This is a true egneein master piece from the past,not like the new electronic stuff we have today.Of course it was not as powerfull as recent engine,but I just can to kneel before a such of beauty like this.
An engine this big requires over 200 gallons of starting air at 300psi dumped all at once through a 1" receiver line. Automatic switching gear directs the air to the proper starting cylinder- there's no way to turn the engine by hand to the proper starting position.
Amazing engine!I hope I'll have an old motor like this one next year when I'll be a cadet on a vessel.Does the double acting is like the one based on the Doxford's concept,the Fairbanks-Morse concept or its something else?
I meant,there is one or two crankshaft linked by a gearbox?I know than the Fairbanks-Morse 2 crank shaft concept was mainly used for railroad engine but I'm wondering if it's can be use for a powerplant or a vessel engine too?
Actually F-M didn't sell that many OP (opposed-piston) diesels for locos. Mainly for WWII and subsequent submarines. Some have been salvaged, and some are used on Port Jefferson ferry on Long Island Sound.
For 3-crank OP diesel, check out Vickers' "Deltic" engines for patrol boats & locos.
fairbanks and morse engines are used in ships but they were used in submarines more than locomotives and this engine type here was used in ships also I think.
BTW F&M did not in any way invent the opposed piston concept.
I previously work as co-ordinator for diesel engine generator overhaul and also conduct maintainance and basic repair work. Now thinking work as service engineer for vessel diesel engine. Can someone give me comments or tell me more on the working conditions ? I would like to commit long term and thus want to collect as much info as possible.
In 2003, when the citizens of Copenhagen, experienced a power failure, due to reactor failure in Sweden (where most of the power was - and, I believe, still is - supplied from), this engine was taken in use, and helped to restore the power line once again (being able to start, independently). Now THAT is amazing, so many years after - talk about machinery, build to last... It has since been taken out of the power grid, and is now a part of the Diesel House Museum at the H.C. Ørstedværket.
It is truly a remarkable piece of engineering, both holding the record for so many years and that it's still going, the guy's back then, they could build engines ;-)
That is true and what more you can see how fast the diesel unit can get up to the running speed and engerized the power supply compared with other types of power units can do that in short time frame { beside gaz turbines they can get up the speed pretty fast but very dependent on tempture }
Was that double acting engine or single acting. It works just like Doxford engine
Hreljin87 2 months ago in playlist man b&w
@Hreljin87
It's a double acting engine
nibpe 2 months ago
does it have a throttle? like can it rev up? aint sayin like a car just sayin can it do more then 115rpm?
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This is a true egneein master piece from the past,not like the new electronic stuff we have today.Of course it was not as powerfull as recent engine,but I just can to kneel before a such of beauty like this.
Arthurus1983 1 year ago
An engine this big requires over 200 gallons of starting air at 300psi dumped all at once through a 1" receiver line. Automatic switching gear directs the air to the proper starting cylinder- there's no way to turn the engine by hand to the proper starting position.
douro20 1 year ago
Amazing engine!I hope I'll have an old motor like this one next year when I'll be a cadet on a vessel.Does the double acting is like the one based on the Doxford's concept,the Fairbanks-Morse concept or its something else?
MrJimmyQc 2 years ago
I meant,there is one or two crankshaft linked by a gearbox?I know than the Fairbanks-Morse 2 crank shaft concept was mainly used for railroad engine but I'm wondering if it's can be use for a powerplant or a vessel engine too?
MrJimmyQc 2 years ago
@MrJimmyQc
Actually F-M didn't sell that many OP (opposed-piston) diesels for locos. Mainly for WWII and subsequent submarines. Some have been salvaged, and some are used on Port Jefferson ferry on Long Island Sound.
For 3-crank OP diesel, check out Vickers' "Deltic" engines for patrol boats & locos.
woodscritter 1 year ago
@MrJimmyQc
fairbanks and morse engines are used in ships but they were used in submarines more than locomotives and this engine type here was used in ships also I think.
BTW F&M did not in any way invent the opposed piston concept.
tpvalley 1 year ago
Fantastic! Still alive!!!
Is there somewhere
5-cylinder 4-stroke B & W DM525 ?
Best regards from Belgrade!
sbd403 2 years ago
Hi people,
I previously work as co-ordinator for diesel engine generator overhaul and also conduct maintainance and basic repair work. Now thinking work as service engineer for vessel diesel engine. Can someone give me comments or tell me more on the working conditions ? I would like to commit long term and thus want to collect as much info as possible.
HAPPYCODE 2 years ago
In 2003, when the citizens of Copenhagen, experienced a power failure, due to reactor failure in Sweden (where most of the power was - and, I believe, still is - supplied from), this engine was taken in use, and helped to restore the power line once again (being able to start, independently). Now THAT is amazing, so many years after - talk about machinery, build to last... It has since been taken out of the power grid, and is now a part of the Diesel House Museum at the H.C. Ørstedværket.
lahojen 3 years ago
It is truly a remarkable piece of engineering, both holding the record for so many years and that it's still going, the guy's back then, they could build engines ;-)
nibpe 3 years ago
That is true and what more you can see how fast the diesel unit can get up to the running speed and engerized the power supply compared with other types of power units can do that in short time frame { beside gaz turbines they can get up the speed pretty fast but very dependent on tempture }
Merci,
frenchelectrican 2 years ago
It's a 8 cylinder,double acting two stroke engine, with a 840mm bore and a 1500mm stroke, wich add upp to 22500 Hp, at 115 rpm.
It was built in 1933, and the next 30 years it was the most powerfull engine in the world.
nibpe 3 years ago
how many litres and horses in that ?
ekstrandtim 3 years ago
What is this huge thing from ? Some big ship ?
Zubatec 3 years ago
No it's a power plant, it has been running a 15000 kW generator, powering Copenhagen.
nibpe 3 years ago