OVERVIEW

This teaching unit is provided to both curricula, Deck Officer and Marine Engineering. For the Marine Engineering curriculum the unit is 9 credits (90 lecturing hours), while for the Deck Officer the unit is 6 credits (60 lecturing hours). This teaching unit covers the engineering of the ship propulsion systems, in terms of plant layout, plant performance and manning.

For the Marine Engineering curriculum, the unit provides the theoretical background and skills for the 4 Functions included in Table A-III/1 and Table A-III/2 of the STCW Convention.

For the Deck Officer curriculum, the unit provides the theoretical background and skills for the 3 Functions included in Table A-II/1 and Table A-II/2 of the STCW Convention.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course will deal with the management and the operation of the propulsion plant. Plan and schedule operations: propulsive characteristics. Operation, performance assessment.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

This teaching unit covers the engineering of the ship propulsion systems, in terms of plant layout, plant performance and manning. The aim of the lecture is to provide sound principles of ship propulsions for engineers, navigators, and ship managers.

For the Marine Engineering curriculum, the unit is 9 credits (90 lecturing hours), while for the Deck Officer the unit is 6 credits (60 lecturing hours). 

For the Marine Engineering curriculum, the unit provides the theoretical background and skills for the 4 Functions included in Table A-III/1 and Table A-III/2 of the STCW Convention.

The aim is to provide in-depth knowledge  and understanding of:
DESIGN FEATURES AND OPERATIVE MECHANISM OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINE AND ASSOCIATED AUXILIARIES
DESIGN FEATURES AND OPERATIVE MECHANISM OF MARINE STEAM TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED AUXILIARIES
DESIGN FEATURES AND OPERATIVE MECHANISM OF MARINE GAS TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED AUXILIARIES
4 DESIGN FEATURES AND OPERATIVE MECHANISM OF MARINE STEAM BOILER AND ASSOCIATED AUXILIARIES, PROPULSIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIESEL ENGINES, STEAM AND GAS TURBINES, INCLUDING SPEED, OUTPUT AND FUEL CONSUMPTION

PROPULSIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIESEL ENGINES, STEAM AND GAS TURBINES.

For the Deck Officer curriculum, the unit provides the theoretical background and skills for the 3 Functions included in Table A-II/1 and Table A-II/2 of the STCW Convention.

The aim is to provide in-depth knowledge  and understanding of the following topics related to ship propulsion: maneuvre the ship, pollution prevention, maintain the seaworthiness of the ship.

Soft skills: verbal and written communication. Critical thinking.

TEACHING METHODS

Lecturing. Webinars. Visit onboard. Individual Project. Team working.

Soft skills: verbal and written communication. Critical thinking.

Working students and students with certified SLD (Specific Learning Disorders), disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination arrangements so to take into account individual learning patterns, while respecting the teaching objectives.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Manage the Operation of Propulsion Plant Machinery

DESIGN FEATURES AND OPERATIVE MECHANISM OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINE AND ASSOCIATED AUXILIARIES
DESIGN FEATURES AND OPERATIVE MECHANISM OF MARINE STEAM TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED AUXILIARIES
DESIGN FEATURES AND OPERATIVE MECHANISM OF MARINE GAS TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED AUXILIARIES
DESIGN FEATURES AND OPERATIVE MECHANISM OF MARINE STEAM BOILER AND ASSOCIATED AUXILIARIES, PROPULSIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIESEL ENGINES, STEAM AND GAS TURBINES, INCLUDING SPEED, OUTPUT AND FUEL CONSUMPTION

1.2 Plan and schedule operations

PROPULSIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIESEL ENGINES, STEAM AND GAS TURBINES.

Safety aspects: Preventing accidents. Accident Analysis, Risk Analysis.

Rules and Regulations. Classification Society Rules. Flag Rules. International Convention.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lecture notes provided on Aulaweb.
MARINE ENGINEERING, PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS, 1992

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MASSIMO FIGARI (President)

SILVIA DONNARUMMA

REZA KARIMPOUR (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/10948/p/studenti-orario

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam consists of a written test, an oral test and a discussion of the exercises. Access to the oral exam is only after passing the written exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The written exam will evaluate the ability to solve a problem, the oral exam will allow verifying the learning of the theoretical aspects and the reasoning ability, and the discussion of the exercises will allow evaluating the use of the specialized vocabulary and the understanding of the limits of the applied methodologies .
The written and oral exams are worth 90% of the evaluation; the discussion of the exercises contributes 10% to the final evaluation.

Exam schedule