The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World!

[67guzzler]

Here is the link: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/



Here is one of the pictures from the link above:



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[C. Harlan]

I think someone posted that on here a while back... pretty imressive, huh??? I like!



-Chris-

 

[67guzzler]

Knowing the diesel fans here, I figured they might have already spotted & posted it. I'm not sure from reading the descriptions what it's used for tho... ???

 

[HPagel]

Looks like a candidate for the '07 Super-mega Cab.

 

[nickleinonen]

Knowing the diesel fans here, I figured they might have already spotted & posted it. I'm not sure from reading the descriptions what it's used for tho... ???

this has been posted here [and in pretty much every diesel related forum and in diesel power issue#2]



the engine is the prime mover for a large ship [tanker, container... ] impressive engines of that size are. .

 

[klenger]

I did a search on "Most Powerful Diesel" and came up with at least 4 different threads on this.



Yep, it's cool.

 

[BDanner]

Imagine the oil change? The filter?



No Carter lift pump seen there! LOL :-laf

 

[67guzzler]

this has been posted here [and in pretty much every diesel related forum and in diesel power issue#2]

I did a search on "Most Powerful Diesel" and came up with at least 4 different threads on this.

Ok! Ok! Sheesh! I guess I shouldn't have started this dawg-on thread! Tar and feather me! I can take it!

 

[Truckie]

They just had a thing on the History channel about that engine, I was not home while it was on but I got like 3 different phone calls from people to tell me it was on.

So who wants to start the BOMBing?

As said befor very cool.

 

[Diesel Nut]

I saw that show on Modern Marvels. That was very impressive. I guess that engine added up to 10% of the ships overall weight :--) and has to be transoprted in pieces and assembled on the ship. And, they can take one cylinder out of service to fix something and leave the rest running. Cool show, if it weren't $30 I'd order a copy of it!

 

[cruiser_2]

Yeah I just saw that on History channel too... . very impressive. What impressed me about it also was that it took 32 tons of fuel each day... . now at 7. 5 pounds per gallon that comes to..... 8,533. 3 gallons a day..... just double that if they were talking metric tons. it takes about 10 days to go across the pacific ocean we're talking 85000+ gallons @ 2. 50 a gallon that's about 212,500 bucks just in fuel costs to go across the pacific... glad I don't have that fuel bill!!!!!

 

[TJany]

now i'm no expert, but i'm an engineer at the massachusetts maritime academy (hopefully graduating in june with a 3 A/E license)...



to my knowledge the largest "diesel" engines are built by a company called "Sulzer," i believe they have an in line 12 cylinder now that is making 100,000 hp. as far as some of the comments about fuel oil etc...



Unless severe contamination occurs, there is no need to "change" the oil. All ships have their own oil purifiers on board, so while there are strainers on board, no oil changes actually take place.



as far as fuel is concerned, the engine is only started on diesel fuel, once it has been warmed up the engine is switched over to bunker fuel (extremely lower cost, though even that is getting more expensive). we have a a 540 foot training ship with a steam plant going to 15,500 horsepower worth of turbines, we burn about 1200 gallons of number 6 per hour. now even with the more efficient "diesel", i would have to estimate that plant is burning around 2000 gallons per hour, possibly more



a couple side notes...

an engine like that is classified as a "slow speed diesel" these engines only turn from 35-135 rpm. these engines are direct coupled to the propeller, and thus the motor itself is actually reversed to reverse the ship/ a ship that that motor would be going into would probably cruise 25-30 knots and be on the order of a 1000 foot tanker



Tim

 

[BFoster]

the 12 CYL Sulzer engine(108,000 shp) burns 4050 gallons per hour at full load(nearly 400 tons of fuel per day), they are used in the containerships that run from the US west coast to Japan/Hong kong.

the Latest versions of these ships carry upwards of 12,000 containers at 22 knots.



Nice to see another Maritime person on here Tim, I am a KP '96 grad.

 

[ChrisOlson]

marine engineer

It is nice to see more marine engineers I am A 2/E unlimited steam and motor

hawspiper. AND A proud member of the MEBA



more things to add here about that engine it is a 2 stroke with 2 seperate oil supplies the crank case oil never sees the combustion chamber there is a sealing surface on the connecting rod so oil is injected into the combustion chamber and burned off with the fuel . Oil Filters "not" these engines use very large Strainers

and purifiers or centrifuges that cleane the oil. They are going in to a 8500 TEU or container ship that is a ship that can carry 8500 containers



b foster where do you work



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