Reverse engineering of steam turbines for national manufacturing industry independence
Dwijaya Febriansyah(a*), Rudias Harmadi(a), Khamda Herbandono(a), Faisal(a), Cuk Supriyadi Ali Nandar(a)

a) National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN - Republik Indonesia), Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 8, DKI Jakarta, 10340, Indonesia.

Abstract

Indonesia uses a lot of steam turbines, so there is a lot of demand for this equipment. Indonesia^s current need for steam turbines is still met by imports. It is anticipated that less reliance on imports will result from the development of a domestic steam turbine. The Indonesian government is conducting reverse engineering in accordance with the degree of the local manufacturing industry^s competence to expedite the construction of national steam turbines. Several small-scale (450 HP back pressure, 3 MW direct condensing, 3 MW geothermal direct condensing, and 4 MW back pressure) steam turbine prototypes of various types and powers are the product of the development efforts.

Keywords: Reverse engineering- Steam turbine- Industry independence

Topic: Mechanical Engineering