Part I: The use of industrial diesel engines -- Classification of diesel engines -- Working principles of diesel engines -- Efficiency and losses of diesel engines -- Standard figures of various types of diesel engines -- Construction of various types of diesel engines -- Use of materials for diesel engines -- Fuels, fuel-line systems and fuel cleaning -- Fuel-injection systems -- Cooling diesel engines -- Lubrication of engines -- Air supply -- Driving gears -- Starting systems of diesel engines -- Speed control -- Noise, origin and damping -- Vibrations and balancing.

Part II: Diesel power plants -- Ship propulsion -- Transmission gears, flexible couplings, vibration dampers, shafting and shaft generator drives -- Diesel engine manufacturers -- Engine emissions -- Calculating fuel and lubricating-oil consumption -- Auxiliary systems: fuel and lubricating-oil separators -- Operational management and automation -- Reconditioning engines and their parts -- Maintenance and repairs -- Casting of engine parts -- New fuel developments -- Bedplates and engine alignments, gearboxes, shafts, propeller shafts and generators -- Propelllers -- Regulations for propulsion engines, classification, repair and damage.

This first edition of a two-part book on diesel engines is intended for all who work with diesel engines for maritime propulsion and power generation.