Rolls Royce Mt30

Mt30 marine gas turbine designed with approximately 50 per cent fewer parts than other aero derived gas turbines in its class to minimise maintenance costs the mt30 has a twin spool high pressure ratio gas generator with free power turbine.

Rolls royce mt30. The engine is now being prepared for despatch to japan making it the second mt30 japan has received. 2008 marked the entry into service for the mt30 powering the us navy s first littoral combat ship uss freedom. The 50th mt30 the world s most powerful in service marine gas turbine has come off rolls royce s assembly line in bristol. The mt30 retains 80 commonality with the trent 800 the engine for the boeing 777.

That s more than 223 chevrolet corvettes or 457 ford mustangs. The 50 th mt30 came off the rolls royce production. The billings has two rolls royce mt30 gas turbine engines that produce a total of 96 000 horsepower. In the u s the 20 million rolls royce mt30 is installed on not only the zumwalt class but also on the navy s freedom variant of littoral combat ships.

The maximum power rating is 40 mw and minimum efficient power 25mw. The rolls royce mt30 marine turbine is a marine gas turbine engine based on rolls royce trent 800 aero engine. Rod walton 9 17 19 rolls royce power systems is sending its latest mt30 gas turbine for service in a ship used by japan s version of the navy. The mt30 entered service in 2008 powering the us navy s monohull littoral combat ship giving it a top speed in excess of 40 knots.

Rolls royce mt30 the rolls royce trent is a family of high bypass turbofans produced by rolls royce. Breaking news more. Derived from rolls royce s core aero engine technology the mt30 is a twin spool high pressure ratio gas generator with an eight stage variable geometry intermediate pressure compressor and a six stage high pressure compressor.