MARINE DIESEL ENGINE

Lecture’s Notes for Third Engineer Course

- 2019 -

Extracted from the “Reed’s Motor Engineering Knowledge for Marine Engineers, Vol. 12”
Contents
ENGINE PARTS........................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Diesel cycles ........................................................................................................................... 2
1.2. Bed Plate .............................................................................................................................. 18
1.3. Crank shaft ........................................................................................................................... 33
1.4. Bearing clearances and shaft misalignment ........................................................................ 43
1.5. Lubrication systems.............................................................................................................. 48
1.6. Cylinder liner ........................................................................................................................ 53
1.7. Piston.................................................................................................................................... 61
1.8. Cylinder head ....................................................................................................................... 71
Injection System ...................................................................................................................... 76
2.1. Fuel injection ........................................................................................................................ 77
2.2. Fuel pumps ........................................................................................................................... 83
2.3. Bosch jerk pump................................................................................................................... 85
Scavenging & Supercharging ................................................................................................. 89
3.1. Pressure charging ................................................................................................................. 94
3.2. Constant pressure and pulse operation ............................................................................... 97
3.3. Air cooling .......................................................................................................................... 100
3.4. Turbocharging .................................................................................................................... 102
3.5. Turbocharger cleaning ....................................................................................................... 111
Starting & reversing.............................................................................................................. 114
4.1. Starting Air Overlap ............................................................................................................ 114
4.2. Starting air valves ............................................................................................................... 117
4.3. Starting Air Distributor ....................................................................................................... 118
4.4. General Reversing details................................................................................................... 119
Engine Control....................................................................................................................... 123
5.1. Governor ............................................................................................................................ 123
5.2. Flywheel ............................................................................................................................. 128
5.3. Electric Governor ...................................................................................................... 130
Engine Safety ............................................................................................................... 131
6.1. Crankcase Explosions ......................................................................................................... 131
6.2. Crankcase Safety Arrangements ........................................................................................ 133
6.3. Crankcase Oil Mist Detector .............................................................................................. 134
ENGINE PARTS
1.1. Diesel cycles

2
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1.2. Bed Plate

18
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1.3. Crank shaft

33
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1.4. Bearing clearances and shaft misalignment

43
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1.5. Lubrication systems

48
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1.6. Cylinder liner

53
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1.7. Piston

61
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1.8. Cylinder head

71
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75
Injection System

76
2.1. Fuel injection

77
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81
82
2.2. Fuel pumps

83
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2.3. Bosch jerk pump

85
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88
Scavenging &
Supercharging

89
90
91
92
93
3.1. Pressure charging

94
95
96
3.2. Constant pressure and pulse operation

97
98
99
3.3. Air cooling

100
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3.4. Turbocharging

102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
3.5. Turbocharger cleaning

111
112
113
Starting & reversing

4.1. Starting Air Overlap

114
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116
4.2. Starting air valves

117
4.3. Starting Air Distributor

118
4.4. General Reversing details

119
120
121
122
 Engine Control

5.1. Governor

123
124
125
126
127
5.2. Flywheel

128
129
5.3. Electric Governor

130
 Engine Safety

6.1. Crankcase Explosions

131
132
6.2. Crankcase Safety Arrangements

133
6.3. Crankcase Oil Mist Detector

134
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