81000cc
Camera: Canon Digital EOS400D
Lens: Sigma DC 18-50mm
Date: 28th February 2008
Location: Boiler house, Campus
Shutter: 1/160s
Aperture: F/6.3
ISO: 200
Comments: This 81,000cc turbo-charged natural gas engine provides 1.4 megawatts of electrical power and the exhaust gases provide 1.8 megawatts of heating power for the university campus. The boiler house contains THREE of these engines. (thanks to Mark Jarvis for the info!)
Post-processing: None
17 Apr 2008 15:09
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Tags: 81 Litres Blue Boiler House Campus Engine Gas Photography
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Steven Carpenter
Strangely awesome, particularly it’s ability to levitate ;-)
18 Apr 2008, 20:18
Mark Jarvis
Gotta correct you there actually, most of the heat comes from 3 of these bad boy engines, 1.8MW of heat each. The big boilers just “top up” the heating or take over when engines are removed on fork lift trucks…
28 Apr 2008, 23:20
d’oh! I knew I should have been taking notes… I’ve corrected the entry now. Cheers for letting me know =)
28 Apr 2008, 23:25
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