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Marine Generators - Starting Checks & Procedure
Learn about the starting process and checks to be made while starting a ship's generator engine

Published by richardnautical (1,557 pts ) on Oct 19, 2009 to
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Cooling The Piston With Water
Learn about the functioning of a piston cooled with water using example of Sulzer engine piston

Published by richardnautical (1,557 pts ) on Oct 16, 2009 to
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Effects Of Low Quality Engine System Oil On Ships
Quality of lubricating oil is important under all circumstances, and this articles shows you how failure to maintain this quality has its side effects.

Published by richardnautical (1,557 pts ) on Sep 24, 2009 to
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An Overview Of Injection System Of M/E In Ships
Learn about the mechanism used to deliver fuel to individual units in the engine

Published by Raunekk (16,665 pts ) on Sep 22, 2009 to
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Use of Overspeed Regulatory Mechanism in Ships
How do you check that the speed of the main marine diesel engine does not shoot to dangerous limits in certain situations. Just find out inside this article

Published by Ricky (22,000 pts ) on Jul 10, 2009 to
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Functions Of The Governor
As the name itself suggests, a governor is used to keep the speed of diesel engines on a ship within reasonable limits. Learn the basic theory and working of engine governors in this article

Published by Ricky (22,000 pts ) on Jul 9, 2009 to
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Marine Diesel Engines & Their Use on Board Ships
Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine but the marine engineers slog hard to keep it running on board ships. Just learn about the basics of diesel marine engines in this article.

Published by Ricky (22,000 pts ) on Apr 8, 2009 to
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Comparison of Marine Engine Cycles with Constant Heat Rejection
Otto, Diesel and Dual cycles have different characteristics and here is a comparison of these three cycles keeping the compression ratio and heat rejection constant, while varying other parameters. Just find out who is the winner?

Published by Ricky (22,000 pts ) on Apr 2, 2009 to
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Construction and Design of Cylinder Head
The cylinder head has to perform several functions apart from acting as a host to several paraphernalia used in marine diesel engines. Learn about the construction and working of marine diesel engine cylinder cover used in marine propulsion engines

Published by Ricky (22,000 pts ) on Feb 27, 2009 to
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Materials and Manufacture of Marine Diesel Engine Piston Rings
A component which is subjected to continuous osscilating motion along with an atmosphere which is extremely hot and a high pressure certainly requires resiliance of enhanced nature to withstand the same. Read what goes in the making of piston rings in marine diesel engines

Published by Ricky (22,000 pts ) on Jan 31, 2009 to
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