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 Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 62 n 21 Nov 18 1943 p 488-9)
Turbine-electric drive tankers
Mar Eng Shipg Rev
Marine Engineering and Shipping Review ; 48 , n 8
1943
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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