Marinization of the General Electric LM 1500 Gas Turbine

Authors :: E. E. Stoeckly
Source :: ASME 1965 Gas Turbine Conference and Products Show.
Publication Year :: 1965
Publisher :: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1965.
Abstract: After presenting some of the attractive features and characteristics of the aircraft gas turbine for selected marine propulsion applications, this paper looks at those features of such engines that need improvement in order that they may become true marine power plants. Both cold and hot-corrosion problems are created by the marine atmosphere and the change from aircraft-type fuels to higher-sulfur-content marine fuels. Phases of a development program to produce the required features in the General Electric LM 1500 gas-turbine power plant are discussed.Copyright © 1965 by ASME