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3. Energy System 3.1. Steam Turbine

3.1.1 Main turbine Kawasaki Heavy Industries completed at its factory 10 main turbine sets for Korean shipbuilders (8 for Daewoo and 2 for Samsung), 2 sets for Spain's IZAR Shipbuilding and 2 sets for itself. Mitsubishi Heavy industries completed at its factory 2 sets for Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and 2 sets for itself. Kawasaki Heavy Industries has orders for 7 sets (2 for South Korea and 5 for domestic use), 3 sets are on order at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Korea, and there is still active demand for main propulsion turbines of LNG carriers, which are strongly needed around the world for transportation of clean energy. Further, there are inquiries about higher-output turbines of more than 40,000 PS, corresponding to a trend toward larger LNG carriers (200,000 m3 class). Main engines other than steam turbines are applied overseas, and attention should be paid to this trend together with that toward higher output steam turbines. 3.1.2 Auxiliary turbine Domestic production of generator turbines in 2003 was as follows: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries produced 21 sets (17 sets for LNG carriers) and Shinko produced 21 sets (14 sets for LNG carriers). Production by Shinko includes generator turbines for FPSO (9,000 kW x 3 sets). Shinko also produced 293 turbine sets for cargo and ballast pumps and 8 sets of turbines for feed water pumps. Demand for generator turbines for LNG carriers is expected, as in the case of main turbines. Future demand for turbines for cargo and ballast pumps is also expected for oil tankers constructed in Japan, South Korea, and China. [Yasunori Tashima]

3.2. Gas turbine

Marine gas turbines recently increased in number on commercial ships in addition to naval ships because of the advantages of high power/weight ratio, low vibration, good operability and maintenability, low NOx, etc. In the field of naval ships, two Takanami class DD ships planned in 1998 (improved type of Murasame class DD ships planned in 1993 with COGAG (COmbined Gas turbine And Gas turbine) consisting of two LM2500 gas turbines by GE, U.S.A. (16,500 PS, manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.) and two Spey SM1C gas turbines of RR, UK (13,500 PS, manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries) combined into two shafts, went into service, and two missile vessels planned in 2001 with three GE LM500 type gas turbines went into service in 2003. The 14DDG ship in planned in 2002 with a COGAG system consisting of four sets of LM2500 gas turbines was contracted in 2003. A plan for building helicopter carrying 16DDH ship (FY 2004 planned) with a COGAG system of four engines and two shafts is in progress. Gas turbines for propulsion purposes in naval ships exceeded 200 sets at the end of 2002, including those under construction and those planned. Mainstream gas turbine generator sets (GTA) in naval ships are M1A GTA (1,000 to 2,400 kW) 1
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developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries with its own technology and RR 501-K34 GTA (2,500 kW, manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries). Ninety sets of M1A GTA are installed in JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) ships, and three sets of M1A-25 GTA (1,500 kW) are installed in each of two DD ships going into service in 2003. Three sets of 501K34 GTA are installed in each of four Kongo class DDG ships, and 12 sets in total are in operation and another three sets are planned to be installed in a DDG ship planned in 2002. In the field of commercial ships, large passenger ships the Coral Princess and the Island Princess (built at Fin Cantieri, France) each had one set of LM2500+ GTA (25 MW)installed,

and their sister ships the Diamond Princess and the Sapphire Princess are being built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (to be delivered in 2004), are going into service. A super high-speed cargo and passenger ship TSL (Techno Super Liner, being built at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding) that has LM2500PZ gas turbines (34,000 PS x 2 sets, manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries) for a water jet propulsion system, is under contract. A new gas turbine technology, the regenerative cycle gas turbine Super Marine Gas Turbine (SMGT) has been under development with the collaboration of domestic gas turbine manufacturers since 1997. The research and development phase was finished at the beginning of 2003, and an endurance test is in process. Overseas, new large gas turbines are coming into the marine market. The LM6000 gas turbine by GE (44,000 kW class), which had been used for electric generators on land, was introduced at the Navy League Show, and the MT30 gas turbine newly developed by RR, UK, obtained type approval by DNV (Det Norske Veritas) and is continuing the test for type approval by ABS (the American Bureau of Shipping). [Hitoshi Nishiue]

3.3. Turbocharger
Kawasaki Heavy Industries produced 23 sets of turbochargers in 2003 under license of MANB&W Diesel AG in Germany. All turbochargers were installed on large marine use engines with cylinder bores of more than 460 mm of the company. Details were: 9 sets of NA48/S type and 14 sets of NA57/T9 type. TCA77 type turbochargers developed by MAN-B&W with high pressureratio and high efficiency were first installed on 3 sets of 6S60MC-C engines. This TCA type turbocharger will be manufactured by the company in the near future. Turbo Systems United sold 2,410 sets of turbochargers made by Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries and ABB Turbo Systems Ltd. in Switzerland. Details were: 1,892 sets of radial-type turbocharger of RU/RH/AH14, 166 sets of TPS type, 211 sets of axial-type VTR/VTC, and 141 sets of TPL type. Especially large numbers of new types TPL and TPS in ABB reaching 3,461 sets and 9,797 sets, respectively, by December 2003. TPL85-B and TPL73-B type have been manufactured in Japan since 2003. A new type radial turbocharger, AT14, was sold from 2002 onward for auxiliary engines; accumulated sales reached 95 sets and a further increase in sales is expected in the future. Niigata Power Systems produced 130 sets of MAN type turbochargers under license from MANB&W Diesel AG, and 15 sets of a conventional type. The company also installed 2 sets of NR24/S type turbochargers in a highly pressurized 28HLX type engine. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding produced a total of 76 sets of NA48, NA57, and NA70 types, and one set of the new type TCA77 in 2003 under license from MAN-B&W Diesel AG in Germany. As the licensor developed next generation highly pressurized and highly efficient TCA type turbochargers, the company began production of three sizes (TCA66, TCA77, and TCA88 turbochargers) as successors of the NA types. First of the TCA type turbochargers was the TCA88, a complete set of which was 2
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purchased from MAN-B&W AG and installed on a 6S70MC engine. The second TCA77 was the first produced by the company; this was completed in December 2003 and installed on a 7S60MC engine. A TCA66 type is in manufacturing and will be completed in May 2004. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries produced 504 sets of MET type turbochargers in 2003. Hyundai Heavy Industries, a licensee of Mitsubishi, produced 41 sets of MET type turbochargers. The total reached 545 sets, the largest number in past annual production. The number of sets of large turbochargers of MET83SE and SEII types amounted to 20% of the total sets, and that means demand for turbochargers for large container ships was strong and that trend will be continued.

[Hideo Sato] 3.4. Boiler 3.4.1 General Production of marine boilers had a decreasing trend in recent years, but together with an increase of LNG carriers and VLCCs, the number of larger capacity boilers increased, and production weight increased in 2002. Because of increased orders of bulk carriers, however, production weight is expected to go down. 3.4.2 Production quantity Total production of marine boilers in the 15 years since 1988 is summarized from Statistics of marine industrial products by the Ministry of Land and Transport, and is shown in Figures 3.1 and 3.2. Figure 3.1 shows the production quantity of each type of boiler, in that total number of marine boilers (main boiler and auxiliary boiler) in 2002 is not different from that in 2001, but a drop in the number of exhaust gas economizers and other boilers has been conspicuous since 1997. Figure 3.2 shows changes of production weight; the increase of production of main boilers in 2002 is conspicuous. Production of other boilers is, as a whole, in the same range, although a little different in each year.