Course: English Maritime Terminology on Naval Engineering

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Select topic USER GUIDE, CURRICULUM AND GLOSSARY

USER GUIDE, CURRICULUM AND GLOSSARY

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- Select activity User guide
  
  User guide File
  
  This short guide will help you get started and make the most out of this course .
- Select activity Guide utilisateur
  
  Guide utilisateur File
  
  Ce guide vous aidera à commencer et à tirer le meilleur de cette formation
- Select activity Curriculum
  
  Curriculum File
- Select activity English course glossary
  
  English course glossary
- Select activity Online dictionary for general terms
  
  Online dictionary for general terms URL
  
  Use this link to check the meaning of words which will help you to understand the reading texts from a general English point of view
- Select activity Announcements
  
  Announcements Forum
- Select activity Q&A
  
  Q&A Forum
Select topic MODULE 1 - Auxiliary machinery

MODULE 1 - Auxiliary machinery
Fin stabilisers, capstans and winches, electric motors, refrigeration system, boilers, air compressors, oily water separators, heat exchangers, fans, launching gear, steering gear, sewage treatment, bilge system and incinerator
- Select activity 1.1 Capstans and winches
  
  1.1 Capstans and winches Page
- Select activity 1.1 Capstans
  
  1.1 Capstans Quiz
- Select activity 1.1 Winches
  
  1.1 Winches Quiz
- Select activity 1.1 Fin stabilisers and their components
  
  1.1 Fin stabilisers and their components Page
- Select activity 1.1 Operation of fin stabilisers
  
  1.1 Operation of fin stabilisers Page
- Select activity 1.1 Fin stabilisers
  
  1.1 Fin stabilisers Quiz
- Select activity 1.1 Electrical propulsion system
  
  1.1 Electrical propulsion system Page
- Select activity 1.1 Electric propulsion
  
  1.1 Electric propulsion Quiz
- Select activity 1.1 Refrigeration system
  
  1.1 Refrigeration system Page
- Select activity 1.1 Refrigeration system
  
  1.1 Refrigeration system Quiz
- Select activity 1.1 Marine Boiler mountings
  
  1.1 Marine Boiler mountings Page
- Select activity 1.1 Boilers
  
  1.1 Boilers Quiz
- Select activity 1.1 Applications of an air compressor
  
  1.1 Applications of an air compressor Page
- Select activity 1.1 Types of air compressor
  
  1.1 Types of air compressor Page
- Select activity 1.1 Basic parts of an air compressor
  
  1.1 Basic parts of an air compressor Page
- Select activity 1.1 Air Compressors
  
  1.1 Air Compressors Quiz
- Select activity 1.1 Operational factors for oily water separators
  
  1.1 Operational factors for oily water separators Page
- Select activity 1.1 Oily Water Separators
  
  1.1 Oily Water Separators Quiz
- Select activity 1.2 An Introduction on ventilation on ships
  
  1.2 An Introduction on ventilation on ships Page
- Select activity 1.2 Types of ventilation (natural and mechanical ventilation system)
  
  1.2 Types of ventilation (natural and mechanical ventilation system) Page
- Select activity 1.2 Fans / ventilators
  
  1.2 Fans / ventilators Quiz
- Select activity 1.2 Lifeboat launching and appliances
  
  1.2 Lifeboat launching and appliances Page
- Select activity 1.2 Launching Gear
  
  1.2 Launching Gear Quiz
- Select activity 1.2 Steering gear system
  
  1.2 Steering gear system Page
- Select activity 1.2 Rotary vane steering gear and ram type steering gear
  
  1.2 Rotary vane steering gear and ram type steering gear Page
- Select activity 1.2 Steering Gear
  
  1.2 Steering Gear Quiz
- Select activity 1.3 Bilge system
  
  1.3 Bilge system Page
- Select activity 1.3 Bilge system: operation
  
  1.3 Bilge system: operation Page
- Select activity 1.3 Bilge system 1
  
  1.3 Bilge system 1 Quiz
- Select activity 1.3 Bilge system 2
  
  1.3 Bilge system 2 Quiz
- Select activity 1.3 Bilge system 3
  
  1.3 Bilge system 3 Quiz
- Select activity 1.3 Methods of processing sewage
  
  1.3 Methods of processing sewage Page
- Select activity 1.3 Sewage treatment units
  
  1.3 Sewage treatment units Page
- Select activity 1.3 Incinerator
  
  1.3 Incinerator Page
- Select activity 1.3 Incinerator: operation
  
  1.3 Incinerator: operation Page
- Select activity 1.3 Sewage treatment plant and incinerator
  
  1.3 Sewage treatment plant and incinerator Quiz
- Select activity Module 1 final assessment
  
  Module 1 final assessment Quiz
Select topic MODULE 2 – Pumps and piping systems

MODULE 2 – Pumps and piping systems
Types of pumps, displacement pumps, centrifugal pumps, operation
- Select activity 2.1 A general overview on pumps
  
