Slashdot Mirror
The World's Most Powerful Diesel Engine
trex279 writes "The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the world's most powerful diesel engine built to date. Each cylinder displaces a whopping 111,143 cubic inches (1,820 liters, equivalent to a cube 4 feet on a side) and produces 7,780 horsepower. The engine is about the size of a small building." The engine is intended for use in container ships.
You don't need rotation for power.
Sure. Those turbojets don't rotate.
doing things [triple turbine Deisel-powered truck] for entertainment purposes only is hardlyuseless (it draws many crowds that very much appreciate the show)
Providing airshow attendees with something to watch that doesn't involve craning their necks skyward. That's useful - especially in the context of large reciprocating Diesel engines. (Rolls eyes.)
I think a 36K horsepower set of turbines running on Diesel of all fuels if pretty cool, much cooler than a supersized cylinder block.
That's great. Why didn't you just post that to begin with, instead of trying to sound smart?
'torque' only applies for things that are _rotating_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque
So, jet engines have a torque rating? I don't think you understand what you're talking about.
It sounds like you got caught being a dumbass, and to cover it up, you just added a bunch of non-sequiturs together and hoped an argument would form.
You don't need rotation for power.
No, but it helps when you're trying to covert that power to work. For all the sense in your argument, you could just propose pouring Diesel fuel over a cliff and using the kinetic energy to displace rocks at the bottom. Much easier and cooler-looking than using rotating mechanical means of energy conversion.
Dude. Stop posting. You are digging faster that George Bush.