The General Electric LM500 is an industrial and marine

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produced by

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. The LM500 is a derivative of the

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aircraft engine. Current versions of the LM500 deliver 6,000 shaft horsepower (4.47 MW) with a

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of 31 percent at ISO conditions. It has been used in various applications such as in the

Royal Danish Navy The Royal Danish Navy ( da, Søværnet) is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland). O ...

's Flyvefisken class patrol vessels, and in fast ferries.

Applications

Naval

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Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel The ''Flyvefisken''-class patrol vessels ("Flying fish" in Danish) are warships of the Royal Danish Navy. The class is also known as the Standard Flex 300 or SF300 class. The five vessels sold to the Portuguese Navy are locally referred as ''Tej ...

Japan *

Hayabusa-class patrol boat The ''Hayabusa'' class is a guided missile patrol boat class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Six boats were built between 2002 and 2004. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force initially built three hydrofoil missile boats of the PG ...

Izumo-class helicopter destroyer The or 22DDH are aircraft carriers (originally helicopter carriers) in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The class is designated as a multi-purpose operation destroyer by the Japanese government due to limits on th ...

* 1-go-class patrol boat

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel The ''Yoon Youngha''-class patrol vessel (Hangul: 윤영하급 미사일고속함) also known as PKG-class patrol vessel is a class of patrol ship of the Republic of Korea Navy. One variant is in active service and a smaller variant is planned ...

Commercial

TurboJET The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, an ...

* FoilCat

Industrial

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* Tennessee Gas Pipeline Kinder Morgan * ExxonMobil Australia * State Energy Commission of Western Australia. AlintaGas * Nova - now

TC Energy TC Energy Corporation (formerly TransCanada Corporation) is a major North American energy company, based in the TC Energy Tower building in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that develops and operates energy infrastructure in Canada, the United States, ...

Research

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* University of Texas - Center for Electromechanics - CEM

References

External links

GE LM500 website
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