TM2500/LM2500 Power Plants
"GE LM Series Packages"

Our mobile gas turbine power plants offer highly flexible and immediately deployable energy solutions for a wide range of applications – from short-term capacity shortages to long-term infrastructure projects.

The robust base frame forms the core of our solution. It is specifically designed for rapid transport, easy installation, and reliable continuous operation.

Your Power – Individually Configured
Every project has its own requirements. That’s why you can expand our base module exactly as needed:

• Filter House: Advanced filtration systems for optimal air quality and maximum turbine performance – even in demanding environments.

• Stack/Exhaust System: Modular exhaust solutions compatible with various emission and safety requirements.

• Generator: Choose from high-performance generator options to achieve your required electrical output.
   

Your Key Benefits:

• Quickly available and easily transportable worldwide

• High operational reliability and durable construction

• Modular extensions for project-specific configurations

• Ideal for industry, utilities, construction projects, emergency power supply, and more

Choose an energy source as flexible as your project. With our mobile gas turbine power plants, you stay powerful and independent – no matter the location or infrastructure. Our modules are optimized for the GE LM2500 gas turbines.

The LM2500 gas turbine is a simple-cycle, two-shaft, high-performance engine. Derived from GE’s TF39 and CF6-6 aircraft engines, the LM2500 consists of a gas generator, a power turbine, attached fuel and lube oil pumps, a fuel control and speed governing system, associated inlet and exhaust sections, lube and scavenge systems as well as controls and devices for starting and monitoring engine operation.

The LM2500 has four major components: a 16-stage, 18:1 pressure ratio compressor with seven stages of variable stators and inlet guide vanes; a fully annular combustor with externally mounted fuel nozzles; a two-stage, air-cooled high-pressure turbine which drives the compressor and the accessory-drive gearbox; and a six-stage, aerodynamically coupled, low-pressure power turbine which is driven by the gas generator’s high-energy exhaust gas flow.

Easy to install and maintain, the LM2500 features the following: a simple modular design, corrosion-resistant materials and minimum size, weight and space requirements per horsepower. The LM2500 delivers high thermal efficiency and low fuel and airflow per horsepower.

The LM2500 gas turbine is frequently housed in a high-shock resistant, thermo, acoustic enclosure and mounting base. The enclosure attenuates noise in the engine room and provides sensors for inlet icing and fire detection. It also houses fire extinguishing equipment. GE furnishes these modules for the United States Navy and other navies. The modules can be equipped with either resilient shock mounts or hard mounts. Resilient shock mounts not only provide mechanical safeguards, they also are important for absorbing structure-borne noises and reducing the ship’s noise signature.

Pre-wired, pre-piped and factory tested for easy installation, the LM2500 module weighs just 48,000 pounds (22,000 kg) with shock mounts and 45,500 pounds (20,639 kg) without. It requires only 324 × 108 × 120 cubic inches of ship space (27 × 9 × 10 feet) (8.23 × 2.74 × 3.05 m). The inlet duct flow area is 48 square feet and the exhaust duct flow area is 36 square feet (3.34 sq m).

The simple modular design of the LM2500 incorporates many features which maximize shipboard maintainability and minimize parts replacement downtime, such as a split compressor casing, in-place blade and vane replacement, in-place hot section maintenance and accessible external fuel nozzles.

Performance
Output ........................................ 33,600 shp (25,060 kW)
SFC ............................................. .373 lb/shp-hr
Heat rate ..................................... 6,860 Btu/shp-hr
.................................................. 9,200 Btu/kWs-hr
.................................................. 9,705 kJ/kWs-hr
Exhaust gas flow ........................ 155 lb/sec (70.5 kg/sec)
Exhaust gas temperature ........ 1,051°F (566°C)
Power turbine speed ............... 3600 rpm
Average performance, 60 Hz, 59°F, sea level, 60% relative humidity, no inlet/exhaust losses

LM2500 Gas Turbine – Genset

The LM2500 gas turbine can be coupled with an electric generator making an LM2500 gas turbine-generator set. GE furnishes the complete LM2500 gas turbine-generator set using a generator from a generator manufacturer acceptable to the customer.

Dimensions*

Base plate width: 104 in (2.64 m)
Base plate length: 549 in (13.94 m)
Enclosure height: 157 in (3.98 m)
Base plate weight: 198,000 lb (435,600 kg)

Duct flow areas:
Inlet: 48 sq ft (4.46 sq m)
Exhaust: 36 sq ft (3.34 sq m)

Performance*
Output: 24,050 kW
Heat rate: 9,421 Btu/kW-hr
Thermal efficiency: 36%
Average performance, 60 Hz, 59°F, sea level, 60% relative humidity, 4 in. water inlet loss, 6 in. water exhaust loss

Specific Qualifications

The LM2500 gas turbine propulsion system (turbine, base and enclosure plus lube oil storage and conditioning assembly) has been evaluated and accepted by the U.S. Navy as meeting their requirements for shock, vibration, EMI and electrical bonding plus airborne and structure-borne noise required for surface combatant vessels. Each LM2500 production unit is acceptance-tested by GE and is available for customer witness. The LM2500 gas turbine has been granted type approval by ABS, DNV and RINA.