U S Maritime Commission turbine electric tankers; propulsion equipment for 125 of these supplied by Westinghouse; ship is of single screw type, propeller being driven by revolving field, salient pole, synchronous type motor; propulsion motor is rated 2400 v, 100% power factor, 3-phase, 62 cycles, 93 rpm, 80 poles; field is excited at 125 v, and normal field current is 427 amp. (See also Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 48 n 8 Aug 1943 p 202-6)
Turbine-electric drive tankers
Shipbldg Shipg Rev
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 62 , n 21
1943
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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