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<blockquote data-quote="dig deep" data-source="post: 357976" data-attributes="member: 196054"><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 22px">The most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World!</span> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan's Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken. </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them. </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version.</span></span></span> </p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">Some facts on the 14 cylinder version: </span></span></span> </p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">Total engine weight: </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.) </span> </span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">Length: </span> </span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">89 feet </span> </span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">Height: </span> </span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">44 feet </span> </span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">Maximum power: </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">108,920 hp at 102 rpm </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">Maximum torque: </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"> Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs per hp per hour (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption). Fuel consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/hp/hour. At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #000080">Even at its most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour</span></span>. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The internals of this engine are a bit different than most automotive engines.</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">The top of the connecting rod is not attached directly to the piston. The top of the connecting rod attaches to a "crosshead" which rides in guide channels. A long piston rod then connects the crosshead to the piston.</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">I assume this is done so the sideways forces produced by the connecting rod are absorbed by the crosshead and not by the piston. Those sideways forces are what makes the cylinders in an auto engine get oval-shaped over time. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span><p style="text-align: left"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Installing the "thin-shell" bearings. Crank & rod journals are 38" in diameter and 16" wide: </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The crank sitting in the block (also known as a "gondola-style" bedplate). This is a 10 cylinder version.</span> </span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Note the steps by each crank throw that lead down into the crankcase:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">A piston & piston rod assembly. The piston is at the top. The large square plate at the bottom is where the whole assembly attaches to the crosshead:</span></span></span></p><p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dig deep, post: 357976, member: 196054"] [FONT=tahoma][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=6]The most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World![/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [SIZE=2][/SIZE][LEFT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan's Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT] [SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2][/SIZE] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]Some facts on the 14 cylinder version: [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]Total engine weight: [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][SIZE=2][/SIZE] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.) [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]Length: [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]89 feet [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]Height: [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]44 feet [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]Maximum power: [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]108,920 hp at 102 rpm [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]Maximum torque: [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/LEFT] [SIZE=2][/SIZE][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][LEFT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3] Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs per hp per hour (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption). Fuel consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/hp/hour. At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000080]Even at its most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour[/COLOR][/FONT]. [/SIZE][/LEFT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][LEFT][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]The internals of this engine are a bit different than most automotive engines.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The top of the connecting rod is not attached directly to the piston. The top of the connecting rod attaches to a "crosshead" which rides in guide channels. A long piston rod then connects the crosshead to the piston.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I assume this is done so the sideways forces produced by the connecting rod are absorbed by the crosshead and not by the piston. Those sideways forces are what makes the cylinders in an auto engine get oval-shaped over time. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Comic Sans MS] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2][/SIZE][LEFT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=#000080][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]Installing the "thin-shell" bearings. Crank & rod journals are 38" in diameter and 16" wide: [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]The crank sitting in the block (also known as a "gondola-style" bedplate). 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