Indigenous gas turbine engine for Indian Navy

[GHATAK]

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NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a 12 MW marine gas turbine for the Indian Navy, which will be used to propel the SNF (Rajput) class of ships.

The engine will make India self-reliant in this critical technology of gas turbines for ship propulsion because all the naval ships run on this technology.

India has also joined the elite club of marine gas turbine designers like USA, Russia, UK and Ukraine.

The Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bangalore, a subsidiary of DRDO, has indigenously developed the turbine by spinning off the Kaveri engine, which is used for propelling the Indian Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas).

Using the core of the Kaveri engine, the scientists of GTRE have added low-pressure compressor and turbine as a gas generator and designed a free power turbine to generate shaft power for the maritime application.

The Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT) as it has been named has been installed on to the Marine Gas Turbine test bed, which is an Indian Navy Facility at Vishakapatnam.

The engine has been tested to its potential of 12 MW at ISA SL 35°C condition, which is the requirement of Indian Navy for propelling the SNF (Rajput) class of ships.

The Naval Dock Yard is capable of testing the gas turbines upto 25 MW of shaft power through a reduction gearbox and a water brake dynamometer.

The involvement of Indian Navy in the development of the engine including their participation during testing has given a tremendous push to the success achieved so far.

 

[GHATAK]

A kick in the a$$ for all the lunatics who were crying foul about Indigenous effort.
Money spent on R&D never goes waste.

These lunatics dont understand that developing a jet engine is more difficult than developing ballistic missiles or launching satellites into space.

Even china powers J-10 [Its best fighter] with Russian Lyulka-Saturn AL-31F engine and has only recently installed indigenous engine.




Cheers India.

 

[Myth_buster_1]

A kick in the a$$ for all the lunatics who were crying foul about Indigenous effort.
Money spent on R&D never goes waste.

These lunatics dont understand that developing a jet engine is more difficult than developing ballistic missiles or launching satellites into space.

Even china powers J-10 [Its best fighter] with Russian Lyulka-Saturn AL-31F engine and has only recently installed indigenous engine.




Cheers India.

congratulations to DRDO for once not unF**ing as simple as ToT!
what next the "indigenous" naval barahmos?

 

[Cheetah786]

A kick in the a$$ for all the lunatics who were crying foul about Indigenous effort.
Money spent on R&D never goes waste.

These lunatics dont understand that developing a jet engine is more difficult than developing ballistic missiles or launching satellites into space.

Even china powers J-10 [Its best fighter] with Russian Lyulka-Saturn AL-31F engine and has only recently installed indigenous engine.




Cheers India.

The divergent views prevailing over who will help the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) in co-developing India’s first combat aircraft engine Kaveri have forced the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), which is evaluating the two overseas offers, to call for yet another round of discussions between the main protagonists.

Another meeting among key officials from the GTRE, the Indian Air Force and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which is expected to be held next week, will hopefully enable the TAC to make up its mind on who — between the French aerospace company Snecma and Russia’s NPO Saturn — will join the GTRE in developing the engine. One of India’s most crucial aeronautical programmes, Kaveri is expected to power the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. Around 300 engines are scheduled to be manufactured.

DRDO sources told The Hindu that the proposal of the Snecma and Russia had been thoroughly evaluated and both were found to be meeting on “most parameters of the GTRE’s requirements.” However, while HAL is keen to work with the Russians, the GTRE as well as DRDO officials are apparently more keen on the going forward with the French.

The DRDO’s preference for the Snecma offer is because it is “offering technology that is slightly superior to what the Russians are providing,” said the source. The IAF, who will be the Kaveri’s primary and probably only customer, has been largely reticent on this issue. However, the IAF is expected to raise the issue when Air Chief Marshal Fali Major chairs the quarterly ‘LCA review meeting’ that will be held in New Delhi on Monday.

The stalemate has further delayed a 19-year-old project that has cost the nation Rs.1,500 crore. In 2005, after insisting for 17 years that it will develop the engine on its own, the GTRE finally threw up its hands and sent out a request for proposal (RFP) from overseas engine houses seeking help.
Kaveri engine for Tejas: more talks on French, Russian offers » www.idrw.org / Indian Defense Research Wing


Indian scientists have developed a 12MW marine gas turbine.

