General Electric LM500

LM500
Type	Gas turbine
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	GE Aviation
Major applications	Flyvefisken class patrol vessel
Developed from	General Electric TF34

The General Electric LM500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine produced by GE Aviation. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The LM500 is a derivative of the General Electric TF34 aircraft engine. ^[3] Current versions of the LM500 deliver 6,000 shaft horsepower (4.47 MW) with a thermal efficiency of 31 percent at ISO conditions. It has been used in various applications such as in the Royal Danish Navy's Flyvefisken class patrol vessels, and in fast ferries.

Applications

Naval

Denmark

• Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel

Japan

• Hayabusa-class patrol boat
• Izumo-class helicopter destroyer (DDH) ^[4]
• 1-go-class patrol boat

South Korea

• Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel, including the PKX boats ^{[5] [6]}

Commercial

TurboJET

• FoilCat

Industrial

Pipeline transport

• Tennessee Gas Pipeline Kinder Morgan
• ExxonMobil Australia
• State Energy Commission of Western Australia. Alinta
• Nova - now TC Energy

Research

Railgun

• University of Texas - Center for Electromechanics - CEM

See also

Related development

• General Electric CF34
• General Electric TF34

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines

References

1. "LM500". GE Aerospace . 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
2. "LM500 Report" . Retrieved 2025-03-25.
3. "GE and Rolls-Royce control gas turbine market". Riviera (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
4. "GE gas turbines for new Japanese warship". Motorship. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
5. "GE Marine LM500 to Power South Korea's PKX-B Batch-II Patrol Boats". Naval News. 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
6. "GE's LM500 gas turbines power ROK Navy's first PKX-B boat". Naval Technology. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2025-03-25.

External links

• GE LM500 website