  2.1 A general overview on pumps Page
- Select activity 2.2 Displacement pumps and subcategories
  
  2.2 Displacement pumps and subcategories Page
- Select activity 2.3 Centrifugal pumps and their subcategories
  
  2.3 Centrifugal pumps and their subcategories Page
- Select activity 2.4 Operation of pumps
  
  2.4 Operation of pumps Quiz
- Select activity Module 2 final assessment
  
  Module 2 final assessment Quiz
Select topic MODULE 3 – Marine diesel engines and their auxiliaries

MODULE 3 – Marine diesel engines and their auxiliaries
Two-stroke and four-stroke engines, cooling water system, lube oil system, turbocharger, compressed air system, fuel oil system
- Select activity 3.1 Two-stroke diesel engine and its components
  
  3.1 Two-stroke diesel engine and its components Page
- Select activity 3.1 Advantages and disadvantages of a two-stroke diesel engine
  
  3.1 Advantages and disadvantages of a two-stroke diesel engine Page
- Select activity 3.2 The four-stroke diesel engine
  
  3.2 The four-stroke diesel engine Page
- Select activity 3.1/3.2 Marine diesel engines
  
  3.1/3.2 Marine diesel engines Quiz
- Select activity 3.3 Central cooling system
  
  3.3 Central cooling system Page
- Select activity 3.4 Lubricating oil system
  
  3.4 Lubricating oil system Page
- Select activity 3.4 Ship lubricant types
  
  3.4 Ship lubricant types Page
- Select activity 3.4 Lubricating oil system
  
  3.4 Lubricating oil system Quiz
- Select activity 3.5 Turbochargers: operation
  
  3.5 Turbochargers: operation Page
- Select activity 3.5 Turbochargers: breakdowns and possible causes
  
  3.5 Turbochargers: breakdowns and possible causes Page
- Select activity 3.5 Turbochargers
  
  3.5 Turbochargers Quiz
- Select activity 3.6 General overview of a compressed air system
  
  3.6 General overview of a compressed air system Page
- Select activity 3.6 Operation of a compressed air system
  
  3.6 Operation of a compressed air system Page
- Select activity 3.7 Fuel oil system
  
  3.7 Fuel oil system Page
- Select activity 3.7 How to select marine fuel oil
  
  3.7 How to select marine fuel oil Page
- Select activity 3.7 Maritime fuel classification
  
  3.7 Maritime fuel classification Page
- Select activity 3.7 Fuel oil system
  
  3.7 Fuel oil system Quiz
- Select activity Module 3 final assessment
  
  Module 3 final assessment Quiz
Select topic MODULE 4 – Other types of propulsion plants

MODULE 4 – Other types of propulsion plants
Diesel engine turbine, steam turbine plant, gas turbine engine, marine nuclear plant
- Select activity 4.1 Turbine generator system
  
  4.1 Turbine generator system Page
- Select activity 4.1 Reaction and Impulse turbines
  
  4.1 Reaction and Impulse turbines Page
- Select activity 4.1 Gas turbine power plants
  
  4.1 Gas turbine power plants Page
- Select activity 4.1 Diesel engine turbine, steam turbine plant, gas turbine engine, marine nuclear plant
  
  4.1 Diesel engine turbine, steam turbine plant, gas turbine engine, marine nuclear plant Quiz
- Select activity 4.2 Steam turbines: parts and operation
  
  4.2 Steam turbines: parts and operation Quiz
- Select activity 4.3 Impulse turbines
  
  4.3 Impulse turbines Quiz
- Select activity 4.4 Reaction turbines
  
  4.4 Reaction turbines Quiz
- Select activity 4.5 Action – reaction turbines
  
  4.5 Action – reaction turbines Quiz
- Select activity 4.6 Steam power plant for turbines
  
  4.6 Steam power plant for turbines Quiz
- Select activity Module 4 final assessment
  
  Module 4 final assessment Quiz
Select topic MODULE 5 - Electrical machines

MODULE 5 - Electrical machines
Generating units, AC brushless generators, motors, shaft alternator
- Select activity 5.1. Generating units with auxiliary engines for power generation
  
