Posted on 06/26/2013 12:19:55 PM PDT by thackney
Natural gas turbines now are powering the world’s fastest ferry, according to GE.
Two of the turbine-maker’s engines, capable of generating a combined 59,000 horsepower, were installed on a 325-foot passenger and vehicle ferry, GE said.
The ferry has reached record speeds while running fully on natural gas and will soon be delivered to Argentina, where it will begin shuttling passengers between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay, according to GE.
The “wave-piercing catamaran” can travel at a speed of 58.1 knots, or 67 miles per hour, Australian ferry builder Incat Tasmania said in a statement.
“Of course there’s a few speed boats that could surpass 58 knots but nothing that could carry 1,000 passengers and 150 cars, and with an enormous duty free shop on board,” Incat said.
The high-powered vessel runs on two of GE’s 22 megawatt aeroderivative gas turbines, which have modified Boeing 747 jet engines at their cores, GE said.
“We had to redesign the fuel manifold and the fuel delivery system,” Ivan Bach, program manager for GE Power and Water said in a statement.
he ship is powered by liquefied natural gas, though it uses some marine-grade oil to start the engines and as a backup fuel, GE said.
Incat called the vessel “the fastest, environmentally cleanest, most efficient, high speed ferry in the world.”
A video of the ferry in action shows it slicing through waters along a coastline at high speeds.
According to:
http://hhpinsight.com/marine/2013/06/incats-lng-ferry-worlds-fastest-ship/
the engines are LM2500s.
They power more than 400 ships in 30 world navies, fast ferries, coast guard cutters, supply ships and cruise ships.
http://www.geaviation.com/engines/marine/lm2500.html
Output 33,600 shp (25,060 kW)
Heat rate 6,860 Btu/shp-hr
Exhaust gas flow 155 lb/sec (70.5 kg/sec)
Exhaust gas temperature 1,051°F (566°C)
Weight (lb): 10,300
Length (m): 6.52
Height (m): 2.04
http://gcaptain.com/death-toll-rises-bangladesh-ferry/
A great way to get from NY to the Hamptons on a Friday Afternoon :-)...
Or Boston to NY via H20..
That’s just wrong.
You never saw the movie BASEketball.
Best part of the movie was the Team names:
Miami Dealers
Dallas Felons
Milwaukee Beers
LA Riots
Detroit Lemons
New Jersey Informants
“Beats the “Bangladesh Special”, which sank... “
Freeboard was an optional extra! WOw.
Ah, Argentina, one of the places where money moved to.
That’s impressive.
What’s up with the under-side of the front overhang? It looks a little weird.
I predict they will slow things down quite a bit, so people will have more time to buy stuff at the duty free shop.
Unnatural Gas.
It’s a catamaran. Read the story
From the builder:
http://www.incat.com.au/domino/incat/incatweb.nsf/0/F40B5062B6EFE829CA2577D50018C46A?OpenDocument
Specs, general arrangement drawings, photos and video at link
Had to read that 2x to get it... must be the heat & humidity, today. LOL.
“What’s up with the under-side of the front overhang? It looks a little weird.”
It goes so fast that they have to use heat shields.
Sounds like the GE Frame 5 GT. That exhaust temperature would power a steam cycle in a land based plant.
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