Steam engines marine turbine

Testing of the Shale-II JP-5 jet fuel, which is currently underway in four different gas turbine engines, shows good combustion performance. No problems have been encountered. Likewise, testing of ship steam boilers, marine gas turbines, and diesel engines on the Shale-II diesel fuel marine (DFM) is demonstrating highly acceptable performance. 

McBimie, S. G., and W. J. Fox. Marine Steam Entries and Turbines. 4th ed. Boston Butterworth, 1980. Covers turbines and reciprocating steam engines. Somewhat technical but contains many excellent drawings. 

Marine boilers. The boilers used on commercial and military ships are essentially large reactors in which water is heated and converted to steam. While steam powering of ships engines or turbines is rapidly drawing to a close at the end of the twentieth century, steam is still required for other miscellaneous purposes. All passenger ships require... 

Steam-turbine lubricants Lubricants in steam turbines are not exposed to such arduous conditions as those in engines. The main requirement is for high oxidation stability. However, they may be exposed to aqueous condensate or, in the case of marine installations, to sea water contamination, so they have to be able to separate from water easily and to form a rustpreventing film on ferrous surfaces, and it is usual to employ rust inhibitors. The problem of tin oxide formation on white-metal bearings is associated with the presence of electrically conducting water in lubricants and can be over-come by keeping the lubricant dry . 

Until the 1990s, any discussion concerning the lubrication of marine engines would have included steam turbines but, due to the rapid escalation of fuel prices in the late 1970s, their use has been virtually discontinued. The improved design and... 

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