The industrial RB211-24 gas engine: initial experience in service offshore
The Industrial RB211 gas engine is derived from the RB211 turbofan aero engine which in its various marks powers all Lockheed Tristars and a proportion of Boeing 747 airliners. The design and development programme of the industrial engine commenced in 1972. It arose out of an earlier feasibility study for a second generation marine propulsion engine. The industrial programme was specifically aimed at the production of a gas-fuelled base load machine for gas pumping and transmission applications. The engine was designated the Industrial RB211-22, being derived from the RB211-22 aero engine, the single mark of engine available at that time. The first field trials gas generator entered service in late 1974 in a transmission pipeline gas pumping application in Canada. Since then the RB211-22 engine has accumulated over 140,000 hours of operation in twelve onshore installations. Design and development of an uprated version of the engine began in early 1976. This was designated RB211-24, since it utilized the improved turbine technology of the RB211-524 aero engine introduced for the Boeing 747 and later versions of Tristar. With offshore applications in mind, the validation of improved corrosion resistant turbine materials was an integral part of the development programme. In consequence of this, the engine was available for both offshore and onshore applications as released for production. The first RB211-24 engines entered service in late 1980 in offshore applications on the Leman AK platform and another North Sea Gas production platform. There are now a total of fifteen RB211-24 installations which have accumulated over 53,000 hours of operation both onshore and offshore.
- Research Organization:
- Rolls Royce Ltd., Ansty, Coventry
- OSTI ID:
- 5394453
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-830309-
- Journal Information:
- Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States), Vol. 83-GT-163; Conference: 28. ASME international gas turbine conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 27 Mar 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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