Centralized and Automatic Controls in Ships
Published on 28. June 2014
254 pages
978-1-4832-2698-9 (ISBN)
Description
Centralized and Automatic Controls in Ships provide a non-mathematical basic introduction to the subject of control engineering applied in the marine field. This book is composed of 20 chapters that cover the basic principles of the equipment in ships. The opening chapters deal with ship components, construction, and commissioning routine for certain automated plant. The next chapters consider the basic principles of automatic control and controllers. These topics are followed by discussions on logic units and data processing equipment, other control elements, steam turbines, and diesel engines. Other chapters illustrate the application of control techniques to the major areas of the ship's machinery. The final chapters examine ship and ship's control system commissioning and maintenance. This book is an invaluable source for marine engineers and marine engineering students.
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ForewordEditor's Preface1 Introduction2 Ship Construction3 Main Machinery4 Central Control Room5 The Monitoring System6 The Display System7 Actuators8 Non-Automatic Control Elements9 The Principles of Automatic Control10 The Basic Principles of Automatic Controllers11 Logic Circuits12 Final Control Elements13 Applications of Control Engineering14 Steam-Raising Plant15 Steam Turbines16 Diesel Engines17 Generation and Distribution of Electric Power18 Pumping of Liquid Cargoes19 Refrigeration20 Commissioning and MaintenanceGlossary of Terms Used in Automatic ControlBibliographyIndex
