Contact: Maureen Gibson
Phone: (718)-430-4524
Fax: (718)-430-4510
E-Mail: mgibson@industrialacoustics.com
16 June 2004
WORLD’S
MOST GLAMOUROUS OCEAN LINER, THE QM2, FLIES THE FLAG FOR IAC BOET STOPSON'S
SILENCERS
 Passengers
and crew aboard the Queen Mary 2 are benefiting from a quiet environment
thanks to IAC Boet Stopson's exhaust gas silencers that have been fitted
to the two GE LM 2500+ gas turbines on the ship. Measuring 1,160 feet
from stern to prow, the Queen Mary 2 is the world's largest transatlantic
liner and her electricity requirements are naturally considerable.
The two turbines supply
both the energy required for propulsion of the ship as well as the onboard
electricity supply. Each turbine generates 25MW of electricity, and the
exhaust gas has a flow rate of 165lb/second, with a maximum temperature
of 542 degrees centigrade.
The silencers supplied
adhere to strict performance criteria, both acoustically (important for
a luxury ship such as the QM2) and as regards pressure loss. In addition
the overall weight of the installation had to be kept to a minimum - to
comply with weight limits specified in the contract.
Malcolm Hewitt, newly
appointed Sales Manager – Industrial, said: "Passenger liners
as well as naval and military ocean going vessels have long been a strong
market for IAC. This project for the Queen Mary 2 was actually undertaken
by our French colleagues at IAC Boet Stopson, acquired by IAC in 2002.
We lead the French silencers market at the moment and the Boet products
are now also making good inroads at home in the UK. We intend to be market
leaders here, too, in the next few years. Projects like this one for the
first class QM2 certainly profile IAC silencers as first class and fly
the flag for our technology.”
For further information
contact Nathan Klute nklute@industrialacoustics.com tel (718) 430 4523 fax (718) 863 1138
A high resolution
image of the QM2 leaving New York in April 2004 is available to download
from the Photo Library on this site.
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