Bangalore-based Gas Turbine Research Establishment, a DRDO unit, had been indigenously developing Kaveri engine for propelling the Indian Light Combat Aircraft Tejas.


As a spin-off during development, a marine version has been evolved to develop shaft power for propelling Indian Naval ships, a DRDO statement said on Thursday.

Using the core of the Kaveri engine, the scientists of GTRE have added low pressure compressor and turbine as a gas generator and designed a free power turbine to generate shaft power for the maritime application, DRDO said.

The Kaveri Marine Gase Turbine (KMGT) as it has been named, was transported to Naval Dock Yard, Vishakapatnam, and installed on to the Marine Gas Turbine test bed which is a Naval facility capable of testing the gas turbines up to 25 MW of shaft power through a reduction gearbox and a water brake dynamometer.

The Indian Navy has been involved in the development of the engine and participated and supported the testing phase. "The engine has been tested to its potential of 12 MW at ISA SL 35 degree C condition which is the requirement of Indian Navy for propelling the SNF (Rajput) class of ships", it said.

"India will become self-reliant in the technology of gas turbines for ship propulsion with the support of Indian Navy as a very active and participating user throughout the development", DRDO said. "This will put India in the elite club of Marine Gas Turbine designers amongst the USA, Russia, the UK and Ukraine".

The Hindu News Update Service

 

[BATMAN]

A kick in the a$$ for all the lunatics who were crying foul about Indigenous effort.
Money spent on R&D never goes waste.

These lunatics dont understand that developing a jet engine is more difficult than developing ballistic missiles or launching satellites into space.

Even china powers J-10 [Its best fighter] with Russian Lyulka-Saturn AL-31F engine and has only recently installed indigenous engine.

Cheers India.

So you are saying india has developed jet engine for its figthers or is it indians have invented the gas turbine?

 

[nitesh]

So you are saying india has developed jet engine for its figthers or is it indians have invented the gas turbine?

He never said India invented gas turbine, please don't twist the words here

 

[GHATAK]

It's in simple english above.

The point is, know how gained to develop kaveri Jet engine [Which is not fully developed], was used to develop the turbine for Naval ships.

Kaveri engine does not meet the current thrust requirements of LCA which is increased from the original requirement. The govt is now looking for partners to develop an entirely new engine with the required thrust of 100Kn.

 

[nitesh]

check this guys
Kaveri+Marine+Gas+Turbine.JPG (image)

 

[jarves]

What is the status of the project right now??

 

[Genesis]

A kick in the a$$ for all the lunatics who were crying foul about Indigenous effort.
Money spent on R&D never goes waste.

These lunatics dont understand that developing a jet engine is more difficult than developing ballistic missiles or launching satellites into space.

Even china powers J-10 [Its best fighter] with Russian Lyulka-Saturn AL-31F engine and has only recently installed indigenous engine.




Cheers India.

yea, no we haven't, J-10B still uses Russian, less flying time and reliability, also can't reach desirable performance but it is what it is. Makes me want to punch walls, but oh well.

And it's so much more difficult than missiles and satellites. A engine needs mature time, even a completed engine will face problem, case and point F-22, even Americans will face problems, it will be solved eventually, but the eventually is there and it really depends on a nation's industrial power.


EDIT: damn @jarves you made me post in a 2008 thread, I didn't see it, lol

 

[jarves]

yea, no we haven't, J-10B still uses Russian, less flying time and reliability, also can't reach desirable performance but it is what it is. Makes me want to punch walls, but oh well.

And it's so much more difficult than missiles and satellites. A engine needs mature time, even a completed engine will face problem, case and point F-22, even Americans will face problems, it will be solved eventually, but the eventually is there and it really depends on a nation's industrial power.


EDIT: damn @jarves you made me post in a 2008 thread, I didn't see it, lol

Is China devloping or has devloped a naval turbine engine???

 

[kaykay]

What is the status of the project right now??

Its under testing from 2 years now.

 

[jarves]

Its under testing from 2 years now.

You wanted to say that it is under testing since 2012??
And please give a source also.

 

[Genesis]

Is China devloping or has devloped a naval turbine engine???

We have it, it's in type 52D. So recently, I guess.

 

[jarves]

We have it, it's in type 52D. So recently, I guess.

What is the name of the engine???
I read somewhere that you are using Ukranian engines in Type 52D.