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Boating Factoid I found today....
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
that it burns. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Larry W4CSC No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH! Kirk Out..... |
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Boating Factoid I found today....
Larry W4CSC ) wrote:
: The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel : that it burns. I find that really, really hard to beleive. Lets see, 5280 feet per mile, that is 10,560 gallons per mile. For a trip across the Atlantic of, what ?, 3600 miles?, that is 38,016,000 gallons. At 6 pounds or so per gallon, that is 114,048 *tons* of fuel. Another way to look at it, for 38,000,000 gallons of fuel at, say $0.90 per gallon, that is around $34,200,000 to fuel that beast. If you carry 2000 passenagers, that is $17,000 per passenger just for the fuel. Naw, someone is jerking your chain Larry. : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Who says you can't burn diesel in boilers? -- Jim Hollenback, NK6L my opinion. |
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Boating Factoid I found today....
Larry W4CSC ) wrote:
: The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel : that it burns. I find that really, really hard to beleive. Lets see, 5280 feet per mile, that is 10,560 gallons per mile. For a trip across the Atlantic of, what ?, 3600 miles?, that is 38,016,000 gallons. At 6 pounds or so per gallon, that is 114,048 *tons* of fuel. Another way to look at it, for 38,000,000 gallons of fuel at, say $0.90 per gallon, that is around $34,200,000 to fuel that beast. If you carry 2000 passenagers, that is $17,000 per passenger just for the fuel. Naw, someone is jerking your chain Larry. : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Who says you can't burn diesel in boilers? -- Jim Hollenback, NK6L my opinion. |
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Boating Factoid I found today....
Maybe only while accelerating from a dead stop to cruising speed?
Don "Jim Hollenback" wrote in message ... Larry W4CSC ) wrote: : The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel : that it burns. I find that really, really hard to beleive. Lets see, 5280 feet per mile, that is 10,560 gallons per mile. For a trip across the Atlantic of, what ?, 3600 miles?, that is 38,016,000 gallons. At 6 pounds or so per gallon, that is 114,048 *tons* of fuel. Another way to look at it, for 38,000,000 gallons of fuel at, say $0.90 per gallon, that is around $34,200,000 to fuel that beast. If you carry 2000 passenagers, that is $17,000 per passenger just for the fuel. Naw, someone is jerking your chain Larry. : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- : I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Who says you can't burn diesel in boilers? -- Jim Hollenback, NK6L my opinion. |
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Boating Factoid I found today....
Maybe only while accelerating from a dead stop to cruising speed?
Don "Jim Hollenback" wrote in message ... Larry W4CSC ) wrote: : The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel : that it burns. I find that really, really hard to beleive. Lets see, 5280 feet per mile, that is 10,560 gallons per mile. For a trip across the Atlantic of, what ?, 3600 miles?, that is 38,016,000 gallons. At 6 pounds or so per gallon, that is 114,048 *tons* of fuel. Another way to look at it, for 38,000,000 gallons of fuel at, say $0.90 per gallon, that is around $34,200,000 to fuel that beast. If you carry 2000 passenagers, that is $17,000 per passenger just for the fuel. Naw, someone is jerking your chain Larry. : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- : I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Who says you can't burn diesel in boilers? -- Jim Hollenback, NK6L my opinion. |
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Boating Factoid I found today....
