MOTORSHIP WITH GAS-TURBINE ENGINE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: shipbuilding; designing sea-going and river vessels. SUBSTANCE: motorship has hull inside which power plant is mounted; power plant is connected with propeller through ahead and astern running reduction gears and stern shaft. Used as power plant is gas- turbine engine including several gas turbine located in individual casings closed by covers and mounted on common shaft whose one end is connected via centrifugal coupling with starting electric motor and other end is connected with drive shaft of step-down reduction gear. Intake and exhaust passages of each turbine are interconnected by means of pipe line provided with cooler and pipe union with shut-off cock on the outside and gas ionizer, accelerating system and neutralizer. Inner cavities of gas turbines and pipe lines are filled with hydrogen under pressure which is used as working medium. Gas ionizers, accelerating system and neutralizers of gas turbines are electrically connected with high-voltage nuclear batteries. EFFECT: enhanced performance of motorship. 12 dwg