本书描述了在船舶与海洋工程的动力装置中使用代用燃料的可行性和使用现状，系统地介绍了船舶动力装置中的常见替代燃料，并着重介绍了液化天然气、生物柴油及其混合物作为船舶动力装置燃料的应用过程，以及合成煤基燃料在船舶动力装置中的燃烧效果。

1 Substantiation of Alternative Fuels Utilization
1.1 Contribution of Marine Transport to the Global Atmosphere
Pollution
1.2 Demands of the International Conventions for Preventing
Pollution from Marine Vessels
1.3 Methods of Ship Power Plants Emissions Reduction
1.4 Conclusions
References
2 Modern State of Using Alternative Fuels in Marine Engineering
2.1 Impact of Fuel Characteristics on the Parameters of Fuel
Systems and Ship Power Plants
2.2 Alternative Fuels Technologies
2.3 Perspective Alternative Fuels for Application on Marine
Transport
2.4 Review of Experience in Alternative Fuels Usage in Ship
Power Plants
2.5 Conclusions
References
3 Liquefied Natural Gas as Marine Fuel
3.1 Review of the Fuel Systems for LNG-Fueled Power Plants
3.2 Main Equipment for LNG Fuel Systems of Ship Power Plants
3.3 Parameters of LNG-Fueled Ship Power Plants
3.4 Conclusions
References
4 Biodiesel and Its Blends as Marine Fuels
4.1 Review of Fuel Systems for Biodiesel-Fueled Power Plants
4.2 Main Equipment and Additives for Biodiesel Fuel Systems
of Ship Power Plants
4.3 Parameters of Ship Biodiesel-Fueled Power Plants
4.4 Conclusions
References
5 Synthetic Coal-Based Fuels and Their Combustion
5.1 Integrated Plasma Coal Gasification Power Plant
5.2 Working Process in a Gas Turbine Combustor Operating
on Synthesis Gas
5.3 Low-Emissive Combustion of Synthesis Gas
5.4 Conclusions
References