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shaft reciprocating engine. It is the rate of fuel consumption divided by the power produced. It
may also be thought of as power-specific fuel consumption, for this reason. BSFC allows the fuel
efficiency of different reciprocating engines to be directly compared.
Contents
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• 3 The use of BSFC numbers as operating values and as a cycle average statistic
• 6 See also
• 7 References
• 8 External links
[edit]The
significance of BSFC numbers for
engine design and class
The beauty of BSFC numbers is that they remain similar over a
wide range of engine sizes. These numbers only change for
different engine designs and compression ratios. For example, a
small one cylinder 50 cc four-stroke and a large V8 engine can
both have the same BSFC number. However, engines of
different classes like diesels and gasoline engines will have very
different BSFC numbers.
360 to
Turbo-prop 0.8 17 to 23%
490
Diesel
209 to
engine Turbocharged .34 to .30 40 to 47%
178
Diesels
Wright R-
2000 k 3350 gasoline-
1945 0.4 243 33.7%
W compound airplane
engine
REVETEC X4
68 kW 2008 Gasoline aircraft/auto 212 38.6%
engine[2]
Junkers Jumo
550 kW 1931 204 Turbocharged 210 39.8%
Diesel
Volkswagen 3.3 V8
165 kW 2000 0.33 205 41.1%
TDI car engine
General Electric
43 MW 42%
LM6000 turboshaft
Wärtsilä-Sulzer
80 MW 1998 RTA96-C two-stroke 163 51.7%
marine engine
MAN B&W
Diesel S80ME-C Mk7
23 MW 155
two-stroke marine
engine [4]