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News Release from: Peter Brotherhood | Subject: Steam turbine driven generator sets
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 March 2008
Turbines bring power offshore
Three steam turbine driven generator sets each consist of a turbine, gearbox and generator, all mounted on a common bedplate.
Peter Brotherhood has delivered three 5MW steam turbine driven generator sets to Aker Floating Production of Norway The turbines will be installed on the top deck of the Aker Smart 1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel which will operate in the Indian Ocean and will be maintained by Aker Borgestad Operations
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 27 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The three steam turbine driven generator sets each consist of a turbine, gearbox and generator, all mounted on a common bedplate which incorporates the oil system, and a separate water cooled condenser mounted directly below the turbine's exhaust.
Aker Floating Production chose Peter Brotherhood because of the company's extensive experience in manufacturing steam turbine driven generator sets for installation on FPSO vessels.
These sets have to incorporate 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.
Peter Brotherhood managing director Stephen Fitzpatrick said: "This was an important order to secure because Aker Floating Production is planning to launch a number of Smart FPSOs over the coming years".
"We have now installed 36 turbines on board 22 FPSO vessels which have a total power output of over 300MWe".
Peter Brotherhood has been designing and manufacturing steam turbine driven generator sets for FPSOs since 1981 and has installed turbines on vessels which are moored off the coasts of West Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil and Australia and in the North Sea.
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