Cruise ship engineroom with a massive 6 main engines and alot of life support systems

This is a walkaround in a Cruise ship engineroom with a massive 6 main engines and alot of life support systems.
Many of you wanted to see other systems as well as the machinery, and here you have it.
In the start you also get a perspective of how big these engines are, when one of the engineers from the crew is making his inspections.
Enjoy

[@johnhiggins9615]

I have so much respect for engineers that can design and build systems such as this.

[@f-j-Services]

Daaaamn. A lot going on in this one! Those generator heads are massive, what does the plate on them say?!?! EDIT: You did show it! 11000 volts and 11405 kVA? jeez! Times by six!!!!!

[@poltakparulian8361]

Very good engine ship..

[@janjager2906]

You can see it’s a cruise ship’s engine room because it is so compacted. They left the bare minimum of space for inspection and maintenance. I like engine rooms but I have a doubt about this one. (ex-ship’s engineer on bulk carriers and container ships)

[@StubbyPhillips]

Thanks!

[@kresimirmilisa5560]

andre this was good video of engine room like it a lot.

[@NapierNimbus]

Truly amazing

[@John____Smith]

Very interesting 👍

[@criaan]

I find it difficult to get the words to describe just how impressive this was.

[@vienduongxinchao]

Nice and clean engine room.What is your main engine sir?

[@johnbernardini5444]

What Cruise Ship is This? Those Engines are so Awesome 🙂

[@curtchase3730]

Amazing! I bet 90% of passenger's onboard don't have a clue that all this hardware exists!

[@andresteinum]

Yes they normally hardly know they are on a ship at all. Most refer to it as a boat... There is a possibility tough, to buy a guided tour of the engineroom on some ships.

[@curtchase3730]

@@andresteinum Thanks! Ya, even if ppl knew about all the infrastructure on the ship, they don't care. They just wanna have fun. At what stage does a "boat" become a "ship"? LoL.

[@andresteinum]

@@curtchase3730 A boat becomes a ship at 500 tons.

[@lightningstrikestwice6302]

Why would the passengers need to care unless they had a real interest in it? You know how every system in Your Body Works relating to the other systems? Yeah, I didn't think so!

[@tommasob8375]

Costa atlantica!!❤

[@1999fxdx]

Wartzilla engines? Could be the Greek ship Celestial Olympiad. Just retired. It had 4 DE I think.

[@horstmuller7512]

Finally it will ends somewhere on a beach in Pakistan.

[@mr1martin1]

7:15 - 7:45 definitely EGC wet scrubber pumps and piping :)

[@andresteinum]

Yes. On this ship it is a special setup, as the scrubbermaker went bankrupt before the installation was finished. So the system has two makers, as a different company finished the installation. All the ships I have videos from have scrubbers Martin.

[@mrwild8945]

Spirit Class . Helsinki Shipyard

[@lightningstrikestwice6302]

Impressive beyond words! Just the fact that everything works together is amazing! I thought the diesel truck engines I've worked on where large! Comparatively they look like little go-kart engines now. The multiple systems are mind-blowing.

[@JFinnerud]

A really nice "beat" in those 9 cylinder engines. Do you have auxiliary engines in addition to the main engines or is auxiliary power taken directly from the generators ?

[@andresteinum]

Auxiliary power is taken directly from the main engines. They have a few emergency power generators tough. Maybe I should start including those in my future videos also.

[@UQRXD]

No wasted space in that engine room.

[@socratesalegrado745]

hi mr. andre its a huge impressive engine room, I have some question for you, the engine its look like a wartsila or B&W if I'm correct and is a four cycle engine , another question 6 main engine how many propellers, the engine has a shaft generator and a pitch propeller drive? how many engineers and ratings crew, sorry of my lots question ,hoping you can reply me.

[@andresteinum]

Hi Socrates. These engines are only power generators. Then this power is used to power two large electric motors who is connected to two propellers with a long propeller shaft. Not needed to have pitch propellers as the electric motors are controlled with large VSD frequency controllers. Dont know how many engineers is working on the ship. Yes they are Wärtsilä engines. They also power the rest of the cruise ship.

