Practical Marine Engineering for Marine Engineers and Students: With Aids for Applicants for Marine Engineers' Licenses

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Marine Engineering, Incorporated, 1901 - Marine engineering - 706 pages
 

Contents

5 The Flue Boiler
52
6 WaterTube Boilers
53
7 Relative Advantages of Different Types of Boilers
56
Riveted Joints
67
Materials and Construction
86
3 Construction of FireTube Boilers
87
4 Construction of WaterTube Boilers
108
5 Common Sizes and Dimensions of Scotch Boilers
110
6 Common Proportions for Scotch Boilers
112
8 Western River Boat or Flue Boilers
113
Boiler Mountings and Fire Room Fittings
115
2 Muffler
118
4 DryPipe or Internal Steam Pipe
120
5 Feed Check Valve and Internal Feed Pipe
121
6 Surface and Bottom Blows
122
17 Steam Gauges
124
8 Water Gauge and Cocks
125
Jo Hydrokineter
127
II Boiler Saddles
128
12 Boiler Lagging
129
Boiler Design in Accordance with the Rules of the U S Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels
138
CHAPTER IV
154
Description of Principal Parts of a Marine Engine
165
2 Columns
168
3 BedPlates
172
4 Engine Seating
174
5 Pistons
175
6 PistonRods
179
7 Crossheads
180
8 ConnectingRods
184
o Crank Shafts
185
10 Line Thrust and Propeller Shafts
188
Bearings
190
Western River Practice
204
The Steam Turbine
207
Engine Fittings
209
2 Main Stop Valve
212
3 Cylinder Drain Gear and Relief Valves
215
SECTION PAGE 4 Starting Valves
216
5 Reversing Gear
217
6 Turning Gear
220
8 Reheaters
225
10 Counter Gear
227
11 Lagging
228
Piping
237
2 Expansion Joint
239
3 Globe Angle and Straightway Valves
240
CHAPTER V
241
Condensers
243
Air Pumps
245
Feed Pumps and Injectors
251
Feed Heaters
255
Filters
260
Evaporators
261
Direct Acting Pumps
263
Blowers or Fans
267
Ash Ejectors
269
General Arrangement of Machinery
271
CHAPTER VI
273
2 Fire Room Routine
277
3 Emergencies and Casualties
287
EngineRoom Routine and Management
298
2 Routine Operation
301
3 Minor Emergencies and Troubles
304
Boiler Corrosion
308
Boiler Scale
319
Boiler Overhauling and Repairs
328
2 Leakage from the Joints of Boiler Mountings
333
4 Leakage at Internal Joints
335
5 Patches
336
7 Blisters and Laminations
337
8 Tubes
338
91 Leakage About Stays and Braces
339
1 Split in FeedPipe
341
1 Cylinders
342
2 Pin Joints and Bearings
343
3 Crosshead Guides
345
4 Crosshead Marks
346
SECTION PAGE 5 Lining Up
347
6 Valve Gear
352
7 Thrust Bearings
353
10 Air Pumps
355
Spare Parts
356
CHAPTER VII
358
2 Double Ported Slide Valve
360
3 Piston Valve
361
BraemmeMarshall Gear
386
Joy Valve Gear
391
Crank Valve Gear
393
Details of Stephenson Link Valve Gear
397
2 Link
400
3 Link Block and Valve Stem
402
Valve Setting
405
2 Setting the Valve
406
3 Valve Setting from the Indicator Card
408
CHAPTER VIII
410
2 The Indicator Card and the Operation of the Valve Gear
413
3 Working up Indicator Cards for Power
417
4 Combined Indicator Cards
425
Steam Engine Indicators
429
2 Reducing Motions
431
3 Taking an Indicator Card
434
CHAPTER IX
438
2 Heat
439
SECTION PAGE 3 Steam
444
4 Total Heat in a Substance
450
5 Latent Heat in Passing from Ice to Water
452
Steam Boiler Economy
453
2 Evaporation Per Pound of Coal
455
3 Evaporation Per Pound of Combustible
459
Steam Engine Economy
460
2 Relation of Expansion to Economy
469
3 Economy of the Actual Engine
471
Coal Consumption and Related Problems
472
The Lever Safety Valve and the Safety Valve Problem
476
The Boiler Brace Problem
480
Strength of Boilers
485
Loss by Blow Off
489
Gain by Feed Water Heating
491
The Proportions of Cylinders for Multiple Expansion Engines
492
Clearance and Its Determination
494
The Effect of Clearance in Modifying the Apparent Expansion Ratio as Given by the Point of CutOff
496
Engine Constant
497
Indicated Thrust
498
Reduced Mean Effective Pressure
499
Pressure on Main Guides
502
Force Required to Move a Slide Valve
503
Amount of Condensing Water Required
504
Work Done by Pumps
505
Discharge of Steam Through an Orifice
507
Computing Weights of Parts of Machinery
508
2 Approximations and Short Cuts
509
CHAPTER X
514
Screw Propeller
517
2 Varieties of Propellers
523
3 Materials
526
Paddle Wheels
529
Powering Ships
534
Reduction of Power When Towing or When Vessel is Fast to a Dock
537
Trial Trios
539
Special Conditions for Speed Trials
544
CHAPTER XI
545
Refrigeration by Freezing Mixtures
546
Refrigeration by Vaporization and Expansion
547
Principal Features of Ammonia Refrigerating Apparatus
549
Refrigeration by the Expansion of a Compressed Gas
553
Principal Features of Compressed Air Refrigerating Apparatus
554
Operation and Care of Refrigerating Machinery
556
SECTION PAGE
559
The Dynamo
565
Wiring and The Distribution of Light and Power
571
Operation and Care of Electrical Machinery
577
COMPUTATIONS FOR ENGINEERS
581
Decimal Fractions
592
Compound Numbers
599
Duodecimals
605
Mathematical Signs Symbols and Operations
616
19 Wedge
635
10
641
14 To Construct any Regular Polygon
647
SECTION PAGE 16 To Develop the Surface of a Cylinder which is Intersected by Another Cylinder the Two Axes being in the same Plane
648
17 To Develop the Surface of a Cone
649
Physics
650
3 Heat Unit
651
Mechanics
652
4 Moment of a Force
653
8 Energy
655
9 Conservation of Energy
656
13 Mechanical Powers
659
14 Examples in Mechanics
665
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