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1What is the primary function of the crosshead in a large slow-speed two-stroke crosshead marine diesel engine?
A.To increase the engine's compression ratio during the compression stroke
B.To transmit the piston's side thrust to the guide shoes, keeping the connecting rod free of lateral load from the cylinder liner
C.To control the timing of fuel injection into the cylinder
D.To cool the piston crown using lubricating oil
Explanation: The crosshead absorbs the piston rod's side (lateral) thrust through guide shoes running in guides, so the connecting rod only transmits axial force to the crankshaft. This keeps the cylinder liner free of the side loading that would otherwise cause rapid wear in a long-stroke slow-speed engine.
2In a modern low-speed two-stroke marine diesel engine with a single exhaust valve mounted in the cylinder head and scavenge air ports low in the liner, what type of scavenging arrangement is this?
A.Cross scavenging
B.Loop scavenging
C.Uniflow scavenging
D.Reverse scavenging
Explanation: Uniflow scavenging uses scavenge ports around the base of the liner and a single exhaust valve in the cylinder head, so fresh air enters at the bottom and sweeps upward in one direction to exit through the head valve. This gives more efficient scavenging with less mixing of fresh air and exhaust gas than older port-only arrangements.
3What is the main purpose of a turbocharger fitted to a marine diesel engine?
A.To reduce the engine's fuel injection pressure
B.To compress the intake air above atmospheric pressure so more air, and therefore more fuel, can be burned, increasing power output
C.To cool the exhaust gas before it leaves the funnel
D.To reduce the engine's compression ratio at low load
Explanation: A turbocharger uses exhaust gas energy to drive a turbine connected to a compressor, which forces more air into the cylinders than natural aspiration could achieve. This extra air allows more fuel to be burned efficiently per cycle, substantially increasing the engine's power output for a given cylinder size.
4What does a Variable Injection Timing (VIT) device on a marine diesel engine fuel pump allow the engineer to achieve?
A.Change the grade of fuel oil being burned
B.Advance or retard the start of fuel injection relative to engine load, to optimise combustion and control peak firing pressure
C.Change the number of cylinders firing
D.Adjust the turbocharger boost pressure directly
Explanation: VIT shifts the point in the cycle at which fuel injection begins, load by load, so that peak firing pressure and combustion timing stay within safe and efficient limits across the engine's operating range. Without it, a fixed injection timing would be a compromise that is not optimal at every load.
5What is the main danger addressed by fitting a crankcase explosion relief door to a marine diesel engine crankcase?
A.Overheating of the turbocharger bearings
B.Ignition of an oil mist that has accumulated in the crankcase, typically from a hot spot such as an overheated bearing
C.Excessive fuel rack movement
D.Loss of scavenge air pressure
Explanation: If a bearing or other component overheats inside the crankcase, it can vaporise lubricating oil into a fine mist that, when it later contacts a sufficiently hot surface, can ignite explosively. Relief doors are designed to open and vent the pressure of such an explosion safely rather than let the crankcase casing rupture.
6A 'clover-leafing' wear pattern found on a cylinder liner bore is most closely associated with which cause?
A.Overheating from insufficient jacket cooling water flow
B.Cold corrosion caused by sulphuric acid attack when the liner wall runs below the acid dew point at low load
C.Excessive turbocharger boost pressure
D.Contaminated cylinder lubricating oil with the wrong base number
Explanation: When a liner wall temperature drops below the dew point of sulphuric acid formed from combustion, typically during prolonged low-load running, the acid condenses on the surface and attacks it in a distinctive petal-shaped, or clover-leaf, pattern that follows the honing marks. Maintaining adequate liner wall temperature and correct cylinder oil alkalinity helps prevent it.
7What typically causes turbocharger 'surging' on a marine diesel engine?
A.A sudden increase in fuel oil viscosity
B.A mismatch between the compressor's air delivery and the engine's air demand, often from a fouled compressor or air filter, causing an intermittent reversal of airflow
C.Running the main engine at maximum continuous rating
D.Low lubricating oil pressure to the main bearings
Explanation: Surging is an aerodynamic instability where the compressor cannot maintain steady flow against the downstream resistance, causing airflow to momentarily reverse with a characteristic banging noise. It is commonly triggered by fouled compressor blades, a blocked air filter, or a rapid change in load that upsets the compressor's operating point.
8Compared with a conventional camshaft-driven jerk-pump fuel injection system, what is a key advantage of an electronically controlled (common-rail) fuel injection system on a modern low-speed engine?
A.It eliminates the need for a turbocharger
B.Injection timing and rate can be shaped flexibly and independently of crankshaft position, improving combustion especially at low load
C.It removes the need for cylinder lubrication
D.It allows the engine to run without a governor
Explanation: Common-rail systems store fuel at high pressure and use electronically controlled injectors, so injection timing, duration, and pressure can be tailored to each load condition rather than being fixed by cam profile. This allows smoke-free, efficient combustion down to very low loads, which fixed camshaft-driven systems struggle to achieve.
9What is the primary role of the governor on a marine diesel engine?
A.To regulate the flow of cooling seawater to the engine
B.To automatically adjust fuel delivery to maintain the engine's set speed as load changes
C.To control the lubricating oil pressure
D.To time the opening of the exhaust valve
Explanation: The governor senses engine speed and continuously adjusts the fuel rack (or, in electronic systems, the commanded fuel quantity) so the engine holds its set speed as load varies, preventing overspeed on sudden load loss and maintaining stable running.
10What is the main function of the piston rings on a marine diesel engine piston?
A.To drive the camshaft
B.To seal the combustion gases above the piston and control the lubricating oil film on the cylinder wall
C.To generate the spark for ignition
D.To measure cylinder pressure
Explanation: Compression rings seal the combustion chamber so pressure is not lost past the piston, while oil control rings regulate the film of lubricant left on the cylinder wall. Together they are essential to maintaining engine power and preventing excessive oil consumption or blow-by.
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