LOW FUEL RATE CLAIMED FOR BRITISH-DESIGNED RE-HEAT BOILER

A fuel rate which, it is estimated, is only about 2% greater than that achieved by the best of the super large-bore diesel engines is claimed for the single main boiler installed in the 190,000 ton dw tanker Esso Norway, built at the Kiel shipyard of Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft. This radiant reheat boiler delivers steam to a 30,000 shp steam turbine set of General Electrics MST 14 design; principal operating data are shown.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Technical Publications Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  London,   England 
• Publication Date: 1969-7-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 32 p.
• Serial:
  • Shipbuilding and Shipping Record
  • Volume: 114
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Transport and Technical Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boilers; Fuel consumption
• Old TRIS Terms: Boiler design; Reheat boilers
• Subject Areas: Energy; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005476
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1973 12:00AM