GE's Marine Solutions ya ba da rahoton cewa ya sami nasarar kammala gwaje-gwajen wuta iri-iri akan sabon haɗe-haɗe na LM2500 na ruwa a matsayin wani ɓangare na Tsarin Zaman Lafiya na Module (MMP). Wuta da sauran abubuwan gwaje-gwaje sun tabbatar da amfani da kayan haɗin gwiwa don rage nauyi da haɓaka aiki sosai. Bugu da ƙari, ƙirar fakitin ta ci gaba don haɗa sabbin na'urori masu auna firikwensin fakiti da abubuwan haɗin gwiwa.
Mahalarta MMP sun haɗa da GE, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works da Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka; An fara shirin ne a shekarar 2014.
"A koyaushe ana ƙalubalanci jiragen ruwa da nauyi don saduwa da bukatun iyawa na yanzu da na gaba da kuma rage farashin sake zagayowar rayuwa," in ji Brien Bolsinger, Mataimakin Shugaban kasa, Babban Manajan GE. "Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa aka tsara MMP tare da bukatun abokin ciniki: don sabunta tsarin injin injin gas tare da ingantattun sabbin fasahohin da ke rage nauyin kewaye da kusan 50%, yayin da kuma rage farashin sake zagayowar rayuwa, fitar da hayaniya da inganta tsaro."
Sabon tsarin hada-hadar haɗe-haɗe na GE's LM2500 na marine ba ya amfani da gaɓoɓin bango tsakanin bango da rufi. Wannan fasalin yana inganta haɓaka taro da haɓakar amo ta hanyar kawar da tashoshi na amo. Yin amfani da abubuwan da aka haɗa kuma yana ba da damar yin ƙofofin module da fafunan shiga don yin girma, duk da haka masu sauƙi don sauƙin sarrafawa. Yin amfani da abubuwan haɗin gwiwar yana kawar da tsatsa na ƙofofi, hinges da bangarori masu shiga, rage kulawa yayin inganta tsaro.
An nuna sabon GE LM2500 marine gas turbine module mai hade bangon bango yayin juriya da ingantaccen tsarin gwajin da aka gudanar a Cibiyar Bincike ta Kudu maso Yamma.
An gudanar da gwajin wuta a Cibiyar Bincike ta Kudu maso Yamma (SwRI) don tabbatar da cewa ƙirar ƙirar ta cika buƙatun juriya na gobarar Navy na Amurka. SwRI dakin gwaje-gwaje ce da aka amince da ita da kuma hukumar tabbatar da inganci da inganci ta ɓangare na uku.
Gwajin SwRI kuma ya bayyana mai zuwa:
• Katanga mai haɗaɗɗiyar ƙirar ƙirar ta wuce gwajin harshen wuta kai tsaye da gwaje-gwajen zafi na kai tsaye, waɗanda gwaje-gwajen suka fitar da hayaki da gubar iskar gas.
• Katanga mai hade da rufin rufin ya wuce juriya na wuta da gwajin ingancin tsari. Waɗannan gwaje-gwajen sun auna ƙarfin kayan don jure saurin tashin gobara da ƙarfin tsarin ɗaukar kaya (ciki har da ma'aikatan kashe gobara) yayin aukuwar gobara. An ƙaddamar da kwamitin da sauri a cikin zafin jiki kuma an riƙe shi a 2000oF.
• Gwaje-gwaje da bincike na sassan bangon ƙarfe da haɗin gwiwar da aka yi wa 500oF - tare da cikakken kunshin daidaitawar canjin zafi - ya nuna alamun haɓakawa tare da ƙirar bangon GE mai haɗawa. Waɗannan gwaje-gwajen suna ba da shawarar cewa za a rage zafin fata na waje sosai.
• Gwaje-gwajen kwatancen kwatankwacin ƙararrawa sun nuna haɓakawa a cikin matakan sautin da aka watsa (dBA).
MMP yana mai da hankali kan shingen da aka ƙera na GE wanda ke kewaye da injin turbin iskar gas na LM2500 (shigarwa, inji da shaye) waɗanda ke yin ayyuka masu mahimmanci da yawa. Wurin yana iyakance kin zafin zafi zuwa ɗakin injina kuma yana ba da kariya ta zafi ga ma'aikatan jirgin daga> 1000oF yanayin zafi da ke haskakawa daga injin turbin gas da shaye. Wurin yana samar da iyakar sauti da wuta a kusa da injin turbin gas don amincin jirgin. Dangane da gwaji, sabon shinge mai haɗaka na LM2500 zai fi inganta amo yayin da yake riƙe da halayen juriya iri ɗaya kamar shingen ƙarfe.
LM2500 marine module
Cikakken Shaida ga Buƙatun Shock Navy na Amurka
Ana ci gaba da gudanar da taro na shingen samfuri a yanzu kuma za a gwada shi a cikin cikakkiyar sikelin gwajin injin turbin gas don tabbatar da rage hayaniya da wasannin zafi da aka annabta a baya ta hanyar gwaje-gwajen sassan da bincike. Daga nan za a yi gwajin girgizar ƙasa ga abubuwan da sojojin ruwan Amurka ke buƙata. An shirya kammala waɗannan gwaje-gwaje a tsakiyar 2018.
Tsarin injin turbin gas da aka haɓaka a ƙarƙashin MMP zai kasance a cikin 2018 tare da aikace-aikacen farko da aka yi niyya akan jiragen ruwa na Jirgin Ruwa na Amurka DDG-51. Ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun kayan aiki za su kasance ga jiragen ruwa na duniya a cikin 2018, haka nan. Na dabam, GE a halin yanzu yana kera babban taron ƙofa mai haɗaɗɗiya don abokin ciniki na ruwa.
A duk duniya, sama da injinan iskar gas 1,400 GE sun shiga sama da sa'o'i miliyan 14 suna hidimar jiragen ruwa 35 akan jiragen ruwa na ruwa 500 don shirye-shiryen jiragen ruwa na soja 100 wadanda suka hada da jiragen sintiri, masu lalata da masu safarar jiragen ruwa zuwa kwale-kwalen, jiragen ruwa, jiragen ruwa da masu jigilar jiragen sama.