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The General Electric LM2500 industrial and marine turboshaft gas turbine is a derivative of GE Aircraft Engines' CF6-6 aircraft engine. The LM2500 is offered in addition to the LM6000. Schematic diagram showing the operation of a simplified turboshaft engine. ...
This machine has a single-stage radial compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ...
General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE) is the top supplier of aircraft engines in the world and offers engines for the majority of commercial aircraft. ...
The General Electric TF39 and CF6 family of high-bypass turbofan engines are the most popular large aircraft turbines in the world, powering civil and military widebodies from a variety of manufacturers. ...
LM6000 GTG in an electrical power plant application. ...
It delivers 33,600 shaft horsepower (25.1 MW) with a thermal efficiency of 37 percent at ISO conditions. It has been used in various applications such as in U.S. Navy warships (as well as those belonging to other navies), hydrofoils, hovercraft and fast ferries. As of 2004, more than one thousand LM2500 gas turbines have been in service for more than 26 international navies. The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ...
The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ...
ISO 3977 is an international standard related to the design and procurement of gas turbine system applications. ...
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ...
Diagrams of first and third rate warships, England, 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...
The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...
The Jetfoil Toppi is a ferry which connects Yakushima, Tanegashima Island and Kagoshima port in Japan A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull. ...
A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth surface, such as gently sloping land, water, or marshland, while having no...
The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...
The LM2500+ is an evolution of the LM2500, delivering up to 40,200 shp or 28.6 MW of electric energy when combined with a generator. Two of such turbo-generators have been installed in the superstructure near the funnel of Queen Mary 2, the world's largest transatlantic cruise liner, for additional electric energy when the ship's four diesel-generators are maxed out or fail. Electrical generator Generator (Mathematics) ...
A funnel is the smokestack on a ship used to expel boiler smoke or engine exhaust ...
I name the ship Queen Mary 2 --Queen Elizabeth II The Queen Mary 2 is a Cunard Line passenger ship named after the earlier Cunard liner Queen Mary, which was in turn named after Mary of Teck. ...
The LM2500 is license-built in Japan as the Ishikawajima-Harima LM2500 and in Italy by Avio. Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. ...
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The LM2500/LM2500+ can often be found as turbine part of CODAG or CODOG propulsion systems or in pairs as powerplants for COGAG systems. Combined diesel and gas, usually abbreviated CODAG is a type of propulsion system for ships, particularly warships. ...
Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) is a type of propulsion system for ships that need a maximum speed that is considerable faster than their cruise speed, particularly warships like modern frigates or corvettes. ...
Principle of a COGAG propulsion system Combined gas turbine and gas turbine (COGAG) is a type of propulsion system for ships using two gas turbines connected to a single propeller shaft. ...
The latest development in the LM2500 family is LM2500+ G4, which offers 6% more power over the LM2500+.
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LM6000 GTG in an electrical power plant application. ...
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