  5.1. Generating units with auxiliary engines for power generation Page
- Select activity 5.1. GUs for power generation
  
  5.1. GUs for power generation Quiz
- Select activity 5.1. GU and propulsion
  
  5.1. GU and propulsion Quiz
- Select activity 5.2. AC generator: construction, principal scheme of operation
  
  5.2. AC generator: construction, principal scheme of operation Page
- Select activity 5.2. AC generator
  
  5.2. AC generator Quiz
- Select activity 5.3. Motors
  
  5.3. Motors Page
- Select activity 5.3 Motors
  
  5.3 Motors Quiz
- Select activity 5.3 Types of motors
  
  5.3 Types of motors Page
- Select activity 5.3. Types of motors
  
  5.3. Types of motors Quiz
- Select activity 5.4 Shaft generators
  
  5.4 Shaft generators Page
- Select activity 5.4 Shaft generators
  
  5.4 Shaft generators Quiz
- Select activity Module 5 final assessment
  
  Module 5 final assessment Quiz
Select topic MODULE 6 - Ship power distribution system

MODULE 6 - Ship power distribution system
Main switchboard and other switchboards, essential and non-essential consumers, emergency power system and uninterruptible power system, system protection, transformers, earthing and grounding
- Select activity 6.1. Main switchboard and distribution boards
  
  6.1. Main switchboard and distribution boards Page
- Select activity 6.1. Main switchboards
  
  6.1. Main switchboards Quiz
- Select activity 6.2. Essential and non-essential loads
  
  6.2. Essential and non-essential loads Page
- Select activity 6.2. Essential and non-essential loads
  
  6.2. Essential and non-essential loads Quiz
- Select activity 6.3. Emergency Power System
  
  6.3. Emergency Power System Page
- Select activity 6.3. Emergency power system
  
  6.3. Emergency power system Quiz
- Select activity 6.4. System protection
  
  6.4. System protection Page
- Select activity 6.4 System protection
  
  6.4 System protection Quiz
- Select activity 6.5. Transformers
  
  6.5. Transformers Page
- Select activity 6.5. Transformers
  
  6.5. Transformers Quiz
- Select activity 6.6. Earthing and grounding
  
  6.6. Earthing and grounding Page
- Select activity 6.6 Earthing and grounding
  
  6.6 Earthing and grounding Quiz
- Select activity Module 6 final assessment
  
  Module 6 final assessment Quiz
Select topic MODULE 7 - Automated systems

MODULE 7 - Automated systems
Automation, sensors and actuators, relays, PLC, automation application
- Select activity 7.1. Principles of automation
  
  7.1. Principles of automation Page
- Select activity 7.1. Principles of automation
  
  7.1. Principles of automation Quiz
- Select activity 7.2. Sensors
  
  7.2. Sensors Page
- Select activity 7.2. Sensors
  
  7.2. Sensors Quiz
- Select activity 7.3. Relays
  
  7.3. Relays Page
- Select activity 7.3. Relays
  
  7.3. Relays Quiz
- Select activity 7.4. Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
  
  7.4. Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) Page
- Select activity 7.4. Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
  
  7.4. Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) Quiz
- Select activity 7.5. Dynamic positioning
  
  7.5. Dynamic positioning Page
- Select activity Module 7 final assessment
  
  Module 7 final assessment Quiz
Select topic MODULE 8 - Communication systems

MODULE 8 - Communication systems
Construction and operation, maintenance
- Select activity 8.1. On board communication equipment 1
  
  8.1. On board communication equipment 1 Page
- Select activity 8.1 Public Address System
  
  8.1 Public Address System Quiz
- Select activity 8.1 Voyage Data Recorder
  
  8.1 Voyage Data Recorder Quiz
- Select activity 8.1 On board communication equipment 2
  
  8.1 On board communication equipment 2 Page
- Select activity 8.1 Marine telephone exchangers and IP protection
  
  8.1 Marine telephone exchangers and IP protection Quiz
- Select activity 8.1 Sound-powered telephones
  
  8.1 Sound-powered telephones Quiz
- Select activity 8.2. Radio communication equipment
  
  8.2. Radio communication equipment Page
- Select activity 8.2. Radio communication equipment
  
  8.2. Radio communication equipment Quiz
- Select activity 8.3. Maintenance of radio communication equipment
  
  8.3. Maintenance of radio communication equipment Page
- Select activity 8.3. Maintenance of radio communication equipment
  
  8.3. Maintenance of radio communication equipment Quiz
- Select activity Module 8 final assessement
  
  Module 8 final assessement Quiz

Topic outline

USER GUIDE, CURRICULUM AND GLOSSARY

MODULE 1 - Auxiliary machinery

MODULE 2 – Pumps and piping systems

MODULE 3 – Marine diesel engines and their auxiliaries

MODULE 4 – Other types of propulsion plants

MODULE 5 - Electrical machines

MODULE 6 - Ship power distribution system

MODULE 7 - Automated systems

MODULE 8 - Communication systems