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TOPIC - Main steam cycle
- Lists in order and identifies the components of a shipboard main steam
cycle, including:
- boilers
- turbines
- condensers
- condensate pumps
- deaerators
- feed pumps
- stage heaters
- economizers and feed valves.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Thermodynamics
- Defines thermodynamic terms such as sensible heat, latent heat, saturated
steam, superheated steam, specific volume, and enthalpy.
- Solves thermodynamic questions requiring the use of the superheated and
saturated steam tables
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TOPIC - Water tube steam generators
- Understands the basic construction of a "D" type water tube boiler including:
steam/water drums, tubes, superheaters, economizers, air heaters, safety valves,
desuperheaters, natural circulation, furnace design, and operator safety.
- Identifies boiler external fittings.
- Describes methods of checking water level in steam boilers and action
necessary if water level is abnormal.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Engineering safety
- Understands a shipboard engineering chain of command.
- Understands the safe use of high pressure/temperature steam.
- Understands causes and methods to prevent furnace explosions, electrical
mishaps, heat exhaustion, illness.
- Understands safe lock-out tag-out procedures, and safety requirements for
working on shipboard systems.
- Understands available means of engine room evacuation.
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31A4
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TOPIC - Steam turbines
- Understands the basic operation of a steam turbine.
- Identifies impulse and reaction blading, journal and thrust bearings, rotors,
seals, lubrication temperatures and reduction gears.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Condensers and deaerators
- Explains the operation of a steam condensers including: vacuum, tubes,
cooling water, condensing pressures/temperatures, fittings and attachments.
- Explains the operation of a deaerators including: vent condensers, spray
valves, steam control valves, operational parameters.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Valves
- Identifies and explains the operation of gate, globe, check, non-return and
butterfly valves
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31A6
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TOPIC - Pumps
- Explains the operation of centrifugal, gear and reciprocating pumps.
- Calculates head pressures and explain pump theory.
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31A7
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TOPIC - Engineering operations and watchstanding
- Understands the requirements for proper watchstanding, including relieving
the watch, duties, operational problems, recording pressures/temperatures,
starting/stopping machinery, emergency procedures.
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31A4
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LAB - Engine room escapes and machinery identification
- Identifies emergency escape routes and understands proper evacuation
procedures for the engine room aboard the Patriot State.
- Learns terms used in machinery spaces and the names of machinery and
equipment.
- Learns the various alarm signals in the engine room, including the General
Alarm, Evacuation Alarm, Halon and CO2 discharge signals.
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31A4
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LAB - Main steam cycle
- Walks through and traces the main steam cycle aboard the Patriot State
starting from the boiler.
- States normal operating temperatures and pressures at various points
throughout the main steam cycle.
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31A6
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LAB - Safety and firefighting
- Locates and identifies all fire fighting equipment and fire stations in the
engine room.
- Locates and identifies all safety and remote shutdowns.
- Identifies emergency fire and boat drill alarms.
- Uses internal communication systems available in the engine room to
communicate with the bridge.
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31D3
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LAB - Watchstanding
- Describes the duties associated with taking over a watch.
- Describes the routine duties undertaken during a watch.
- Describes the procedure for the maintaining machinery space logbook.
- Describes the duties associated with handing over a watch.
- Describes regulations pertaining to engineering watchkeeping.
- Describes pollution prevention equipment found aboard ship and precautions to
be taken to prevent pollution of the marine environment.
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