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So, you like your diesels large? Check this one out then: http://gcaptain.com/emma-maersk-engine http://gcaptain.com/emma-maersk-engine I hope 109,000 HP is e

• mixmax 15y ago
  Talking about powerful engines, check out this rocket Engine sporting roughly 180.000 horsepower. Made by a few crazy rocket amateurs in Copenhagen. http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/heat1x.php http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/heat1x.php
  • hga 15y ago
    Yeah, but these engines will keep pumping out their lower power, directly connected to a shaft and propeller, for very long periods of time with minimal maintenance (read Prime Movers or I'm sure lots of other sources for e.g. how the linkages to the pistons keep them from wearing out of round quickly). These are monster ships that are entrusted with just one engine ... that says a lot.
• hga 15y ago
  The engine rates a long paragraph in Prime Movers and there's a picture of the ship as well. I get the impression that when the book was in production it was the biggest engine in use, but MAN B&W offers a slightly more powerful one and has designed a significantly more powerful one as well if/when it's needed. As for "enough"? Well, measured as shaft vs. brake horsepower, Iowa class battleships (with their superheaters running) would put out nearly twice as much and Nimitz class supercarriers 2.4 times as much. But of course those are fast ships designed to go in harm's way. For the merchant marine, these diesels are "enough".