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You wouldn’t want to run them wide open throttle for a long time but usually they give you a cruise RPM suggestion for optimal gas/speed. People make 20-30 mile
by wil421 4y ago
You wouldn’t want to run them wide open throttle for a long time but usually they give you a cruise RPM suggestion for optimal gas/speed. People make 20-30 miles runs offshore in smaller boats running them close to wide open for hours at a time.
Yes I think they are heavier than their truck counterparts. Most are raw water cooled so they have intakes/risers and shoot water out the exhaust.
The diesel ship engines are beasts, can take a beating, and run for 10x as many hours as a gas engine. It looks like they are too heavy for aircraft but there are some Diesel engine manufacturers listed on Wikipedia.
- cardiffspaceman 4y agoDiesel engines on large ships typically work as diesel-electrics, the way railroad locomotives do. For example, Celebrity Solstice[1] uses diesel generators and azimuth thrust pods which contain electric motors. Celebrity Millennium[2] uses gas turbine generators and azimuth thrust pods. The electricity is also used for the rest of the electrical needs on the ship. The cruise industry is adopting LNG fuel, and hybrid power plants, gradually. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Solstice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Solstice [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Millennium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Millennium