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    Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a watercraft through water. While paddles and sails are still used on some...
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    Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear reactor. The power plant heats water to produce steam for...
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    frequently, in jet drives, an impeller. Marine engineering is the discipline concerned with the design of marine propulsion systems. Steam engines were the first...
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    on the principle of jet propulsion include the jet engine used for aircraft propulsion, the pump-jet used for marine propulsion, and the rocket engine...
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    pursuing in case of normal ships. Use in marine propulsion ABB Marine Solutions The CRP Azipod® Propulsion Concept (PDF), ABB, 2002, archived from the...
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    forward. Studies examining MHD in the field of marine propulsion began in the late 1950s. Few large-scale marine prototypes have been built, limited by the...
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    Retrieved 2019-12-04. "Propeller Propulsion". NASA. May 5, 2015. Carlton, John (2012), Marine Propellers and Propulsion, Butterworth-Heinemann, p. 363....
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  • Air-independent propulsion (AIP), or air-independent power, is any marine propulsion technology that allows a non-nuclear submarine to operate without...
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    as its marine propulsion system. The integration of a steam engine into a watercraft to create a marine steam engine was the start of the marine engineering...
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    Pratt & Whitney manufactures gas turbine engines for industrial use, marine propulsion, and power generation. In 2017, the company reported that it supported...
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    In marine propulsion, a variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch...
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    inspections revealed stress-cracking. This did not reflect poorly on the marine-propulsion gas-turbine concept though, and the trial was a success overall. The...
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    electric propulsion (IEP), full electric propulsion (FEP) or integrated full electric propulsion (IFEP) is an arrangement of marine propulsion systems...
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    An inboard motor is a marine propulsion system for boats. As opposed to an outboard motor, where an engine is mounted outside the hull of the craft, an...
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    Azipod (category Marine propulsion)
    Azipod is a trademarked azimuth thruster pod design, a marine propulsion unit consisting of a fixed pitch propeller mounted on a steerable gondola ("pod")...
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    solutions for Finnlines. Through acquisitions of marine propulsion systems supplier John Crane-Lips in 2002, marine automation company Total Automation in 2006...
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    by nuclear reactors. For more detailed articles see: See Nuclear marine propulsion List of civilian nuclear ships Nuclear navy List of United States...
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    A pump-jet, hydrojet, or water jet is a marine system that produces a jet of water for propulsion. The mechanical arrangement may be a ducted propeller...
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    Volvo Penta (redirect from Volvo Marine)
    Volvo Penta is a Swedish marine and industrial engine manufacturer, a joint stock company within the Volvo Group. Volvo Penta evolved from a foundry in...
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  • marine propulsion Internal drive propulsion Integrated electric propulsion Combined nuclear and steam propulsion Astern propulsion Marine propulsion Air-independent...
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    for Kinzhal (Kinzhal-equipped units only) Combined nuclear and steam propulsion system (CONAS) is used on the Kirov battlecruisers. Complementary to the...
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  • Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation. The contract changed hands again when Fluor Corporation, as their subsidiary Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC won...
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    rudder Cyclorotor – Perpendicular axis marine propulsion system Voith Schneider Propeller – Proprietary marine propulsion system Saildrive – Non-steerable propeller...
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  • ratio. AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference (51st ed.). doi:10.2514/6.2015-4028. inter-action association, 1987 "Marine Trent". Civil Engineering...
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  • Propulsor (category Marine propulsion)
    A propulsor is a mechanical device that gives propulsion. The word is commonly used in the marine vernacular, and implies a mechanical assembly that is...
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    A marine thruster is a device for producing directed hydrodynamic thrust mounted on a marine vehicle, primarily for maneuvering or propulsion. There are...
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    (Junkers Jumo 205). Gray Marine, 6-71 uniflow diesel engines. MAN Diesel & Turbo, crosshead diesel engines for marine propulsion Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...
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    at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion. When a fissile nucleus like uranium-235 or plutonium-239 absorbs...
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    operated by Fluor Marine Propulsion Corporation, a subsidiary of Fluor Corporation. Previously operated by Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation, a wholly...
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    limited use in haul trucks, electricity generation, rail transport, and marine propulsion. There are no known automobiles that have used V18 engines and no...
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