Temas Subtemas
1 Introduction to Maritime English

1 Introduction to Maritime English
2 Numbers in the maritime context: numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, dates, calculations, measurements, distances, speed, tonnage, time at sea
2 Ships and machinery: An Overview 1 Ships
2 Machinery: arrangement; slow-speed diesel, medium-speed diesel; steam turbine; operations and maintenance
3 Diesel engines 1 The two-stroke engine and its cycle
2 The four-stroke engine and its cycle
3 Comparison
4 Power measurement
5 The gas exchange process
6 Fuel oil system
7 Lubrication
8 Cooling
9 Starting air system
10 Control and safety devices
11 Operating procedures
4 Steam utrbines and gearing 1 Turbine types
2 Astern arrangements
3 Gearing
4 Operating procedures
5 Boilers 1 Boiler types
2 Other boiler arrangements
3 Combustion
4 Purity of boiler feed water
5 Boiler operation
6 Feed systems 1 Open feed systems
2 Closed feed systems
3 Auxiliary feed system
4 System components
7 Pumps and pumping systems 1 Pumps
2 Pump types: displacement, axial flow and centrifugal
3 Piping systems
4 Bilge and ballast systems
8 Auxiliaries 1 Air compressor
2 Heat exchangers
3 Distillation systems
4 Oil/water separators
5 Sewage treatment
6 Incinerator
9 Fuel oils, lubricating oils and their treatment 1 Fuel oils
2 Lubricating oils
3 Oil treatment
4 Homogenisers
5 Blenders
6 Filters and strainers
7 Microbiological infestation
10 Refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation 1 Refrigeration: refrigerants, system components; Cargo refrigeration
2 Air coinditioning
3 Ventilation
11 Deck machinery and hull equipment 1 Steam
2 Hydraulic systems
3 Electrical operation
4 Cargo handling equipment
5 Hatch covers
6 Stabilising systems
7 Watertight doors
8 Bow thruster
9 Safety equipment
12 Shafting and propellers 1 Thrust block
2 Shaft bearing
3 Sterntube bearing
13 Steering gear 1 Variable delivery pumps
2 Telemotor control
3 Electrical control
4 Power units
5 All-electric steering
6 Twin system steering gears
7 Steering gear testing
14 Fire fighting and safety 1 Detection
2 Fire fighting equipment
3 Fire fighting strategy
4 Safe working practices
15 Electrical equipment 1 Direct current generators
2 Alternate current generators
3 Alternating current motors
4 Batteries
5 Emergency generator supply
6 Navigation lights
7 Insulation resistance measurement
8 Electrical hazards
16 Instrumentation and control 1 Pressure measurement
2 Temperature measurement
3 Level measurement
4 Flow measurement
5 Other variables
6 Control theory
7 Transmitters
8 Controller action
9 Controllers
10 Correcting unit
11Control systems
12 Centrilized control
13 Unattended machinery spaces
14 Bridge control
15 Integrated control
17 Engineering materials 1 Material properties
2 Testing of materials
3 Iron and steel production
4 Heat treatment
5 Material forming
6 Common metals and alloys
7 Non-metallic materials
8 Joining metals
9 Corrosion
18 Watchkeeping and equipment operation 1 The Engineering Department
–The watchkeeping system
–Operating the watch
2 Bunkering
3 Periodic and safety routines