Wonder how much fuel it would take to spool this badboy
01-01-2006, 02:30 PM
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Heres the picture, I couldnt fix your post because Im not ADMIN!!!
THATS ONE BIG TURBO[/QUOTE]
Thanks... I was just about to try again.
Heres the picture, I couldnt fix your post because Im not ADMIN!!!
THATS ONE BIG TURBO[/QUOTE]
Thanks... I was just about to try again.
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01-02-2006, 05:15 AM
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My last unit I was stationed at was a Coast Guard cutter. On of our biggest. Our Engine Room had 2 diesel gensets (V-8 confinguration, this engine stood taller than me), 2 P&W FT4 gas turbine engines, and 2 Fairbanks Morse 12 cylinder engines. The turbine and F-M engines was for propulsion.
The F-M engine was a 12 cylinder, 24 piston, vertically opposed, 2 stroke engine. There are two crankshafts, an upper and lower. The pistons in each cylinder would come together to compress and fire. The bore was 8" and the piston stroke was 12", giving each cylinder 24" total stroke. This engine had twin turbos on it, approximatley the same size as the 2nd picture in MassyMan1089's pictures.
The F-M engine was a 12 cylinder, 24 piston, vertically opposed, 2 stroke engine. There are two crankshafts, an upper and lower. The pistons in each cylinder would come together to compress and fire. The bore was 8" and the piston stroke was 12", giving each cylinder 24" total stroke. This engine had twin turbos on it, approximatley the same size as the 2nd picture in MassyMan1089's pictures.
01-02-2006, 10:18 AM
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When i was in college, we went on a field trip to the Tennesee Natural Gas pipeline pump station in sharon springs, ny. They had two huge (read like 2 stories tall) cooper-bessimer inline 10cylinder turboed natural gas engines, and they had turbos that looked just like the one in the top picture. These engines were used for pumping natural gas from sharon springs to somehwere in massacheusettes (sp?).
When we were there, one was offline, and they decided to start it up for us to let us see. These things were air-start, and used ALOT of air to get going. They actually fired up fairly quickly, maybe after 250 or so revs, not bad i though for an engine bigger than my apartment.
When we were there, one was offline, and they decided to start it up for us to let us see. These things were air-start, and used ALOT of air to get going. They actually fired up fairly quickly, maybe after 250 or so revs, not bad i though for an engine bigger than my apartment.