Mobile gas turbines give new freedom to network planning. [For developing countries]
Mobile gas turbines able to be positioned where a localized boost is needed and give flexibility to any size network have been developed by the GEC Gas Turbines Limited in England. The unit is a standard 15-megawatt power station mounted on two trailers. The company has sold over 100 units, seven of which are in service. The unit is designed to be practical for on-site power in remote sites as well as for use over several months during a construction period. Factory-assembled, it shortens the time from the point of sale to service. Shipping is handled by roll-on roll-off (RoRo) ferry. Variations in site foundations are handled by supporting the main trailer on 14 jacks and retracting the wheels. Whenever the unit is moved, the same load is returned to each jack. One multiwheel trailer carries the easily manuevered, compactly packaged power turbine, gear box, generator, and cooling system. A simple but foolproof coupling arrangement joins the two trailers. A three-minute ''black start'' (without external supplies) is used. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 7088068
- Journal Information:
- Energy Int.; (United States), Vol. 14:9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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