It would seem from the following the ship goes much moe than 6 inches
on one gallon of fuel. The ship only carries a total of 4381.4 tons of fuel oil plus another 206.8 tons of diesel. FYI, the engines start on diesel and then can switch to heavier oil once warmed up. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 - Ship Facts Ship Facts Builder - Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, Glasgow Launch date - 20 September 1967 Passenger accommodation - 1,750 Christened: September 20, 1967, by HRH Queen Elizabeth II Builders: John Brown & Co. Shipyard (Clydebank) Ltd. Keel Laid: July 4, 1965 Maiden Voyage: May 2, 1969 Port of Registry: Southampton, EnglandSignal Letters: GBTT Official Number: 336703 Number of funnels - 1 Number of masts - 1 Construction - Steel Propulsion - Twin screw Engines - Nine 9-cylinder medium speed turbo-charged diesels Service speed - 28.5 knots Maximum Speed: 32.5 knots Tonnage and Dimensions Tonnage: Gross Tonnage -- 70,327 Net Tonnage -- 37,182 Dimensions Length Overall: 293.2 m (962 ft) Height (keel to funnel base): 41 m (134 ft) Width Overall: 32 m (105 ft) Height to funnel structu 21.2 m (69.5 ft) Bridge height of eye: 28.9 m (95 ft) Height (keel to masthead): 62.1 m (204 ft) Bridge to stem: 72.6 m (238 ft) Bridge to stern: 220.9 m (725 ft) Draft Light draft: 7.9 m (26 ft) Loaded draft: 9.9 m (33 ft) Freeboard: 9.1 m (30 ft) Loaded Freeboard: 7.2 m (23.5 ft) Displacement: 37,333 tons Loaded Displacement: 48,923 tons Machinery Diesel Engines: 9 x 9 Cylinder 58/64 (580 mm bore/640 mm stroke) medium speed, running at 400 rpm, connected to individual alternators rated at 10.5 megawatts each. Builders: MAN. Augsburg, West Germany. Electric Motors: 2 x 350 tons, one on each propeller shaft, rated at a maximum of 44 megawatts each at 144 rpm.Boilers: 9x Exhaust Gas. 2x Oil Fired. Output at Propellers: 2 x 44 MW. Propellers: 2x outward turning LIPS Controllable Pitch. Bow thrusters: 2 stone kamewa, 100 h.p. per unit 6.65' vpp. Stabilizers: 4 Denny Brown. Fuel consumption: 18.05 tons per hour (433 tons per day) on 9 diesels. Rudder weight: 80 tons Anchors Forward: 2 at 12 1/2 tons Cables: 2 at 4" x 12 shackles Aft: 1 at 7 1/4 tons Cables: 1 at 3" x 8 shackles Tank Capacities Fresh water: 1,852.0 tons Diesel oil: 206.8 tons Ballast: 4,533.0 tons Fuel oil: 4,381.4 tons Laundry water: 489.0 tons Lubricating oil: 335.7 tons Feed water: 113.8 tons Other "City at Sea" Features Steiners Beauty Salon 13-car garage Hospital with complete medical services The Greenery Florist Kennels Laundry facilities Daily newspaper published onboard 13 decks 4,500 square yards of deck space 13 elevators Micron Computer Learning Center Micron Business Center QE2 Spa at Sea Health Spa on Six Deck Fitness Center on Seven Deck QE2 Signature Shop Seven restaurants: Queens Grill; Princess Grill; Britannia Grill; Caronia Restaurant; Mauretania Restaurant; The Lido and Pavilion Royal Shopping Promenade Eight bars Foreign exchange bank Tuxedo Rental Shop/Louis Feraud 20 channel television including Cable News Network Children's playroom Direct dial capabilities via Comsat Email service for passengers Financial Fax service for passengers On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:17:24 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote: The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Larry W4CSC No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH! Kirk Out..... |
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Boating Factoid I found today....
