Principles of naval engineering - Historic Naval Ships Association

PART V-OTHER TYPES OF PROPULSIONPLANTSChapter 22Chapter 23Chapter 24Chapter 25Diesel and Gasoline EnginesGas TurbinesNuclear Power PlantsNew Developments in Naval EngineeringThe conventional steam turbine propulsion plant, although widely used,is by no means the only propulsion plant in naval use. Chapter 22 dealswith internal combustion engines of the reciprocating type— diesel andgasoline. Chapter 23 discusses the increasingly important gas turbineengine. Chapter 24 takesupthenuclearpower plant— a plant which utilizesthe steam turbine as a prime mover but which employs the nuclear reactorrather than the conventional boiler as a source of heat for the generationof steam. Chapter 25providesabrief survey of new developments in navalengineering and indicates some of the areas in which future developmentsmay change the nature of our present shipboard engineering plants.541