Posted by Greg K on February 12, 2013 at 19:22:12 from (75.107.96.58):
I went to look at a job today, and inside there was a very large Fairbanks Morse engine. I suppose it had 10 cylinders and stood about 8' tall. It was an opposed cylinder engine like I had never seen. It had a crankshaft on the top and bottom and the pistons shared the cylinders. when the two pistons came together it created the compression to ignite the diesel. When it fires both pistons go away from the center and exhaust the gasses out the vented cylinder walls (like a 2 cycle). At a quick glance I think the tag said 1500 horsepower, but I'm not for sure on that. I do know it is dual fuel diesel/natural gas, it holds 250 gallons of oil, and new cylinder sleeves are about $7000 apiece! You could easily drop a coffee can down the cylinders. If I get a chance I will get a few pics. It is on a power plant generator system.
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