Field experience with Turbonycoil 600

STATOIL North Sea (Norway)

• 56 x General Electric LM 2500
• 9 x General Electric LM2500+ (DLE)
• 8 x General Electric LM 6000
• 4 x Rolls-Royce RB211
• 2 x Rolls-Royce Avon

On the off-shore platforms of Sleipner A & West; Gulfaks, Statfjord A, B & C, Veslefrikk, Norne, Snoviht, Asgard FPSO vessel, Heimdal & Heidrun, and gas purification plant of Korstoe. Utilisation is between 6,000 and 7,000 h/year.

At overhaul (TBO 24,000 to 28,000 h), oil-wetted parts of LM2500 usually exhibit only a slight varnish that is easily removed by washing with alkaline solvents. The pictures attached in Annex I show the excellent condition of one N°6 bearing after 24,000 h operation with Turbonycoil 600.

The oil condition monitoring in Annex over more than 6 years of operation shows a very good oil stability (no TAN or viscosity increase).

NORSK-HYDRO – North Sea (Norway)

• 20 x General Electric LM 2500
• 5 x General Electric LM 2500+
• 8 x Rolls-Royce RB211

OMV (Austria)

• 6 x General Electric LM 2500 at Baumgarten, Ruden and Grafendorf gas compression station

German Navy

• 17 x General Electric LM 2500 on “Brandenburg” , “Bremen” and “Sachsen” class frigates

Johannesburg Electricity Board (South Africa)

• 6 x Rolls-Royce Olympus for peaking power generation (from 1992, now dismantled)

French Navy

• 11 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM 3B used for the propulsion of the anti-submarine corvettes, type “Georges Leygues”