Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

It says on the website that it burns fuel at a rate of .278 lbs/hp*hr at maximum power. At 108,920 hp * .278 lbs/hp*hr, the fuel consumption is 30280 lbs/hr. The engine is most likely burning IFO-380 fuel oil which has a specific gravity of .96. If water weighs 8.33 lbs/gallon, IFO-380 weighs .96*8.33 or 8 lbs/gallon. Therefore, 30280 lbs/hr * 1 gallon/8lbs = 3785 gallons/hr

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

who said what to who now?

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

I used to work on a ship that at full speed would burn about 4,000 bbls/day! 42 gal. to a barrel = 7,000 gals/hr.!

Oh, that was @ about 32kts. for a 948' ship!

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

I think Hammer is to MJ what 76 is to Skools ;D

That's some serious language there 76. I'm glad you included the final calculation (3785 gallons/hr). That much I understood. ;)

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

TinMan, either that was a Navy ship or one of the old SL-7 containerships?

Anybody ever hear of the SS United States? It was a cruise ship with what was effectively an aircraft carrier power plant. It was capable of making 268,000 hp. Think of what that plant burned. Also, it's a steam plant and they burn roughly twice the fuel as a similarly powered diesel plant.

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

Thats about the mileage Im getting in my 18 too. ::)

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

Wow, very good! It was an SL-7! USNS Capella. I made 4 trips to the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf war.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tz/regulus.jpg

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

I'm on the civilian side of shipping. *Most of the guys I have worked with have some kind of story about those ships. *I would like to sail on one just to say I did, but also because they're steam plants and I hate diesel plants. *One guy I talked to said he was on one when one blew a gasket on a 10 inch superheated steam line and vented the boiler into the engine room. *They had to evacuate the plant immediately because it became too hot and humid to inhabit.

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

You sound like a Port Engineer. ???

Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
 

Just an engineering cadet right now.