I-GE's Marine Solutions ibika ukuthi iqede ngempumelelo inhlobonhlobo yokuhlolwa komlilo endaweni yayo entsha ebiyelwe olwandle i-LM2500 njengengxenye ye-Module Modernization Programme (MMP). Ukuhlolwa komlilo nokunye okuyingxenye kuqinisekise ukusetshenziswa kwento eyinhlanganisela ukunciphisa isisindo ngokuphawulekayo nokuthuthukisa ukusebenza. Ngaphezu kwalokho, idizayini yephakheji ithuthukile ukuze ihlanganise izinzwa zephakheji ezibuyekeziwe nezingxenye.
Abahlanganyeli be-MMP bahlanganisa i-GE, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works kanye ne-United States Navy; lolu hlelo luqale ngo-2014.
“Imikhumbi ihlale inenselelo yesisindo ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo kanye nokwehlisa izindleko zomjikelezo wokuphila,” kusho uBrien Bolsinger wakwaGE, iPhini likaMongameli, uMphathi Jikelele. “Kungakho i-MMP yakhelwe kucatshangelwa izidingo zamakhasimende: ukubuyekeza imojula ye-turbine yegesi ngobuchwepheshe obusha obufakazelwe obunciphisa isisindo sendawo ebiyelwe cishe ngo-50%, kuyilapho kunciphisa izindleko zomjikelezo wokuphila, ukuphuma komsindo nokuthuthukisa ukuphepha.”
Isakhiwo esisha esiyinhlanganisela ye-monolithic semojula yasolwandle ye-GE's LM2500 asisebenzisi amalunga aboshwe phakathi kwezindonga nosilingi. Lesi sici sithuthukisa kakhulu ukuhlanganisa nomsindo ngokuqeda iziteshi zomsindo. Ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlanganisela nakho kuvumela iminyango yemojuli namaphaneli okufinyelela ukuthi enziwe abe mkhulu, kodwa abe lula ukuze kube lula ukuphatha. Ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlanganisela kuqeda ukugqwala kweminyango, amahinge namaphaneli okufinyelela, kunciphisa ukulungiswa ngenkathi kuthuthukisa ukuphepha.
Kuboniswa imojuli entsha ye-GE LM2500 ye-turbine yegesi yasolwandle eyinhlanganisela yodonga oluseceleni ngesikhathi sokumelana kabusha nokuhlolwa kokuqinisekisa ubuqotho besakhiwo okwenziwa e-Southwest Research Institute.
Ukuhlolwa komlilo kwenziwa e-Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umklamo oyinhlanganisela uhlangabezana nezidingo zokumelana nomlilo wase-US Navy. I-SwRI ilabhorethri yokuhlola egunyaziwe kanye nenkampani yangaphandle eqinisekisa ikhwalithi kanye ne-ejensi yokuhlola.
Ukuhlolwa kwe-SwRI kuphinde kwembula okulandelayo:
• Udonga oluyinhlanganisela yemojuli luphumelele amalangabi aqondile kanye nokuhlolwa kokushisa okungaqondile, okuhlola okukhiphe intuthu nobuthi begesi.
• Udonga oluyinhlanganisela kanye nephaneli yosilingi luphumelele ukumelana nomlilo kanye nokuhlolwa kobuqotho besakhiwo. Lezi zivivinyo zikala umthamo wezinto zokwakha ukumelana nomlilo okhuphuka ngokushesha kanye nekhono lesakhiwo lokuthwala umthwalo (okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi bokucima umlilo) ngesikhathi somcimbi womlilo. Iphaneli yabhekana nokukhuphuka okusheshayo kwezinga lokushisa futhi ibanjwe ku-2000oF.
• Ukuhlolwa nokuhlaziywa kwensimbi nezingxenye zodonga eziyinhlanganisela ezingaphansi kwe-500oF - kanye nephakheji eliphelele lokuhlaziya ukudluliswa kokushisa okulinganiselwe - kubonise ukuthuthukiswa okuphawulekayo ngomklamo wodonga oluyinhlanganisela ye-GE. Lokhu kuhlola kusikisela ukuthi amazinga okushisa esikhumba angaphandle angancipha kakhulu.
• Ukuhlolwa kokuqhathanisa kwephaneli ye-Acoustic kubonise ukuthuthukiswa kumazinga we-transmitted sound pressure (dBA).
I-MMP igxile endaweni ebiyelwe i-GE ezungeza yonke i-LM2500 ye-turbine yegesi (i-inlet, injini kanye ne-exhaust) eyenza imisebenzi eminingana ebalulekile. Indawo ebiyelwe ikhawulela ukwenqatshwa kokushisa egumbini lemishini futhi ihlinzeka ngokuvikeleka okushisayo kubasebenzi emazingeni okushisa angu->1000oF aphuma ku-turbine yegesi nokukhipha umoya. Indawo ebiyelwe yakha umngcele we-acoustic kanye nomlilo ozungeze i-turbine yegesi ukuze uphephe umkhumbi. Ngokusekelwe ekuhlolweni, indawo entsha ebiyelwe eyinhlanganisela ye-LM2500 izodambisa kangcono umsindo ngenkathi igcina izici ezifanayo zokumelana nomlilo njengendawo ebiyelwe yinsimbi.
LM2500 Marine module
Kuqinisekiswe Ngokugcwele Ezimfuneko Zokushaqeka Kwezempi Yase-US
Ukuhlanganiswa kwendawo evalekile yesibonelo kuyaqhubeka futhi kuzohlolwa esikalini esigcwele seseli yokuhlola i-turbine yegesi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuncishiswa komsindo nokusebenza okushisayo okubikezelwe ngaphambili ngokuhlolwa kwengxenye nokuhlaziywa. Indawo ebiyelwe eyinhlanganisela izobe isingaphansi kokuhlolwa kokushaqeka kwezikebhe ngokuvumelana nezidingo ze-US Navy. Lezi zivivinyo zihlelelwe ukuthi ziphothulwe maphakathi no-2018.
Imojula ye-turbine yegesi eyakhiwe ngaphansi kwe-MMP izotholakala ngo-2018 nohlelo lokuqala oluhloselwe emikhunjini ye-DDG-51 Flight III ye-US Navy. Indawo evalekile eyinhlanganisela engasindi kanye nezingxenye ezibuyekeziwe zizotholakala kumatilosi aphesheya ngo-2018, futhi. Ngokuhlukana, i-GE njengamanje yenza umhlangano weminyango oyinhlanganisela ye-retrofit yekhasimende lemikhumbi.
Emhlabeni wonke, izinjini zegesi ze-GE ezingaphezu kwe-1,400 zingena amahora angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-14 zisebenzela imikhumbi yemikhumbi engu-35 emikhunjini yasolwandle engu-500 ezinhlelweni zemikhumbi yezempi eyi-100 kusukela ezikebheni zokugada, ababhubhisi nabahamba ngomkhumbi kuya kuma-corvettes, ama-frigate, imikhumbi ehamba emanzini kanye nabathwali bezindiza.