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**Wgnhqhlg** · 04-21-2011, 11:41 PM

Year of built: 1932

It was used in a Danish electricity plant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZr2u...yer_detailpage

B&W large bore diesel engine from 1932, which for more than 30 years was the largest diesel engine in the world. Love old stuff like this. [thumbup]

**HRCPda7R** · 04-22-2011, 03:03 AM

big engines are great! i like reading about when they catastrophically fail too.

like this train engine piston firing out and going through someones wall

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=272098

**prmwsinfo** · 04-22-2011, 03:05 AM

Thing needs a nice exhaust system! [thumbup]
I wonder how many homes an engine like that could power.

**HRCPda7R** · 04-22-2011, 03:08 AM

22500 HP kept away from people by.. a handrail. falling into that would sting a bit.

Love old stuff like this. you might just find this interesting...

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides...xford_and_Sons

**Charryith** · 04-22-2011, 06:06 AM

catastopically

I had to google that to find out if it was actually a word, at least add an f in there if not a ph

Last "big" diesel I had some fun with was a Massey Ferguson 698T with a turbo kit, still only hit around 100hp

**HRCPda7R** · 04-22-2011, 06:09 AM

ja, i catastrophically made a typo

**Alina20100** · 04-22-2011, 07:26 AM

How does this thing start up? I don't see how it just starts at 0 rpm and then goes 1...2...3 rpm... What I mean is there's no difference between startup and running

**Ingeborga** · 04-22-2011, 08:49 AM

At around 2:45 you can see a large electric motor, that appears to be geared to the flywheel - a starter motor as found in a car.
Big diesels like that will normally have a decompression mechanism to reduce the load on the starter and once it's turning the decompression is released and it runs normally, coming up to idle speed, which could be only a few rpm up to perhaps 120ish at full speed.
I'd like to have heard it under full load, there's something special about big diesels and steam engines, isn't there

Some large steam engines used for pumping, lots of gleaming brass and copper - they were artisans as much as engineers in those days!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP9__nQ-_YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM4Ig...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRP2...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXG73...eature=related

**cyslespitocop** · 04-22-2011, 10:25 AM

Thing needs a nice exhaust system! [thumbup]
I wonder how many homes an engine like that could power.

16.8MW, or about 3 HD6990s.

04-21-2011, 11:41 PM	#1
Wgnhqhlg Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 413 Senior Member	Nice! 22.500BHP diesel engine. Year of built: 1932 It was used in a Danish electricity plant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZr2u...yer_detailpage B&W large bore diesel engine from 1932, which for more than 30 years was the largest diesel engine in the world. Love old stuff like this. [thumbup] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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HRCPda7R Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 315 Senior Member	big engines are great! i like reading about when they catastrophically fail too. like this train engine piston firing out and going through someones wall http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=272098 Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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prmwsinfo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 518 Senior Member	Thing needs a nice exhaust system! [thumbup] I wonder how many homes an engine like that could power. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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04-22-2011, 03:08 AM	#4
HRCPda7R Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 315 Senior Member	22500 HP kept away from people by.. a handrail. falling into that would sting a bit. Love old stuff like this. you might just find this interesting... http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides...xford_and_Sons Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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04-22-2011, 06:06 AM	#5
Charryith Join Date Oct 2005 Location Italy Posts 587 Senior Member	catastopically I had to google that to find out if it was actually a word, at least add an f in there if not a ph Last "big" diesel I had some fun with was a Massey Ferguson 698T with a turbo kit, still only hit around 100hp Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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HRCPda7R Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 315 Senior Member	ja, i catastrophically made a typo Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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04-22-2011, 07:26 AM	#7
Alina20100 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 568 Senior Member	How does this thing start up? I don't see how it just starts at 0 rpm and then goes 1...2...3 rpm... What I mean is there's no difference between startup and running Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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04-22-2011, 08:49 AM	#8
Ingeborga Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 590 Senior Member	At around 2:45 you can see a large electric motor, that appears to be geared to the flywheel - a starter motor as found in a car. Big diesels like that will normally have a decompression mechanism to reduce the load on the starter and once it's turning the decompression is released and it runs normally, coming up to idle speed, which could be only a few rpm up to perhaps 120ish at full speed. I'd like to have heard it under full load, there's something special about big diesels and steam engines, isn't there Some large steam engines used for pumping, lots of gleaming brass and copper - they were artisans as much as engineers in those days!. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP9__nQ-_YM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM4Ig...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRP2...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXG73...eature=related Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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04-22-2011, 10:25 AM	#9
cyslespitocop Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	Thing needs a nice exhaust system! [thumbup] I wonder how many homes an engine like that could power. 16.8MW, or about 3 HD6990s. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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