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The General Electric LM2500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine produced by GE Aviation. The LM2500 is a derivative of the General Electric CF6 aircraft engine. The LM2500 is available in 3 different versions: * The LM2500 delivers 33,600 shaft horsepower (shp) (25,060 kW) with a thermal efficiency of 37 percent at ISO conditions. When coupled with an electric generator, it delivers 24 MW of electricity at 60 Hz with a thermal efficiency of 36 percent at ISO conditions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LM2500 Marine Gas Turbine Data Sheet )〕 * The improved, 3rd generation, LM2500+ version of the turbine delivers 40,500 shp (30,200 kW) with a thermal efficiency of 39 percent at ISO conditions. When coupled with an electric generator, it delivers 29 MW of electricity at 60 Hz with a thermal efficiency of 38 percent at ISO conditions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LM2500+ Marine Gas Turbine Data Sheet )〕〔Ramsdal, Roald. "(På disse plattformene fyrer de minst for måkene )" ''Teknisk Ukeblad'', 27 October 2014.〕 * The latest, 4th generation, LM2500+G4 version was introduced in November 2005 and delivers 47,370 shp (35,320 kW) with a thermal efficiency of 39.3 percent at ISO conditions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LM2500+G4 Marine Gas Turbine Data Sheet )〕 The turbines have been used in various applications such as in warships of the U.S. and a number of other world navies, hydrofoils, hovercraft and fast ferries. As of 2004, more than one thousand LM2500/LM2500+ gas turbines have been in service for more than 29 international navies. Recently, the increasing demands for low weight, high power engines in the oil and gas industry has led to GE developing a dedicated version for offshore use. This FPSO version is lighter and more compact, and is being used both for electricity generation and for directly driving compressors, e.g. for compressing natural gas going out into pipelines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=From aircraft to blowout preventer, GE's global technology cross-pollinates )〕 ==Design and development== The LM2500 was first used in US Navy warships in the ''Spruance'' class of destroyers and the related ''Kidd'' class, which were constructed from 1970. In this configuration it was rated to . This configuration was subsequently used into the 1980s in the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class frigates, and ''Ticonderoga'' class cruisers. It was also used by one of People's Republic of China's Type 052 Luhu Class Missile Destroyer (Harbin 112) acquired before the embargo. The LM2500 was uprated to for the ''Arleigh Burke'' class destroyers, which were initiated in the 1980s and started to see service in the early 1990s, and the T-AOE-6 class of fast combat tanker. In 2001 the LM2500 ( 20 MW ) was installed in a sound-proof capsule in the South African Navy Valour class (Meko A-200 SAN) frigates as part of a CODAG propulsion system with two MTU 16V 1163 TB93 Propulsion Diesels. The current generation was uprated in the late 1990s to over . LM2500 installations place the engine inside a metal container for sound and heat isolation from the rest of the machinery spaces. This container is very near the size of a standard intermodal shipping container - but not the same, the engine size very slightly exceeds those dimensions. The air intake ducting may be designed and shaped appropriately for easy removal of the LM2500 from their ships. The LM2500+ is an evolution of the LM2500, delivering up to or 28.6 MW of electric energy when combined with an electrical generator. Two of such turbo-generators have been installed in the superstructure near the funnel of ''Queen Mary 2'', the world's largest transatlantic ocean liner, for additional electric energy when the ship's four diesel-generators are working at maximum capacity or fail. Celebrity Cruises uses two LM2500+ engines in their ''Millennium''-class ships in a COGAS cycle. The LM2500 is license-built in Japan by Ishikawajima-Harima, in India by HAL, and in Italy by Avio. The LM2500/LM2500+ can often be found as turbine part of CODAG or CODOG propulsion systems or in pairs as powerplants for COGAG systems. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「General Electric LM2500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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