Published: September 2024
This first edition of a three-part book on gas- and dual-fuel engines is intended for all who work with gas- and dual-fuel engines for maritime propulsion, power generation and cogeneration:
- Maritime training institutes and maritime universities;
- Maintenance and reconditioning companies;
- Shipping companies deep-sea, inland, towage, dredging and heavy-load cargo;
- Insurance companies, classification bureaus, surveyors;
- Shipping industry suppliers, suppliers of engine parts, fuel and lubricating oil;
- Engine manufacturers and dealers;
- Power Plants;
- Cogeneration.
The three volumes consist of Book I Principles, Book II Engine systems and environment and Book III Operation and maintenance.
When compiling this book, a practical approach was chosen using sample authentic graphic material with detailed explanations allowing the reader to gather pertinent information without laboriously going through the main text.
Leading companies and institutes have contributed to the realisation of this reference book by providing information, photographs and interviews.
Ninety per cent of the more than 2900 pictures are in colour.
Table of Contents
Book I - Theoretical principles and construction.
1 Gas-and dual-fuel engines for ship propulsion, powerplants and cogeneration.
2 Classification of gas- and dual-fuel engines.
3 Working principles of gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
4 Efficiencies and losses in gas- and dual-fuel engines.
5 Parameters of gas- and dual-fuel engines.
6 Construction of various types of gas-,dual-fuel and diesel engines.
7 Gaseous and liquid fuels for gas- and dual-fuel engines.
8 Fuel-injection systems for gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
9 Ignition systems for gas- and dual-fuel engines.
10 New technologies for gas- and dual-fuel engines.
11 Speed control of gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
Book II Engine systems and environment.
12 Air supply for gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
13 Cooling of gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
14 Lubrication of gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
15 Starting systems for gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
16 Vibration and balancing of gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
17 Engine noise: origin and damping.
18 Gas- and dual-fuel manufacturers.
19 Emissions of gas-, dual-fuel- and diesel engines.
20 Endoscopy and measurements.
Book III - Operation and maintenance.
21 Use of materials for gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
22 Casting, forging and welding engine parts.
23 Reconditioning and their parts.
24 Maintenance and repair of gas-, dual-fuel and diesel engines.
25 Calculation fuel- and lubricating-oil consumption.
26 Operational management and automation.
27 Cogeneration.
28 Transmission gears, flexible couplings, vibration dampers, shafting and shaft generator drives.
29 Bedplates and engine alignments, gearboxes, shafts, propeller shafts and generators.
30 Regulations for propulsion engines, classification, repair and damage.
31 Ship propulsion.
