Attempt made to afford comparison between passenger liner requiring machinery of 10,000 shp, (1) equipped with two 5000-bhp 2-stroke single acting engines running at 115 rpm and driving propellers direct, and (2) four alternators driven at 250 rpm by 2650-bhp 2-stroke trunk piston single acting engines supplying power to two 5000 shp 100 rpm propeller motors. (see also Diesel Progress v 4 n 3 Mar 1938 p 36-7)
Diesel electric and direct drive compared
Brit Motor Ship
British Motor Ship ; 18 , n 216
1938
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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