Design and development of four light-weight high-speed marine gas turbines for electric generator drive¹²

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Pope, A.W.

Affiliations: W.H. Allen, Sons & Co., Ltd., Queens Engineering Works, Bedford

Note: [1] Paper read before the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Note: [2] The MS. of this paper was first received at the Institution on 19th February 1957, and in its revised form, as accepted for publication by the Council, on 8th June 1957.

Abstract: During the last eight years, four high-speed marine gas turbines for driving generators have been designed, developed and put into operation. Two were base-load machines designed for operating at full tropical ambient temperature (100° F), and two were simple emergency and stand-by sets. The two base-load sets and one emergency were built under contract for the Admiralty while the other emergency set was built for the Merchant Navy. A brief description of the most important features of these engines is followed by the main body of the paper which deals with the six most outstanding problems that were encountered during their design and development.

DOI: 10.3233/ISP-1958-54803

Journal: International Shipbuilding Progress, vol. 5, no. 48, pp. 377-397, 1958