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The lubrication of marine diesel engines presents its own particular problems. These arise from the sheer size of the engines, their high efficiencies and the fuel they burn. Cylinder bore diameters can be in excess of 1 m and their high efficiency is achieved with firing pressures of 150 bar resulting in liner temperatures of over 200 °C. The fuels burned include poor quality residual fuels with viscosities of 100 cSt at 80 °C, sulphur contents of 4% or more and carbon residues of up to 22% wt. In addition, the crankcase oil charge is simply topped up and only drained if excessively contaminated.
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Carter, B.H. (1997). Marine lubricants. In: Mortier, R.M., Orszulik, S.T. (eds) Chemistry and Technology of Lubricants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1021-3_10
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