Transcript A New Approach in Designing Maritime Engineering

A New Approach in Designing
Maritime Engineering Curriculum
to Meet the Needs of Modern
Ships
By Dr. Yaqub Amani and Mrs. Catherine Kelley Strez`
Changes in the Maritime Industry
• New Developments in Electric Drive
Systems for Ships
• Alternative Fuels and Propulsion Methods
• Heightened Environmental Awareness
• Reduction of Criteria Pollutants
• Manilla Ammendments to STCW
SUNY Maritime College introduces a series of
new courses and improved the content of
courses that underscore these issues.
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Prepare Engineers and Ship Designers
for Now and Their Future
• Shipping Industry
 Generations of ship builders rely on
energy dense fuels and combustion
process to design ships propulsion
 Pollution from ships sounding alarm
in ports worldwide
• What is the propulsion method of the future
for a sustainable shipping industry?
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Propulsion Systems
Figure 1 - Engine room using hydrogen power as
energy for propulsion
Hydrogen
Hydrogen
Fuel Cell
Inverters and
Controls
Electric
Motor
Figure 2 - Engine room using nuclear power as
energy for propulsion
Nuclear
Power
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Power
Electronics
and Controls
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Electric
Motor
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Future Propulsion Systems
• Regardless method, the final propulsion system will
include:
Power electronics components
Microprocessor based control system
Well designed electric motor.
• Maritime curricula changes introduce these topics
to future generation of seafarers.
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Electrical Engineering Curriculum
Introductory courses:
→ Circuit Theory (EEI)
→ (Networks) Signals & Systems
→ Computerized Systems
Basic education to pursue higher
degrees in any field of electrical
engineering:
→ Analog Electronics
→ Digital Electronics
→ Electro-magnetic Fields & Waves
→ Communication
These courses define the focus of
the program:
→ Power electronics
→ Electric Drives
→ Marine Power Distribution Systems
→ Electric Machines
→ Renewable Energy Concepts
→ Control Devices
→ Control Theory
→ Design I
→ Design II
The main objective of the program is to prepare students to meet challenges
presented by a new drive systems which could be non-combustion and
require knowledge in the new frontiers of power electronics, microprocessor
based control systems and new designs for electric motors.
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The Electrical Engineering Program
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Designed to satisfy maritime and power electrical
industry – Electrical Engineering constituency
ABET Accreditation (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
 Intern Option Electrical Engineers
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No USCG license
8 semester – 2 intern periods
ABET Accreditation & USCG license
 Engine licensed Electrical Engineers
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8 semester – 3 summer sea term periods
 Deck licensed Electrical Engineers
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Maritime License Electrical Engineers
• Present compliance to STCW
 A sequence of fifteen
professional courses taken as
engineering and applied
engineering electives.
 Allows for greater control of the
training records.
• New amendments to the
STCW code would
require a number
additional of courses for
all license students.
 Is this avoidable?
Embed the new Knowledge Understanding and
Proficiency (KUPS) requirements within our existing
and revised courses.
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Review of Program Changes with
Respect to the USCG license
• Map curriculum changes in
environmental awareness,
sensors and controls to
proposed Manila
amendments.
• Similar mapping for all new
STCW requirements.
• BAD NEWS
 Expands the necessary
document control for those
courses beyond the current
requirements.
• GOOD NEWS
 The maintenance of the
current course load may be a
beneficial trade off.
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Electrical, electronic and control engineering at the management level
Competance
Operate electrical
electronics and
control systems
Knowledge,
understanding and
proficiency
Method of
demonstrating
competance
Criteria
Course Mapping
Basic configuration
and operation
principles of the
following electrical,
electronic and
control equipment
1. Electrical equipment
a. Generator and
distribution system
b. Preparing, starting,
paralleling and changing
over generation
c. Electrical motors
including starting
methodology
d. High-voltage
installation
e. Sequential control
circuits and associated
system device
Simulator &
Laboratory
training
Operations are
planned and carried
out in accordance
with operations
manuals, established
rules and procedures
to ensure safety of
operations
2. Electronic equipment
a. Characteristics of
basic electronic circuit
elements
b. Flowchart for
automatic and control
systems
c. Functions,
characteristic and
features of controls
systems for machinery
items including main
propulsion plant
operation controls and
steam boiler automatic
control system
Electrical electronics
and control systems
can be understood
and explained with
drawings/instructions
3. Control systems
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a. Various automatic
control methodologies
and characteristics
b. Proportional Integral
Derivative (PID) control
associated system
devices for process
control
ENG. 280,
ENG. 387 &
ENG. 388
Lab completion
Simulator &
Laboratory
training
Simulator &
Laboratory
training
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Design Projects
• The two semester design sequence in electrical
engineering focuses on a variety of topics related to
marine environment.
• Past Projects
– Harvesting tidal energy
– Design of mini subs and power monitoring systems
– Hydrogen powered ships
All these efforts are geared to bring a paradigm shift in mapping
our path into a future of shipping and a clean, green industry.
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Conclusions
• Redesign of the electrical engineering program
curriculum at SUNY Maritime College:
– To expand propulsion education beyond the traditional
fossil fuel plant and a deeper understanding of sensors
and electronics.
– To shift the focus of our design sequence to include
concepts for sustainable maritime industry.
– To map knowledge requirements and assessments to
satisfy the changes in international STCW standards.
All these efforts are geared to mapping
Maritime College’s path into a future of modern
shipping and a clean, green maritime industry.
Thank you for your attention!
Any
questions?
USS Newport 1903 – 2nd Training Ship
For SUNY Maritime College
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