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Re: Diesel
Post by dan92677   » Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:33 pm

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Don't forget, Diesel vs Steam, that steam develops its max power at start/low speed, ICE at a much higher speed.
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Re: Diesel
Post by AirTech   » Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:38 am

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dan92677 wrote:Don't forget, Diesel vs Steam, that steam develops its max power at start/low speed, ICE at a much higher speed.


True for recips, not true for turbines. (Turbines like constant high speeds for best efficiency).
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Re: Diesel
Post by dan92677   » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:29 pm

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AirTech wrote:
dan92677 wrote:Don't forget, Diesel vs Steam, that steam develops its max power at start/low speed, ICE at a much higher speed.


True for recips, not true for turbines. (Turbines like constant high speeds for best efficiency).



True, but I thought that the discussion was comparing reciprocating engines...
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