055 Large Destroyer Thread II
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There are many intakes as part of the propulsion superstructure, some of them are allocated to the forward three generators (and the others of course to the main prime movers).
Point is that it's likely not a clean and simple "one intake per generator" arrangement.
The exhausts are for the three forward generators I personally have yet to be able to identify, it's possible they are fed and integrated with the exhausts from the main prime movers.
The exhaust for the three rear generators are of course very obvious on any photo of the ship taken from a high angle, located atop the rear helicopter hangar structure with three small circular exhausts just rear of the circular radome.
That said, looking back at it, I think it is possible that perhaps some of the intakes may be for the rear three generators, because there simply aren't that many obvious intakes at the rear of the ship at the helicopter hangar, and the shortest distance to those rear three generators may be via some of the rearmost intakes on the superstructure (though it still seems a bit volume inefficient).
Either way though, it's still not one intake per generator.
Could those three in front of the forward main exhausts be the exhausts for the forward generators?
We need a more clear shot.
I can’t make out anything substantial in this high res top view photo. Based on the dimensions of the aft exhausts, it would it be a very tight fit:
Nor in this one:
In one of the photos it can be seen that the large funnel has three smaller tubes inside (which appear sealed?).
Some ships have their auxiliary engines exhaust venting next to the waterline. The conspicuous absence of the forward generator exhausts makes me wonder if that might be the case with this ship too.
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Thanks. I can clearly see one smaller funnel next to the two large ones and what could be the outline of a second one on the left.
antiterror13
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I hope to reach 32 with further variant A and B or even C, that would be awesome
I'd like to see a Type-055 variant with larger VLC vertical Launch cells, perhaps an 11 meter length cell.
The current system uses 9 meter length cells.
Such a system would be able to accommodate any potential future missiles, maybe a Chinese version of a "Zircon" missile.
or
just anything bigger than a YJ-21 missile.