Marine Engineering

The title of this publication is quite self-explanatory. The book is mainly focusing on the matter of thermal design and some important performance aspects of the fire-tube and water-tube waste heat boilers, steam generators and other relevant equipment including economizers and air heaters.

The author of the book has worked out more than a hundred of real-life practical issues presenting them in a way that would be helpful for the boiler plant engineer to evaluate the newly installed boiler plants or make modification to the existing boiler arrangements without having to approach the boiler manufacturers or suppliers for assistance. All key technological trends and developments relating to the design and construction of the boilers have been covered in this volume in order to prevent the new ideas for the improvement of the efficiency of the boilers and also with the intention to lower the drop in gas pressure.

The book will also help practicing boiler plant engineers to better understand and correctly evaluate the performance of the steam generator/waste heat boilers they maintain. Numerous very informative calculation procedures have also been included in this book; in addition, the appendices to the main body of the book contain the simplified procedures of estimation of the heat transfer coefficients.

The last Coen & Hamworthy Combustion Handbook was written by Arthur H. Light in 1920.' In the late 1980s, Coen authorized the publication of a new combustion handbook at the request of its customers, but day-to-day work never allowed time for the book.

The origins of this book started during a business trip. In early 2000, one of the editors (Steve) was on a trip to visit a major Coen customer with a young Coen application engineer. During dinner, the engineer told Steve a story of a number of engineers debating the units of molecular weight for hours. It was at this moment that Steve decided a unique kind of book was needed that did not exist for combustion engineers. The book needed to be all inclusive and cover the very basics in building block form up to more complex combustion topics for everyone involved in combustion systems to use.

This book is designed for all engineers and professionals involved in the field of industrial and utility combustion systems. It is roughly divided into two parts, consisting of a total of 17 chapters, sequentially covering relevant and important combustion engineering basics and then specific computations and applications. Each chapter is roughly organized from simple to more complex, thus allowing the reader to absorb as much as they may need before moving on to the next chapter. Practical examples are also included.

This work by Ghazi Karim, the recognized industry expert and university professor with more than forty years of the experience, offers readers a very detailed technical discussion of various types of dual-fuel engines, the types of gaseous fuels they work on, and the associated operational and maintenance practices.

The author has reflected all latest cutting-edge technological advancements in the subject fuels that is so rapidly expanding today. The book is quite timely and explains the main benefits as well as the challenges that are associated with internal combustion engines, gas-fueled engines, compression ignition engines, and, as it is stated in the title, dual-gas engines. The author has also made an attempt to explore both natural gas and ethane as engine fuels, also paying some attention to the LPG, hydrogen and some other fuels that can be used as the alternative.

The most important safety considerations have also been addressed in the publication, together with the relevant aspects of the fuel gas combustion and conversion of the conventional engines to the operation on the dual-fuel. In short, the book is covering a wide range of the engines with the main emphasis made on the engines used in the transportation sector.  

This is a nice book, very nicely organized and full of great technical information. It will help readers simplify the things that they need in the ASME Code. The publication is breaking down the section of the ASME Code into the easily understandable abstracts concentrating on the most relevant matters and leaving out all non-essential stuff. We would recommend this book to be used as a very good reference source to those people needing to get information without having a code breaker.

A very useful addition to any ASME Code shop doing all what is stated in the title. The book is eminently readable and so well written. This eight edition has been significantly revised and updated to serve as an excellent engineering tool simplifying the understanding and applying the content of the ASME Code for fabrication, purchase, testing and periodic inspection of the pressure vessels. It has been filled with technical solutions that will help to solve the most typical problems and this has resulted in a very handy tool providing the expertise required by everyone in order to deal with all latest changes in the requirements applicable to the pressure vessels.

The readers will know how to comply with the ASME standards for the pressure vessel inspection and quality control, welding matters, and, of course, safety procedures to be followed during the design and further maintenance of the pressure vessels.

The ship propulsion technology is a really multi-disciplinary and very complex technical. This publication by John Carlton, who is the a recognized expert in the field, was specifically prepared and published with the ultimate intention of the writer to bring together the whole wealth of technical information collected from the industry and to provide readers with the very comprehensive and max full coverage to assist the naval architects plus marine engineers though will be equally useful to any person with the interest in ship propulsion and associated hydrodynamics-related issues with all required knowledge that would require to perform their duties well.

It goes without saying that this is maybe the most complete publication available on marine propellers today. Moreover, note that it has been seriously revised and significantly updated by the author; he has also added several completely new chapters addressing the ship propulsion in ice conditions and also high-speed ones.

It is the essential reading and a good reference tool for students of marine engineering and professional naval architects/marine engineers, because it is definitely a truly invaluable source of information providing all required data and detailed specifications. All these factors have made the book very popular within the industry.

The present publication is exploring a complete new and economically viable approach to the design of the pressure vessels, included in the EN 13445, i.e. harmonized standard applicable to the unfired pressure vessels and basing on both non-linear and linear FEM, standing for the finite element analysis.

The author has intended to prepare a book that could serve as a useful supporting reference tool of the route of the above mentioned standard and providing the students and professionals of the industry with all required technical background information related to the fundamental principles and basic ideas, as well as pre-suppositions and some new notions.

The theory has been supplemented with the numerous practical examples that have been included by the author with the purpose to get the readers familiarized with subject approach and also to highlight the critical problems and proposed solutions, covering all possible advantages/disadvantages of the proposed approach.

It introduces some new definitions, terms and ideas, used in a general context. There are also some chapters dedicated to the design check and including introductory sections together with the description of the background...​

The latest third edition of the must-have publication for anyone dealing with the gas turbines. The materials included in the previous, i.e. second, edition of the handbook have been significantly re-worked and some of the completely new materials have been added - for example, there is now a new chapter addressing the microturbines.

That is why this publication shall be considered completely up-to-date and be recommended to the industry workers. The publication is opening with the chapter providing some historical background and telling readers about the evolution of the gas turbine. The second chapter, in turn, is describing the applications of the gas turbine, including jet engines and mechanical drives, while the third chapter of the book mainly deals with the hardware, including turbines, compressors and combustors, design of the bearing and various differences and similarities related to the hardware.

The remaining chapters of the handbook touch the theory of the gas turbine systems, explain the principles of the gas turbine controls, lists and describes the accessories, parameter characteristics, inlet and outlet treatment of the gas turbine, acoustics and noise control of the turbine, microturbines, troubleshooting and detectable problems plus the boroscope inspection. In addition, there are several case studies. 

The book will provide engineers with all information they may required when operating the hull systems including valves and piping, conducting their routine maintenance and repairs. It may definitely be treated as a very timely reference source to be used when selecting the appropriate pipes and valves and applying them. The recent decades have shown serious development in valve application.

Among them we would note the newly introduced valve designs, significantly increased use of the actuators, great attention paid to the safety and reliability of the valves and pipes, low noise technologies etc. Moreover, digital technologies are making their impact because the equipment manufacturers have started to develop the control valves now featuring control interfaces and functions. All of those developments have been duly reflected in the pages of this volume.

The materials contained in the book are arranged in several sections and the first section gives basic information on the valves including their classification and nomenclature, selection guides and explanations of piping. The second section is dealing with the design and construction of different valve types, while the next four sections address pressure valves, control and automation, pipes and pipework. the remaining sections of the publication focuses on the performance and associated calculations, engineering data, services and duties etc.