Innovation at Every Turn
Beginning with the introduction of the acclaimed D Series design, Mitsubishi gas turbines have set the benchmark for output, efficiency and reliability in critical base-load and variable-load power generation applications.
Through the vertically-integrated manufacturing and verification capabilities of its Takasago R&D Center, Takasako Machinery Works and dedicated T-Point test station, Mitsubishi has introduced progressive refinements in blade and vane modeling, combustor design (including the industry’s first Pre-Mix Dry Low-NOx combustor), integrated cooling schemes and “tunable” control systems to achieve milestone improvements in inlet temperature, compression ratio and overall performance efficiencies.
Successive generations of Mitsubishi’s workhorse F Class and advanced G Class gas turbines continue to be the engines-of-choice for simple and combined-cycle power plants worldwide.
More recently, Mitsubishi was also the first to successfully demonstrate an H Class design featuring steam cooling of the combustor, hot gas path parts and rotor. Mitsubishi also successfully incorporated a number of design elements from the H Class into later generations of the G Series gas turbines. In addition, proof-of-concept testing on H technologies paved the way for the 2009 introduction of Mitsubishi’s J Series gas turbine, which was developed as one of several advanced technology initiatives under Japan’s national Basic Energy Plan.
Emerging technology options and a catalog of operating experience representing more than 535 installed units continue to drive Mitsubishi design.