Author(s)

J. Albers

Abstract

MAN B&W medium-speed engines - the right propulsion system for the merchant ship types J. Albers This year saw the centennial of the Diesel engine's birthday. On 23 Febru- ary 1893, MAN and Rudolf Diesel signed a contract in Augsburg for the development and design of a thermal engine which bears the name of its inventor to this day. This was the birth of the Diesel engine (Fig. 1). After the development target, namely an efficiency superior to that of all the engines which then were available, was reached in the year 1897, there was no stopping of the success of this engine any longer. In the year 1909 already, Diesel engines were being manufactured in almost all the Eu- ropean countries. At a ceremony held in Augsburg on 26.02.93, which was attended, among others, by notable professors, it was confirmed once again that to this day, the Diesel engine still is the most economical thermal engine, and engines with a large swept volume reach efficiencies up to above 50% co

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