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Field Experience with the Detroit Diesel Allison 404/505 Industrial Gas Turbine Engines
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Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors Corporation has been conducting a field evaluation program on the 300 hp GT-404-3 and the 390 hp GT-505-3 Industrial Gas Turbine Engines over the time period from late 1974 until late 1977. This paper describes the overall program plan which involved installations in trucks, coaches, marine and industrial applications and the field experience which has been accumulated to date. Emphasis will be placed on operator reaction, environmental effects, performance and field revealed problems.
Two particular applications will be explored in considerable detail; bulk hauling trucks with self unloading capabilities and the Greyhound inter-city coach operation with gas turbine power and automatic transmissions.
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Flanigan, E. and Nigro, D., "Field Experience with the Detroit Diesel Allison 404/505 Industrial Gas Turbine Engines," SAE Technical Paper 790129, 1979, https://doi.org/10.4271/790129.Also In
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- Best G. C. Flanigan E. E. “Allison GT404 - The VIP Engine - Versatile Industrial Power” Paper 72-GT-93 ASME Gas Turbine and Fluids Engineering Conference and Products Show San Francisco, California March 26-30 1972
- Boyle J. F. Nigro D. N. “Applying the Allison GT404 - The VIP in Action” Paper 720695 SAE National West Coast Meeting San Francisco, California August 21-24 1972