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Abstract
Brady, Carl.
"Gas Turbines Offer Cruise Ship Pay-Off," Marine Log,
1988, 93:8 (Sept), 41-45
The marine
gas turbine boasts the attributes of low
weight and
volume, high thermal efficiency, and high reliability, features which
make it
attractive for cruise ship propulsion. Application of the General
Electric
LM2500 gas engine to cruise ship propulsion is considered. The higher
specific
power of the LM2500 engine, relative to pr
evious
generations of marine engines, results in a smaller engine for the same
power
and in reduced inlet and exhaust ducting. The modern cruise ship, with
high
power requirements for propulsion and hotel loads, coupled with high
heat loads
for freshwater distillation and air conditioning reheaters,
represents a natural fit for an LM2500 total energy system.
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