USCG-ENG-UNL-L3.1

Thermodynamics, efficiency and fuel consumption

USCG-ENG-UNL-M3 · The Management-Level Engineer · USCG-ENG-UNL-M3-A Running the plant and the department

This lesson explains where fuel energy goes in a diesel plant, how to read and trend specific fuel oil consumption correctly, why the propeller cube law makes speed reduction so effective, and how NOx, SOx and CO2 relate to combustion and fuel quality rather than to one another.