It would seem from the following the ship goes much moe than 6 inches
on one gallon of fuel. The ship only carries a total of 4381.4 tons of fuel oil plus another 206.8 tons of diesel. FYI, the engines start on diesel and then can switch to heavier oil once warmed up. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 - Ship Facts Ship Facts Builder - Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, Glasgow Launch date - 20 September 1967 Passenger accommodation - 1,750 Christened: September 20, 1967, by HRH Queen Elizabeth II Builders: John Brown & Co. Shipyard (Clydebank) Ltd. Keel Laid: July 4, 1965 Maiden Voyage: May 2, 1969 Port of Registry: Southampton, EnglandSignal Letters: GBTT Official Number: 336703 Number of funnels - 1 Number of masts - 1 Construction - Steel Propulsion - Twin screw Engines - Nine 9-cylinder medium speed turbo-charged diesels Service speed - 28.5 knots Maximum Speed: 32.5 knots Tonnage and Dimensions Tonnage: Gross Tonnage -- 70,327 Net Tonnage -- 37,182 Dimensions Length Overall: 293.2 m (962 ft) Height (keel to funnel base): 41 m (134 ft) Width Overall: 32 m (105 ft) Height to funnel structu 21.2 m (69.5 ft) Bridge height of eye: 28.9 m (95 ft) Height (keel to masthead): 62.1 m (204 ft) Bridge to stem: 72.6 m (238 ft) Bridge to stern: 220.9 m (725 ft) Draft Light draft: 7.9 m (26 ft) Loaded draft: 9.9 m (33 ft) Freeboard: 9.1 m (30 ft) Loaded Freeboard: 7.2 m (23.5 ft) Displacement: 37,333 tons Loaded Displacement: 48,923 tons Machinery Diesel Engines: 9 x 9 Cylinder 58/64 (580 mm bore/640 mm stroke) medium speed, running at 400 rpm, connected to individual alternators rated at 10.5 megawatts each. Builders: MAN. Augsburg, West Germany. Electric Motors: 2 x 350 tons, one on each propeller shaft, rated at a maximum of 44 megawatts each at 144 rpm.Boilers: 9x Exhaust Gas. 2x Oil Fired. Output at Propellers: 2 x 44 MW. Propellers: 2x outward turning LIPS Controllable Pitch. Bow thrusters: 2 stone kamewa, 100 h.p. per unit 6.65' vpp. Stabilizers: 4 Denny Brown. Fuel consumption: 18.05 tons per hour (433 tons per day) on 9 diesels. Rudder weight: 80 tons Anchors Forward: 2 at 12 1/2 tons Cables: 2 at 4" x 12 shackles Aft: 1 at 7 1/4 tons Cables: 1 at 3" x 8 shackles Tank Capacities Fresh water: 1,852.0 tons Diesel oil: 206.8 tons Ballast: 4,533.0 tons Fuel oil: 4,381.4 tons Laundry water: 489.0 tons Lubricating oil: 335.7 tons Feed water: 113.8 tons Other "City at Sea" Features Steiners Beauty Salon 13-car garage Hospital with complete medical services The Greenery Florist Kennels Laundry facilities Daily newspaper published onboard 13 decks 4,500 square yards of deck space 13 elevators Micron Computer Learning Center Micron Business Center QE2 Spa at Sea Health Spa on Six Deck Fitness Center on Seven Deck QE2 Signature Shop Seven restaurants: Queens Grill; Princess Grill; Britannia Grill; Caronia Restaurant; Mauretania Restaurant; The Lido and Pavilion Royal Shopping Promenade Eight bars Foreign exchange bank Tuxedo Rental Shop/Louis Feraud 20 channel television including Cable News Network Children's playroom Direct dial capabilities via Comsat Email service for passengers Financial Fax service for passengers On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:17:24 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote: The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Larry W4CSC No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH! Kirk Out..... |
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Boating Factoid I found today....
