Here are some nice ones based on the Jag V12. http://www.v12designs.co.uk/ Here's some misc. ones I've come across.
So WTH is this going to be when the PRC puts the lid on? Too big for any ship. Doesn't make sense as a generator - more efficient to put more, smaller units into position. Reminds me of Germany's Big Bertha guns used on land - militarily insignificant due to slow ROF and crewing requirements. Blech
Nah it's for supertankers and container ships. It has an efficiency rating of over 50% at maximum power RPM. BSFC at that rpm (102 ) is .278 pounds per hour. Your motorcycle probably has a BSFC of .5 or so. BTW it makes over 100,000 horsepower at just over 100 RPM. What a piece of work.
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Wonder what kinda oil they use Seriously I wander what the service interverl is on that monster. At 100 rpm whats an over haul like 20 years?
The article I read referenced a piston wear rate of .03MM per 1000 hours. Don't know what is considered worn out on something like that.
Maybe its like the Golden Gate Bridge; never done. They just keep pumping oil in one end, and pumping it out on the other... How about this V-16? 640 bhp @ 11,500 rpm. Crafted from 4 Yamaha 1000's.
One of the Navy ships I served on was diesel engined. Two 3000 hp 9 cylinder Nordbergs. We never changed oil, but we ran continuous purification on it through DeLaval centrifugal oil purifiers.
They are designed to be overhauled in place. Some big engines can actually be shut down. one cylinder disconnected. Restarted and then run without that cylinder, They can do liner and cylinder jobs with the equipment on the boat. Rod
We had a spare cylinder sleeve and piston hanging on the after engine room bulkhead. There were chain fall tracks over each engine.