Converteam Aircraft Carrier Propulsion Motors Underway, Converteam
Release Date: 2010-09-22
Rugby, 22 September 2010 – Power conversion specialist Converteam has completed construction of the first of the propulsion motors for the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers as a part of the company's contract to design and supply major components of the electric propulsion systems for the two new ships.Each of the two carriers will be propelled by four of these 20 MW Advanced Induction Motors (AIMs). Electrical power for the motors is provided from the ship's High Voltage (11KV) electrical distribution system. Converteam has played a large part in the design and integration of this system and is also providing the gas turbine and diesel alternators, switchboards, transformers, the motor variable speed drives, harmonic filters and the power management system for the QEC carriers.
Shipment from Converteam's Rugby manufacturing site will be followed by shaft and thrust block alignment work at the company's Leicestershire test facility prior to onward transportation to Govan on the Clyde for installation in the hull section. Once complete this hull section will be floated round to Rosyth where the complete ship is being assembled in a specially adapted dry dock.
Converteam UK is a founder member of the Power and Propulsion Sub Alliance along with Rolls Royce, Thales UK and L3 Communications. Formed under the leadership of Thales UK, the member of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance with responsibility for leading the power and propulsion element of the QEC programme, the Power and Propulsion Sub Alliance has brought together these leading companies in their specific fields, in a collective arrangement, to provide the most cost effective mechanism for delivery of an integrated Power and Propulsion System for Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales.
| Type: | NORMAL |
| Company: | Converteam |
| Country: | France |