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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
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09-28-2006, 06:06 PM
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Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
who said what to who now?
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09-28-2006, 06:20 PM
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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!
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09-28-2006, 06:23 PM
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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. ;)
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09-28-2006, 06:44 PM
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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.
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09-28-2006, 07:15 PM
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Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
Thats about the mileage Im getting in my 18 too. ::)
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09-28-2006, 07:24 PM
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Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
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09-28-2006, 08:43 PM
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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.
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09-28-2006, 08:53 PM
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Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!
You sound like a Port Engineer. ???
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