Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MAR 314 — Marine Steam and Gas Turbines

3 units · MAR department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Principles of operation and classification. Rankine cycle, reheat cycle, regenerative cycle, reheat/regenerative cycle and cycle efficiencies. Theory of steam expansion in cascade. Gas turbine. Principles of operation and classification. Brayton cycle, heat exchange cycle, reheat cycle, intercooled cycle, intercooler/reheat/heat exchange cycle, cycle efficiencies, combined steam and gas turbine cycles. Turbomachinery theory: Expansion of fluids in nozzles. Expansion process in turbine stator blades, work done in turbine rotors, velocity distribution across compressor and turbine, pressure, velocity and pressure-velocity compounding. Steam turbine construction: Governors, safety devices, glands, couplings, Astern turbine, blades, rotors, blade fixing, seals, casings and condensers. Gas turbine construction. Rotors, compressor blades, intakes, combustors, turbines and exhausts.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MAR 314.

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