[@stuarth43]

may pay tell us the make of these 4 cycle medium speed engines

[@ioanbota9397]

Realy I like it

[@grantclinch2496]

I see they’re fitted with the Schaller Oil mist Detectors that don’t actually work !! 😮 I heard one went off AFTER the engine caught fire !!!

[@sebastiandanciorogaru1052]

Yeah, I have worked on this type of engines 9 line type and 12 V type. And if this is the former Costa Atlantica or Costa Mediterranea, and it looks like, I’ve worked on both in 2016 and 2018

[@genegonzalez4713]

I saw DG6 ( 6 diesel generators, plate and frame heat exchangers, chillers with 410a refrigetant water cooled but not with cooling towers. I guess that's what the plate and frame heat exchangers are for, to reject the heat of evaporation and compression.😊😮

[@nealbutler5067]

9L46?

[@shadowbanned69]

How they have r 410a chillers on a ship. 410a is a real high pressure gas for tube chillers...whats the deal....no 134a or r32???

[@landondc4739]

If this ship were a true diesel direct drive, what kind of power requirements would the rest of the ship need? Maybe 4 of the 6 engines?

[@ThyPredator]

On a Cruise ship a very average range is hotel and other mechanical power services consume about a 1/3 of the entire electrical powerload required when sailing at service speed. And I did not see any propeller shaft in this video. Only 6 generator sets. I imagine either it is driven by 2 Azipods or 2 direct shaft props from 2 electric Propulsion Motors.

[@GalipSancar]

How much fuel does this engine burn?

[@briansmyla8696]

Electric propulsion. Electric provided by Diesel.

[@emilianogabriel9613]

How many propeller they have do they have a transmission to connect each other to allow them to become 2 propeller

[@sebastiandanciorogaru1052]

Usually, two propellers, electric propulsion. These engines purpose is generating electric power.

[@emilianogabriel9613]

@@sebastiandanciorogaru1052 So they are not main engine so in the vlog it say six main engine Ive never encounter six main engine on the ship

[@sebastiandanciorogaru1052]

You could say main engines as there are no other engines. The majority of cruise ships built in the last 25 - 20 years, have electric propulsion,. On older cruise ships you can find classic main engines, usually four, and two propellers.

[@joeerskine3920]

Reefer madness

[@fadilahmursidwidadi4998]

Excuse me sir this is diesel electric vessel sir ?

[@andresteinum]

Yes it is called diesel electric. Even when they use heavy fuel oil (HFO).

[@electricman2772]

Wartsila engines?

[@andresteinum]

Yes

[@xhenindr5384]

Engine Wartsila 9L 46

[@rickchapman9232]

At 18:22 what are those two big gray doors and where do they go? They are on the left.

[@andresteinum]

Thats where the engine guys take their girlfriends..

[@marioxerxescastelancastro8019]

11:25 “Higt voltage” (sic).

[@jerryengland3521]

Can you say what ship this is?

[@peterjansen7854]

QE 2

[@TheRatStation]

something costa

[@husnimuhammadarmin3998]

I know. This is vessel passenger

[@MyMustang72]

which ship is this

[@andresteinum]

I don't tell the ship name or imo so make a guess.

[@oldfarthacks]

While the internal combustion engine is currently king, I have to wonder if it would not be better to go back to steam. A triple expansion engine pulls more energy out of the fuel than an internal combustion one does. So for each weight of fuel, the steam engine could be more efficient. Also, given the steam engine can be run on a wide range of fuels, including the rancid cooking oil from the kitchens. Just thinking out loud.

[@Tapiokr]

Total efficiency of steam engine including boiler is about 10%. Big diesel engine is about 30%.

[@AnalGravey]

​@Tapiokr if there such a thing as push pull propellers why not combine the two technologies?

