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The World's Most Powerful Diesel Engine

Posted by kdawson on from the zero-to-sixty-eventually dept.

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.

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  1. Re:That's wonderful, but. . . by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Top fuel engines produce that much power now, "

    Big deal. I doubt those engines produce 2000 TONS of torque at 102 RPM which is what you need to turn power a 50,000 ton ship. Power isn't everything.

    "need to survive under load for only 5 seconds at the very most"

    Yeah , that'd be useful on a 2 month voyage then.

  2. Re:Summary WAY off by vought · · Score: 0, Troll

    It seems that even the submitter doesn't RTFA.

    It seems you are too pedantic for your own good.

    Remove the parenthetical. Re-read the sentence. Make sense now?