rpm problem

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  1. mitul_09
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    im working on a 102 m long twin screw gas carrier.my effective power is 984 kw.assuming qpc 0.55 and diameter of propeller 0.6 of draft my optimum wageningen b series propeller rpm(highest efficiency) comes to be 160.Is it too low?im kinda confused
     
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