[@juhokestila7367]

Modern solution would be combined cycle power plant. The fuel is first used in a gas turbine and the gas turbine exhaust is directed to a heat recovery steam generator producing steam. The steam is used to run a steam turbine on a same shaft with the gas turbine. The turbines turn a generator to generate electricity for propulsion and other uses on the ship. Efficiencies over 60% are achievable this way.

[@jannilshansen6142]

@@Tapiokr Diesel engines of this size have an efficieny of around 45 % 30 5 are small diesel engines or larger petrol engines. When it comes to big crosshead two stroke diesel engines go up to 55 %. In combined cycle systems where the exhaust gas ist used to produce steam and run a steam turbine (which has an internal efficiency of up to 40 %) the efficiencies can reach up to 60/70 %. With a steam engine that would be impossible.

[@Tapiokr]

@@jannilshansen6142 Yes, I know, Wärtsilä Sulzer RTA96 efficiency is more than 50% and 100 000 hp. Those cruise ship engines are maybe 10 000 hp each and thats why a little bit lower efficiency.

[@husnimuhammadarmin3998]

8 tak

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Just giant generators now, to power the electric pods, not direct to prop anymore 😢

[@JimmyCasket02]

So?

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@@JimmyCasket02 hows christmas going for you jimmy? Miserable sh*t

[@jannilshansen6142]

It has a big benefit. You can manage the power provided by the engines in a way that all the engines are running at most efficient loads. With a direct propulsion that is not always possible, except you are steaming over long distances what cruise ships do not do

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@@jannilshansen6142 yes i know all that, do you think i didnt know ? Im just saying its a bit boring,just sitting there,

[@JimmyCasket02]

@@bonkeydollocks1879 they don’t do jumping jacks when they turn a prop shaft they also just sit there

[@lifeindetale]

🤤

[@blackseabrew]

I wonder how much electrical power a cruise ship uses. I believe these big diesel engines are best for propulsion but a turbine might be better for electrical power. A lot less parts and very little maintenance. And they are efficient. We use them in the offshore industry as both drives for compressors and generators. 50 megawatt generator sets are common.

[@standbytogo123]

They are not big Diesel engines but compact medium speed engines to save space. Main propulsion steam plants burns more fuel and are not as efficient as Diesel Propulsion. However a Diesel plant has a lot more moving parts and required maintenance pushing the running costs up. Today you would be hard pushed to find a ship with a steam propulsion plant. Probably the only ones would be Gas carries that can burn the boil off from the cargo tanks in the boilers to provide steam for the turbines.

[@valentinnorossi3533]

Gas türbinlerinde modül içinde küçük hacim ile büyük güçler üretilebilir. Bakim gerektirmez, çok yakıt yakar ve yüksek ses oluşur. Jeneratör için uygun bir seçenek veya "combination dizer or gastürbini" (CODOG) gerektigin de hız istendiğinde türbin devreye alına bilir. Bir çok ülkenin deniz kuvvetlerinde bu sistem kullanılır. Ben türbin kullanan sivil gemi bilmiyorum sizler biliyorsanız beni bilgilendirin

[@sebastiandanciorogaru1052]

These particular engines, Wartsila9L46, 1 MW per cylinder, roughly.

[@f-j-Services]

@@sebastiandanciorogaru1052 holy fuck and * 9 and then * 6.... DAMN!

[@J.R.Heydenrych]

Tour Brilliant !!!,@ even more so @ descriptions !?, eg Main engine Piston 😢No 1, Generator !, Turbo ! I Kngdfmolef,

[@jhanthony2]

'alot:' No an English word.

[@nasinopuzzolente5396]

women don't like this, it's rude. Women like the smell of cinnamon, not the crude smell of diesel, women like kittens, babies, flowers, basins, not a disassembled synchronous alternator or tappet and valve covers

[@cipaisone]

Women don’t like you

[@AnalGravey]

​@cipaisone, sir, for your safety, I please ask that you refrain from feeding the trolls as they are kinda like gremlins.

[@JaredConnell]

You say as you have a kitten in your profile pic.

[@nasinopuzzolente5396]

​@@cipaisoneI am a woman