The General Electric LM1500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine built by GE Aviation, rated at up to 15,000 shaft horsepower, or about 11,000 kW. It is a derivative of the J79 turbojet that powered supersonic military aircraft, adapted in 1960 by adding a free power turbine and internal corrosion-protective coatings, together with a maintenance scheme of freshwater rinsing to keep salt from damaging the engine. Its first application was the US research hydrofoil HS Denison, the first sea-going vessel of that kind. Naval fuels could contain more sulphur than aviation fuel, which the early engines avoided by running on jet fuels. Its first commercial job was as a catapult power source for launching aircraft, and its uses widened to marine propulsion and to compressor stations on oil and gas pipelines.
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The General Electric LM1500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine produced by GE Aviation.
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The LM1500 delivers up to 15,000 shaft horsepower (11,000 kW).
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The General Electric LM1500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine produced by GE Aviation.
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The General Electric LM1500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine produced by GE Aviation.
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Its first application was for the first US sea-going research hydrofoil, HS Denison.
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