To answer the question, "What is the QE2 fuel comnsumption?":
[from http://www.qe2.org.uk/engine.html ] QE2'S POWER PLANT IS DIESEL ELECTRIC, a system chosen for its inherent reliability and flexibility. In 1986/87, in an operation costing £100m, nine medium speed MAN L58/64 nine cylinder turbo charged diesel engines were fitted, in place of the aging and fuel thirsty steam plant. The diesel engines drive C.E.C. generators, and each develop 10.5 MW of electrical power at 10,000 volts. Each engine weighs approximately 120 tons. IN ADDITION TO SUPPLYING AUXILIARY SHIP'S SERVICE and hotel service requirements via transformers, the electrical power generated is used to drive the two main propulsion motors, one on each propeller shaft. The maximum output of each motor is 44 MW giving QE2 a top speed in excess of 32 knots. They are of synchronous salient pole construction, are 9m diameter, and weigh over 400 tons each, representing the largest marine motors ever built. THE SERVICE SPEED of 28.5 knots, can be maintained using only seven engines, thus allowing essential and routine maintenance to be carried out whilst at sea and without affecting schedules. At this speed a 35% fuel saving is made over the previous power plant, the fuel used being of the same grade - IF 380 (Bunker "C"). This fuel is heated under pressure to 140'C for injection, and is akin to road tar at room temperature. /// What is the total power output of QE2's engines? 95 MW: /// the power output of 3000 medium sized family cars. What is the fuel consumption? At the service speed of 28.5 knots, consumption is 380 tons per day: this equates to 50 ft/gall. ************************************************** *** Brian Whatcott Altus OK On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 05:05:49 GMT, (Jim Hollenback) wrote: Larry W4CSC ) wrote: : The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel : that it burns. I find that really, really hard to beleive. Lets see, 5280 feet per mile, that is 10,560 gallons per mile. For a trip across the Atlantic of, what ?, 3600 miles?, that is 38,016,000 gallons. At 6 pounds or so per gallon, that is 114,048 *tons* of fuel. Another way to look at it, for 38,000,000 gallons of fuel at, say $0.90 per gallon, that is around $34,200,000 to fuel that beast. If you carry 2000 passenagers, that is $17,000 per passenger just for the fuel. Naw, someone is jerking your chain Larry. : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Who says you can't burn diesel in boilers? |
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Boating Factoid I found today....
To answer the question, "What is the QE2 fuel comnsumption?":
[from http://www.qe2.org.uk/engine.html ] QE2'S POWER PLANT IS DIESEL ELECTRIC, a system chosen for its inherent reliability and flexibility. In 1986/87, in an operation costing £100m, nine medium speed MAN L58/64 nine cylinder turbo charged diesel engines were fitted, in place of the aging and fuel thirsty steam plant. The diesel engines drive C.E.C. generators, and each develop 10.5 MW of electrical power at 10,000 volts. Each engine weighs approximately 120 tons. IN ADDITION TO SUPPLYING AUXILIARY SHIP'S SERVICE and hotel service requirements via transformers, the electrical power generated is used to drive the two main propulsion motors, one on each propeller shaft. The maximum output of each motor is 44 MW giving QE2 a top speed in excess of 32 knots. They are of synchronous salient pole construction, are 9m diameter, and weigh over 400 tons each, representing the largest marine motors ever built. THE SERVICE SPEED of 28.5 knots, can be maintained using only seven engines, thus allowing essential and routine maintenance to be carried out whilst at sea and without affecting schedules. At this speed a 35% fuel saving is made over the previous power plant, the fuel used being of the same grade - IF 380 (Bunker "C"). This fuel is heated under pressure to 140'C for injection, and is akin to road tar at room temperature. /// What is the total power output of QE2's engines? 95 MW: /// the power output of 3000 medium sized family cars. What is the fuel consumption? At the service speed of 28.5 knots, consumption is 380 tons per day: this equates to 50 ft/gall. ************************************************** *** Brian Whatcott Altus OK On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 05:05:49 GMT, (Jim Hollenback) wrote: Larry W4CSC ) wrote: : The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel : that it burns. I find that really, really hard to beleive. Lets see, 5280 feet per mile, that is 10,560 gallons per mile. For a trip across the Atlantic of, what ?, 3600 miles?, that is 38,016,000 gallons. At 6 pounds or so per gallon, that is 114,048 *tons* of fuel. Another way to look at it, for 38,000,000 gallons of fuel at, say $0.90 per gallon, that is around $34,200,000 to fuel that beast. If you carry 2000 passenagers, that is $17,000 per passenger just for the fuel. Naw, someone is jerking your chain Larry. : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : I didn't even know it was diesel powered......??? Who says you can't burn diesel in boilers? |
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