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 Mar Engr and Naval Architect v 87 n 1061 Aug 1964 p 372-7)


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    Title :

    Slow speed versus high speed diesel engines for ship propulsions


    Additional title:

    Naval Engrs J


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    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    13 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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