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News Release from: Peter Brotherhood
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 28 August 2003
"Worlds largest" claim for alternator
contract
Peter Brotherhood is designing and manufacturing the world's largest steam turbine driven alternator sets for a floating production and offloading facility (FPSO).
Peter Brotherhood is designing and manufacturing the world's largest steam turbine driven alternator sets for a floating production and offloading facility (FPSO) Each of the two condensing steam turbine driven alternator sets being built by the Peterborough UK-based company produces 12MW of power
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"This 'world largest' clearly demonstrates our considerable expertise in engineering design and manufacture", said Stephen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of Peter Brotherhood.
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"We have immense ability in manufacturing steam turbines and have particular experience offshore and in the marine environment.
We are very proud of this world-beating contract which firmly establishes our global presence".
Peter Brotherhood has extensive experience in manufacturing steam turbine alternator sets for installation on FPSOs.
These turbo alternator sets have to incorporate special features to enable them to operate reliably in a floating environment where they can be affected by, for example, the pitch and roll of a ship.
The geographic location in which turbo alternator sets will be installed and the harshness of sea conditions that could be encountered are factors which need to be considered during design.
Schiedam-based IHC Gusto Engineering, which provides design, engineering and consultancy services for the offshore oil industries, is purchasing the steam turbines as part of a larger project for its parent company Single Buoy Moorings.
They will be designed and manufactured to meet the requirements of the American Bureau of Shipping.
Each steam turbine, gearbox and oil system will be tested on steam at Peter Brotherhood's manufacturing facility prior to despatch.
Engineers from the company will commission the machines on board the vessel.
Peter Brotherhood won the order because of its experience and ability to design, manufacture and test steam turbine driven alternator sets to meet the very precise standards and short deliveries typically required by FPSO operators.
The company has been designing and manufacturing steam turbine driven alternator sets for FPSOs since 1981 when it supplied two turbines to the world's first FPSO, the Shell Medora, which was moored in the Fulmar Field in the North Sea.
The company now has steam turbines installed on a number of FPSOs moored off the coasts of Africa as well as Indonesia, Thailand, Australia and in the North Sea.
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