A New 1.7MW Industrial Gas Turbine: The Ruston Hurricane

The paper describes the design of a compact new 1.7MW (2300hp) single shaft industrial gas turbine and package, with high efficiency and exhaust temperature ideal for industrial congeneration applications.These advantages are obtained with a high pressure ratio single stage centrifugal compressor, single high temperature combustor and two-stage axial flow turbine using only one row of cooled blades. The novel design features are described with the associated development testing. A typical installation is also described showing the potential for very high overall thermodynamic efficiency.Copyright © 1991 by ASME