Marine Use of Gas Turbines Keynote Address
Abstract
I am the Head of the Group within the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense that is responsible for in-service support of marine propulsion equipments and I feel that I have some credibility in discussing the use of marine gas turbines, the strategic issues that impact on their in-service support and the environment within which they operate. This environment will be a familiar one to many here - one that demands high standards of reliability and availability whilst at the same time being subject to substantial pressures to drive down the overall cost of ownership of these expensive equipments. There are, of course, many elements that contribute to the life cycle costs, some of which I will touch on this morning and others that will be the subject of presentations later in the seminar. This invitation offers me the opportunity of giving you a short insight into how the Royal Navy has developed marine gas turbines over the last 50 years' and how their use has been developed up to the present day including a comparison of the requirements of marine and aero gas turbine engines. I will discuss some of the characteristics of the marine support environment and the strategy adopted by the Royal Navy to take marine propulsion forward into the 21st century. In order to set the scene, I would like to spend just a few minutes summarizing how the Royal Navy arrived at where we are today with every modern major surface warship powered by gas turbine engines.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADP014093
Entities
People
- M. Botley