Ship fire prevention /
By: Bennett, Alfred John Stevens.
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TextSeries: Commonwealth and international library of science, technology, engineering, and liberal studies : Marine engineering division: v. 1.Publisher: Oxford : New York : Pergamon Press ; Macmillan, 1964Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 157 pages) : illustrations (some color). Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781483199979; 1483199975; 1483225003; 9781483225005.Subject(s): Ships -- Fires and fire prevention | Navires -- Incendies et pr�evention des incendies | Ships -- Fires and fire preventionDDC classification: 623.854 Online resources: Click here to access online Front Cover; Ship Fire Prevention; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; UNITS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE:MATERIALS AND METHODS; CHAPTER 1. DETAILS OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; A. GENERAL; B. FIRST AID EXTINGUISHERS; C. MAJOR EQUIPMENT; D. BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; CHAPTER 2. FIRE PUMPS; DUAL PURPOSE AND SINGLE PURPOSE PUMPS; TYPES OF FIRE PUMPS; PRINCIPLES OF THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; ESTIMATION OF HEAD; TYPES OF PRIMING DEVICE; NON SELF-PRIMING PUMPS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; THE WORTHINGTON SIMPSON EMERGENCY SUBMERSIBLE FIRE AND BILGE PUMP
GAS TURBINE DRIVEN EMERGENCY PUMPSCHAPTER 3. THE EFFECT OF FREE WATER ON SHIP STABILITY; EFFECT ON METACENTRIC HEIGHT; LARGE ANGLES OF HEEL; PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; TRIM; 4. EXTRACTS FROM RULES AND REGULATIONS; PASSENGER SHIPS; ELECTRICAL RULES; AMERICAN RULES; PART TWO:ENGINEERING ASPECTS; 5. ANTI-FIRE DATA FOR FUELS; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; MEASUREMENTS RELATING TO FIRE RISK; FLAMMABILITY; CHAPTER6. PROTECTION OF STEAM RAISING PLANT; FIRES IN BOILER ROOMS; FIRES IN GAS HEAT EXCHANGERS; CHAPTER 7. PREVENTION OF EXPLOSIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; CRANKCASE FIRE RISK; PROTECTION IN TANKERS
LIQUID GAS CARRIERSCHAPTER 8. SHIPS IN PORT; FIRE BRIGADES; SPECIFIC CASES OF FIRES; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS; INDEX
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