Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Strengthens Domestic Industry-Academia-Research Collaboration System for Gas Turbines

Certification Ceremony for 'Next-Generation Technology Cooperation Laboratories' with Over 10 Domestic University Research Labs

At the certification ceremony for the 'Doosan Gas Turbine Next-Generation Technology Cooperation Laboratory' held on the 17th at Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction's Changwon headquarters, Park Hong-wook, Head of Doosan Heavy Industries Power Service BG (sixth from the left), and Son Jeong-rak, Energy Industry MD of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy R&D Strategic Planning Group (seventh from the left), along with professors from the selected university laboratories, are posing for a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction is strengthening the domestic industry-academia-research cooperation system established through gas turbine development and accelerating the development of hydrogen turbines.

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction announced on the 19th that it held a certification awarding ceremony for the 'Doosan Gas Turbine Next-Generation Technology Cooperation Laboratory' with domestic universities that contributed to the localization technology development of gas turbines at its headquarters in Changwon, Gyeongnam on the 17th.

The selected research laboratories from about 10 universities including Inha University, Seoul National University, and Changwon National University achieved excellent results in developing core technologies such as compressors, combustors, turbines, and thermal fluids of gas turbines, cooperating in the development of Korea's first gas turbine. Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction also awarded outstanding research project certificates to individual researchers in charge of specific tasks, including Choi Seung-young from Yonsei University, Kim Ki-moon from Korea Aerospace University, and Lee Tae-song from KAIST.

Park Hong-wook, Head of Power Service BG at Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, said, "Thanks to the active cooperation of various institutions including the university laboratories selected today, we were able to successfully complete the performance test of Korea's first power generation gas turbine," adding, "In the process, foundational technologies and competitiveness in the domestic gas turbine field have been secured, and a virtuous cycle structure that continuously produces capable and excellent personnel has also been established."

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has completed the gas turbine development, which is being promoted as an intermediate step in hydrogen turbine development. Recently, it completed the performance test of the first product to be supplied to the Korea Western Power Gimpo Combined Heat and Power Plant. This first product is scheduled to be installed at the power plant in the first half of next year for demonstration.

According to the '2030 National Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target (NDC) Enhancement Plan' announced by the government last October, the hydrogen turbine sector, which uses carbon-free fuel hydrogen, is expected to grow rapidly. This year, Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction signed mutual cooperation agreements in the hydrogen turbine field with five power generation public enterprises, accelerating hydrogen turbine development and demonstration.

A Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction official stated, "We plan to continuously visit domestic university laboratories to strengthen the industry-academia-research cooperation system and continue cooperation in hydrogen turbine development and fostering excellent personnel."

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