Scope -

• Provide fundamentals and background for understanding the operation of gas turbines.
• Study the operation of the gas turbine in the context of the overall power plant.
• To provide understanding of the performance potential, operation and maintenance of

gas turbines using the LM2500 Simulator and the T58 gas turbine for hands on exercises.

• Emphasis is placed on principles, essential applications and performance as related to

marine applications.

• Primary attention is focused on the turbine as a device that converts thermal energy into

kinetic and mechanical shaft energy.

• Other components are discussed peripherally only as they relate to services the turbine

needs or are necessary for transmission of power to move the vessel.

• This 80-hour gas turbine course is a classroom and simulator based course that is

intended for those engineering officers interacting with the operation of gas turbine

engines aboard merchant marine vessels. The course brings together the various

engineering disciplines underlying the gas turbine engine used in marine applications.

Objective -

• To introduce the student to the modern gas turbine engine and discuss application to

marine power plants.

• To assess and demonstrate competence in operating, monitoring and evaluating engine

performance and capacity of a gas turbine marine propulsion plant using a simulator

based gas turbine.

• To demonstrate skills recognizing components and parts, mounting and dismounting

basic gas turbine components, and carrying out non destructive inspections using

borescope.

• Enable the student to discuss and identify with confidence the various components and

systems of a typical marine gas turbine propulsion plant.