Use of high power gas turbine plants for ship propulsion is being developed under U S Maritime Administration research project; attention is being directed to lower costs of manufacture, installation and maintenance, reduction of crew effort, simplification of components and integration of auxiliaries and controls; Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, Div of United Aircraft Corp, proposed simple cycle aircraft type gas turbine, adapted to marine environment, with 2-stage power turbine; plant under development by Gen Elec Co is blending of industrial jet engine and steam turbine design which would burn Bunker-C type fuels.
Gas turbines proposed for ship power
Mar Eng
Marine Engineering ; 68 , n 1
1963
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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