Content

Theory and general principles
Engine selection
Performance
Pressure charging
Fuel injection
Sulzer engines
Burmeister and Wain engines
MAN engines
Mitsubishi engines
GMT engines
Doxford engines
Gotaverken engines
Medium-speed engines
SEMT Pielstick engines
MAN four-stroke engines
Stork Werkspoor engines
Sulzer four stroke engines
GMT engines
MaK engines
Deutz engines
Mirrlees Blackstone engines
The rest of the field
High-speed engines and auxiliaries
Fuels and fuel chemistry
Operation, monitoring and maintenance
Significant operating problems
Engine alignment
Materials

Pounder's Marine Diesel Engines, Sixth Edition focuses on developments in diesel engines.
The book first discusses theory and general principles. Theoretical heat cycle, practical cycles, thermal and mechanical efficiency, working cycles, fuel consumption, vibration, and horsepower are considered. The text takes a look at engine selection and performance, including direct and indirect drive, maximum rating, exhaust temperatures, derating, mean effective pressures, fuel coefficient, propeller performance, and power build-up. The book also examines pressure charging. Matching of turboblowers, blower surge, turbocharger types, constant pressure method, impulse turbocharging method, and scavenging are discussed. The text describes fuel injection, Sulzer, MAN, and Burmeister and Wain engines.
The selection also considers Mitsubishi, GMT, and Doxford engines. The text then focuses on fuels and fuel chemistry; operation, monitoring, and maintenance; significant operating problems; and engine installation. Engine seatings and alignment, reaction measurements, crankcase explosions, main engine crankshaft defects, bearings, fatigue, and overhauling and maintenance are discussed.
The book is a good source of information for readers wanting to study diesel engines.