instructions for each of the equipment. This book is useful for students majoring in “marine engineering”, “energy and power engineering” and other related majors. It is also useful for operators of marine institution for leaing main design and operation of ship plants.

About the Author

From the Back Cover This book describes the history and development of marine power plant. Problems of arrangement, general construction and parameters of marine power plants of all types are considered. It also introduces different characteristics of each type of marine power plant, matching characteristic for diesel propulsion. The book gives a clear idea about different marine power engines, including working principle, structure and application. Readers will understand easily the power system for ships since there are a lot of illustrations and instructions for each of the equipment. This book is useful for students majoring in “marine engineering”, “energy and power engineering” and other related majors. It is also useful for operators of marine institution for leaing main design and operation of ship plants.
About the Author
Zongming YANG, associate professor, graduated from Harbin Institute of Marine Engineering in 1989 with a master's degree in marine power plant. He is currently the head of the Department of Power Engineering at the School of Energy and Power, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. He focuses mainly on marine power systems, power plants and energy conservation research. He has participated in a number of inteational cooperation projects.