OVERVIEW

The teaching unit focuses on engine auxiliary, hull, safety, and deck systems. It has a strong design-oriented and practical approach.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course has the aim to describe the main plants, outfittings and systems onboard, to understand the physical phenomena at their base, to provide the tools for their design, in accordance with rules.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching unit aims to introduce the fundamentals of the design and management of auxiliary systems and deck equipments for the most common types of ships. It provides basic knowledge of marine plants, with particular focus on auxiliary propulsion systems, ship safety systems, main hull systems, and deck equipment. It offers the foundations for the safe operation of these systems and for understanding the correct relationship between operation and design. The course also introduces the basic elements of a design methodology for the systems covered, and provides the skills needed to understand and apply the most relevant regulations (classification rules, SOLAS, MARPOL).

At the end of the course, the student will be able to describe and understand the operation of a ship plants and deck equipments, and to carry out a preliminary design respecting the applicable regulations.

In particular, the student will be able to:

    - understand the main issues related to ship plants and deck equipements in relation to requirements;

    - understand and correctly read technical documents, design guides, and regulations applicable to shipboard installations;

    - apply acquired knowledge to solve problems related to the design and operation of ship installations;

    - communicate effectively in both written and oral form, adapting communication to the context; use sources and tools of various kinds, develop critical thinking; process, evaluate and make use of information, and develop argumentative skills;

    - effectively interpret graphs, diagrams and technical drawings, and use them to express themselves.

    - study independently the main topics addressed by the course, especially in function of the unavoidable need for continuous updating that the discipline requires.

PREREQUISITES

Knowledge of technical physics, thermal and electrical machines, naval architecture and hydrodynamics is essential for understanding the teaching content.

TEACHING METHODS

Teaching will consist of lectures, classroom exercises with debriefing and discussion, and educational visits. During lectures, extensive use will be made of technical documents, project guides and regulations in order to develop the skills of critical reading, comprehension and application of English-language technical texts in the design field.

Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs), disabilities or other educational needs are invited to contact the teacher and the School's contact person for disability at the beginning of teaching to agree on possible teaching arrangements that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning patterns. Contacts of the School's disability contact person can be found at the following link Comitato di Ateneo per l’inclusione delle studentesse e degli studenti con disabilità o con DSA | UniGe | Università di Genova

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1. Ship plants and deck equipments assessment
   • Aim and design methodologies
   • Main components
   • General plant layouts
2. Design of ship plants and deck equipments
   • Aim, classification and main plants (auxiliary, safety, hull)
   • General arrangement and Piping and Instrumentation
   • Regulatory framework of shipboard systems
3. Sizing of shipboard systems
   • Fundamental physical principles (Continuity equition, Bernoulli's principle)
   • Pump selection: head evaluation, pump-system matching, cavitation
   • Heat exchangers, piping and pressure vessels
4. Auxiliary ER
   • Cooling system
   • Fuel system
   • Engine room ventilation
   • Lubrication system
   • Exhaust gas system (Scrubber e SCR)
   • Ventilation
   • Steam
5. Safety systems
   • Safety bilge system
   • Fire prevenction, detenction, and suppression
6. Hull system
   • Ballast system
   • Rudder system
   • Liquid cargo handling
   • Waste heat recovery system
   • HVAC system
   • Grey and black water system
7. Deck equipment
   • Moring and warping
   • Solid cargo handling.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Material provided by the lecturer on the aulaweb, including notes, course handouts, extracts from standards, project guides and component catalogues.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/corsi/8722

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

• Written project-based test lasting 2-3 hours (Limited to COVID-19 emergency: online, under standard conditions in presence). Admission to the oral examination with a minimum mark of 16/30.

• Oral examination consisting of 2 questions on the course programme (15'). In order to pass the exam, both the oral answers need to be sufficient.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The written examination, with a strong design characterization, aims to verify the candidate's ability to solve design problems of relevant complexity, integrating information from different sources, including their own notes, the examination text, catalogs, experimental test results, regulations and manuals, in order to synthesize a solution, assuming missing data and resolving ambiguities, motivating and arguing the choices adopted.

The oral interview aims to test the student's ability to argue about the topics learned, to illustrate their more conceptual and theoretical aspects, as well as to solve practical problems by quickly making and adequately motivating realistic, albeit approximate, quantitative evaluations in the absence of data and computational tools.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Contact the teacher for further information not included in the course description.