Smart Order for Peter Brotherhood
08 September 2006 14:48
Aker Floating Production of Norway, which is entering the "own-and-operate" FPSO market with a fleet of "Smart FPSOs", has placed an order with UK engineering company Peter Brotherhood Ltd to supply a £1.5 million steam turbine driven generator set.
The 5 MW set will 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.
Peter Brotherhood will test the steam turbine driven generator set on steam at its manufacturing facility in Peterborough before delivery in March 2007. Engineers from Peter Brotherhood will be employed to install and commission the machine on the top deck of the FPSO vessel.
Aker 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's managing director Stephen Fitzpatrick said: "This was an important order to secure as Aker Floating Production are planning to launch a number of Smart FPSOs over the coming years. We have now installed thirty turbines on board twenty FPSO vessels which have a total power output of 200 MWe."
Peter Brotherhood has been designing and manufacturing steam turbine driven generator sets for FPSOs since 1981 and have installed turbines on vessels which are moored off the coast of West Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, Australia and the North Sea.
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* Peter Brotherhood Ltd - www.peterbrotherhood.co.uk
For more information on this company:
Peter Brotherhood - Providing Engineering Solutions for 140 Years
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