Day 28 - Antarctica - Research/survey vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii - Stoul Popov - Chief Engineer

Atlantic Ocean (January 23, 2023) "If the main diesel generators are the heart of the ship, the power transmission is its circulatory system. This system provides the power supply that sets the machinery into motion. If it is in working order, the ship is underway, and we can thus carry out the assignments set to us," Lieutenant Commander Stoil Popov, Chief Engineer Officer of the Bulgarian naval research/survey vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (NAVAL RSV 421), told BTA. Unlike other ships, that are propelled only by internal combustion engines, RSV 421 is an electrically driven motorship using three main diesel generators, each combining a diesel internal combustion engine with an electric generator.
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