About the development history of the gas turbine industry, compared with the world's major powers, China's marine gas engine industry foundation is very weak, which has been a key factor restricting the improvement of China's naval combat effectiveness for a long time. The development of gas turbines in China is roughly divided into three stages:
The first is the initial stage (late 50s of the 20th century to the mid-80s of the 20th century). In 1958, China proposed a plan to develop gas turbines in the "Ten-Year Plan for National Defense Science and Technology", which opened the prelude to the research and development of gas turbines; In 1959, the Soviet Union provided China with the technical data of the M-1 marine gas engine, and our country completed the imitation work after 3 years; In 1964, China's first self-developed 4000kW gas turbine passed the acceptance; In 1978, China developed a prototype of a heavy-duty gas turbine for the first time. These explorations have laid a solid foundation for the further development of marine gas engines in China and trained an experienced technical team.
The second is the introduction and promotion stage (late 80s to late 90s of the 20th century). In the late Cold War, thanks to the easing of relations with Western countries, China began to seek international cooperation in the field of gas turbines. In 1986, China reached an agreement with Pratt & Whitney and United Technologies to develop FT8 gas turbines, the first machine rolled off the production line in 1989, and all research and development was completed in 1996. In 1981, China launched the light gas turbine project, based on the introduced British Spey engine, developed a 9560kW marine gas engine, which was planned to be completed in 1992. The development of the above two types of gas turbines has successfully filled the gap of China's heavy and light shipping ship gas turbines, enabling China to keep up with the pace of world gas turbine development.
The third is the accelerated catch-up stage (from the beginning of the 21st century to the present). In the new century, with the rapid development of China's aviation industry, a variety of advanced aircraft engines have come out one after another. Important progress has been made in clean coal-fired power generation technology, and the two most promising solutions are: integral coal gasification combined cycle and pressurized fluidized bed combined cycle, and gas turbine military key equipment. Light gas turbines have also been widely used in gas pipeline pressurization and offshore oil production platform power, and micro gas turbines have also made significant progress as a distributed power source.
