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Marine Diesel Engines & Their Use on Board Ships

written by: Ricky edited by: Lamar Stonecypher updated: 2/11/2012


Rudolf Diesel inented the diesel en!ine but the marine en!ineers slo! hard to keep it runnin! on
board ships" #ust learn about the basics of diesel marine en!ines in this article"
Introduction
$e are all familiar with the term diesel and diesel en!ines but not many of us remember Rudolf
Diesel% the brain behind the inention of the diesel en!ine" &f course ' will not !o into much
detail as this article is not meant as a bio!raphy but he was a (erman en!ineer )where else in the
world is en!ineerin! such a passion*+ who undertook years of e,perimentation and nearly lost
his life when his first en!ine e,ploded upon i!nition of fuel" -he rest as they say is history and
diesel en!ines are bein! successfully used in a ariety of applications includin! diesel marine
en!ines used on different types of ships"
The Diesel Engine
&ne of the places where diesel en!ines play an important role is the shippin! industry" Diesel
en!ines are known by the name of compression i!nition en!ines due to technical reasons which
we will study later on in these articles" -here are seeral ways of classification of diesel en!ines
based on arious parameters and some of these classifications are as follows"
o Speed . hi!h speed% medium speed% slow speed
o /sa!e . automotie en!ines% locomotie en!ines% marine engines
o &peration . 20stroke% 10stroke% sin!le actin!% double actin!
o 2ylinder arran!ement . hori3ontal% ertical% ee% radial
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Diesel Marine Engines
't can be seen from the aboe classification that marine en!ines are those which are used in
marine ehicles namely boats% ships% submarines and so forth" 5oth 20stroke as well as 10stroke
en!ines are used in the marine industry" -he en!ines used for the main propulsion or turnin! the
propeller/s of the normal ships are usually slow speed 20stroke en!ines while those used for
proidin! au,iliary power are usually 10stroke hi!h speed diesel en!ines"
6ou can see both these types of en!ines in the pictures below% the first fi!ure bein! that of a 2
stroke main propulsion plant while the second is of a 1 stroke !enerator" #ust keep in mind that
these ima!es are 7ust for !iin! you a rou!h idea otherwise they come in a ariety of si3es and
flaours"
Diesel Marine Engine Components
-he field of diesel marine en!ines is 8uite ast and the en!ine itself is made up of seeral
components" -hese components hae been discussed indiidually in different articles at this
website and we hae articles on theoretical cycles upon which these en!ines are desi!ned and
operate% and arious components such as the crankshaft% bedplate% pistons% liner 9 head" 6ou can
also check out the procedure of takin! indicator dia!rams and read about the 7ob profile of
personnel workin! on these en!ines ri!ht from the 7unior en!ineer to the chief en!ineer" 'nfact
there is also an article which describes the tips to buy used en!ines in case you want to buy a
used diesel marine en!ine"
2 & 4 Stroke Marine Diesel Engines

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