Something For Big Engine Lovers

[bowtie427ss]

The B&W in Copenhagen is amazing.:yes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unAsUugK9zw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY7hTT-Zk5M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvJK4-iQn_U&feature=related

 

[Mike Gibson]

Thanks for posting that. It's very interesting. Many years ago while in the Navy I worked on GM 248-278 series engines. Which were the forerunners of today's EMD diesels.

 

[Brent71]

Those things amaze me.

 

[Splatter Pak]

This was on another forum: Key "The World's Most Powerful Diesel Engine" into a search engine. Amazing!

 

[gearhead]

Just for the fun of it, I figured the first engine's cubic inches at 399,008.
Is that right?
The cubic millimeter size is 6,650,138,880,
or 6,150139 cubic centimeters.

 

[Brent71]

http://www.bgsoflex.com/cgi-bin/displacement?ncyl=8&diam=840&osize=0.0&stroke=1500&mode=Millimeters

Input Parameters Are the Following:
Number of Cylinders are = 8 to 1
Piston Diameter = 840.000 Millimeters
Piston Oversize = 0.000 Millimeters
Engine Stroke = 1500.000 Millimeters
Computation Results:
Computed Engine Displacement (CID) is 405815
Computed Engine Displacement (Litres) is 6650.2
Computed Engine Displacement (CC) is 6650204.1

 

[rickr15]

Too cool.
Wonder what the fuel consumption per hour is?

 

[Brent71]

Too cool.
Wonder what the fuel consumption per hour is?

240 g fuel per kWh at 12,000 kW = 2,880 litres/h
http://www.dieselhouse.dk/Forside_knapper/6_DenStoreMotor/Index_EN.html