COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AUTOMATIC CONTROLS IN SHIPS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NAV 5006 AUTOMATIC CONTROLS IN SHIPS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYTAÇ GÖREN

Offered to

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to teach fundamentals of automation system and modern control techniques in marine engineering to provide background:
For understanding operation of navigation; control systems of cruise, communication, main machine, heating, cooling, ventilation and air conditioning, power generation and distribution and deck machinery,
To determine the requirements of the control systems or units to integrate their designs,
To establish communicational and informative skills to collaborate in multidisciplinary projects with mechanical, electrical and electronics engineers and computer engineers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To describe control systems in marine engines using control systems schematics.
2   To identify the appropriate actuators for the control process
3   To compute the power need of systems
4   To choose the appropriate motion unit for control parameters
5   To select the ideal control type for control process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and contents
2 Functional concepts of systems engineering and principles
3 System theory
4 Control systems in engineering and management.
5 Feedback control and systems.
6 Expert systems and artificial intelligence.
7 Midterm Exam
8 Control and coordination of main propulsion systems
9 Control and coordination of heating, ventilation, refrigeration and air condition systems
10 Voltage and frequency control onboard power supply and distribution systems
11 Electric Motors
12 Control and operation programming of cargo and ballast systems and equipments
13 Ship information systems
14 Digital control principles and application programs
15 Project Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Marine Control Systems, Asgeir J. Sørensen

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical background is explained in details with presentations. Students should complete term projects focuses on practical issues of the subjects included in course.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.25 +MTE 1 +MTE 2/2 * 0.25 +FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aytac.goren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Pls. contact via e-mail.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 17 17
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1435123132132
LO.2222232211111
LO.3222121211112
LO.4321111222321
LO.5111112212111

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