The importance of the right gas turbine air intake filtration system
For gas turbine (GT) propelled surface vessels and marine warships, a reliable propulsion system is always critical to the vessel’s function. There is no single characteristic more important to a naval marine surface vessel engaged in combat operations than the reliability and availability of its propulsion system.
Gas turbines ingest large amounts of ambient air as part of their combustion process. If left untreated it will retain airborne contaminants; all of which will do serious damage through erosion, corrosion and fouling of the highly-optimized GT internals. Harsh weather conditions, high levels of small airborne particulate in the form of sand, dust, airborne hydrocarbons and salt aerosols, and the concentration seasonality of these contaminants are just some of the challenges faced by a gas turbine air intake filtration system operating at sea.
There’s paramount demand for unfailing reliability and quality over decades of service that a vessel type requires. Ultimately, it is the full package design that ensures naval marine vessels enable our armed forces to provide the military protection we need.
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