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report | microturbine technology Above: Siegfried Steiner’S 44m royAl- huiSmAn-built Lethantia. once the genny was off, i heard nothing but the slap of harbour water against the hull, even though i was standing two metres from the engine room door. stabilised helicopter mounts and 3D cameras for film and television. It’s this technical focus that won him contracts to shoot commercials for top-shelf German and American clients, presenting sophisticated ideas in an attractive and informative style for the likes of BMW and Mercedes. As he began to spend more time with his yacht, Steiner focused his considerable instinct for game- changing technology and his inventor’s vision on his generator problem, and ordered a 30kW Capstone microturbine. “Right away, the benefits appeared obvious,” Steiner said, as we opened the enclosure box on his first microturbine installation. He rattled off the systems’s stats like a keen mechanic: “These are patented air bearings, so there’s no oil used at all. It burns fuel incredibly efficiently: the exhaust emissions meet all emissions targets worldwide. Capstone rates its 30kW exhaust below 1.18g of NOx per kWh, well below the 2.4g/kWh required by IMO Tier III.” Steiner received the original unit, along with the CAD designs for the standard Capstone arrangement of components within the enclosure, but wanted to fit the system into the existing Royal Huisman enclosure in the engine room that features nice teak touches. With a bit of tweaking to the arrangement, Steiner and his engineering team were able to get the turbine to fit the space required. “You can’t disassemble a normal diesel generator and adjust the arrangement of the components,” Steiner said. “With this microturbine, you can take it apart and plug it back together in a different arrangement. It makes it ver y easy to customise the installation.” They pulled out the old port genset and brought the new system in through the engine room door. Standing in the engine room with him, I wasn’t entirely prepared for how quiet and smooth the machine was. I took a step outside the engine room and closed the door. I asked for the main genny to be turned off and the turbine to cycle up. Once the genny was off, I heard nothing but the slap of harbour water against the hull, even though I was standing only two metres from the engine room door. I did the same test in the owner’s stateroom, which abuts the engine room. Inside, the turbine had taken five minutes to come online as it first charged the battery bank that Steiner uses for low-level house power at night. However, once online and 32 THE SUPERYACHT REPORT | ISSUE 146PDF Image | the Superyacht
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