It is suggested that by far greatest part of diesel ships of merchant marine built in recent years or now under construction are driven by slow speed direct-coupled engines; in respect of total horsepower, share of multi-engine installations is extremely modest; present paper deals with reasons behind this situation and analyzes respective advantages and drawbacks of geared arrangements and of direct-drive slow speed engines; examples and studies shown are based on engine types of Sulzer company. (See also Naval Engrs J v 76 n 3 June 1964 p 425-37)
Slow speed versus high speed diesel engines for ship propulsions
Mar Engr Naval Architect
Marine Engineer and Naval Architect ; 87 , n 1061
1964
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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