BURNING METHANE IN LARGE, CROSSHEAD DIESELS

Sulzer Brothers, Winterthur, Switzerland has successfully demonstrated a large, two-stroke diesel engine that can burn methane gas with only a small amount of liquid pilot fuel. The engine is a six-cyl unit with a bore of 30 in. ( 76cm ) delivering some 9000 bhp at 120 rpm. A chart gives performance results for a 6RD76 dual-fuel engine. Details are given for special engine design features, control equipment, leakage precautions, derating for higher hydrocarbons, and the hypothetical economics of a methane carrier equipped with this type of propulsion.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  30 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007
• Publication Date: 1969-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 90-91
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineering/Log
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
  • ISSN: 0732-5460

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel engines; Diesel fuels; Hybrid vehicles; Liquefied gases; Liquefied natural gas; Liquefied petroleum gas; Tankers
• Old TRIS Terms: Dual fuel diesels; Lpg diesel fuel
• Subject Areas: Energy; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00007417
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 1973 12:00AM