Engineering:MAN B&W K108ME-C
The K108ME-C is a proposed low speed two-stroke turbocharged marine diesel engine for marine propulsion and power generation applications. It is designed by the Denmark department of the Germany diesel engine supplier MAN SE.
If the engine, or a possible newer derivate of it (claimed by some[who?] to be the G108ME-C) is ever built, the largest version will be the most powerful reciprocating engine ever, with more than 130,000 brake horsepower (96,941 kW) in Mark 9 or Mark 10 versions. The engine's cylinder bore will be 1,080 millimetres (42.5 in), and the stroke was initially proposed to be 2,660 millimetres (105 in). It will be used in new container ships of more than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) in order to achieve around 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) cruising speed. The thermodynamic efficiency of the engine will surpass 50%.[1][2]
See also
- Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C - a similar 14 cylinder engine
References
External links
- MAN B&W. "K108ME-C model page (Defunct)". http://www.manbw.dk/project_guides/printed/k108mec6.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
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