VIDEO: Building the world’s biggest Otto cycle engine

Written by Nick Blenkey
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12X92DF engine weighs over 2,100 tons and includes parts from more than 15 countries

WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has released a time-lapse video of the build of a 12X92DF engine by CSSC-MES Diesel Co., Ltd. (CMD) in Lingang, Shanghai.

Rated 63,840 kW at 80 rpm, this twelve-cylinder version of the 92 cm bore X-DF dual fuel engine from WinGD, is set to be the largest and most powerful Otto cycle gas and dual-fuel engine ever built and will bring a new level of environmental sustainability to the containership segment.

WinGD’s low-pressure Otto cycle dual-fuel technology enables stable combustion, high fuel efficiency and low NOx and greenhouse gas emissions typical of lean burn gas combustion. X-DF engines comply with IMO Tier III limits on NOx in gas mode and IMO Tier II in liquid fuel mode, both without EGR or SCR.

The engine build has taken approximately 25,000-man hours. The engine weighs over 2,100 tons and includes parts from more than 15 countries.

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