A gas turbine, gas turbine engine, or also known by its old name internal combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine.... 99 KB (12,062 words) - 21:06, 10 April 2024 |
Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Located in Bengaluru, its primary... 8 KB (765 words) - 04:21, 26 April 2024 |
Combined cycle power plant (redirect from Combined cycle gas turbine) electricity the most common type is called a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant, which is a kind of gas-fired power plant. The same principle is also used... 37 KB (4,899 words) - 21:36, 9 April 2024 |
rotational energy to the rotor. Early turbine examples are windmills and waterwheels. Gas, steam, and water turbines have a casing around the blades that... 21 KB (2,946 words) - 20:59, 2 March 2024 |
rotates a turbine rotor. Each turbine disc has many blades. As such they are used in gas turbine engines and steam turbines. The blades are responsible... 31 KB (3,769 words) - 00:56, 21 March 2024 |
gas turbine engine compressors provide the compression part of the gas turbine engine thermodynamic cycle. There are three basic categories of gas turbine... 6 KB (756 words) - 07:12, 25 October 2023 |
of gas turbine research" (although General Motors and Rover also built operational turbine cars after World War II). After improving their turbine design... 39 KB (4,263 words) - 22:43, 10 April 2024 |
Components of jet engines (redirect from Gas turbine parts) may be used to cool the turbine blades, vanes and discs to allow higher turbine entry gas temperatures for the same turbine material temperatures.**... 44 KB (6,529 words) - 13:58, 18 February 2024 |
A radial turbine is a turbine in which the flow of the working fluid is radial to the shaft. The difference between axial and radial turbines consists... 12 KB (1,707 words) - 23:35, 15 April 2024 |
Union Pacific GTELs (redirect from Union Pacific gas turbine-electric locomotives) The Union Pacific GTELs were a series of gas turbine-electric locomotives built by Alco-GE and General Electric between 1952-1961 and operated by Union... 21 KB (2,456 words) - 18:55, 8 January 2024 |
A closed-cycle gas turbine is a turbine that uses a gas (e.g. air, nitrogen, helium, argon, etc.) for the working fluid as part of a closed thermodynamic... 8 KB (735 words) - 15:31, 18 January 2024 |
General Electric LM2500 (redirect from General Electric LM 2500-30 gas turbine) The General Electric LM2500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine produced by GE Aviation. The LM2500 is a derivative of the General Electric CF6 aircraft... 18 KB (1,643 words) - 14:03, 12 December 2023 |
Combined gas turbine and gas turbine (COGAG) is a type of propulsion system for ships using two gas turbines connected to a single propeller shaft. A... 3 KB (368 words) - 16:12, 19 April 2024 |
The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal flow turbine invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913. Nozzles apply a moving fluid to the edges of a set of discs... 24 KB (3,154 words) - 23:35, 15 April 2024 |
Free-piston engine (redirect from Free-piston gas turbine) crankshaft but is instead extracted through either exhaust gas pressure driving a turbine, through driving a linear load such as an air compressor for... 16 KB (2,158 words) - 16:24, 5 March 2024 |
Brayton cycle (section Early gas turbine history) The most common current application is in airbreathing jet engines and gas turbine engines. The engine cycle is named after George Brayton (1830–1892),... 23 KB (3,030 words) - 11:11, 6 April 2024 |
The Neuchâtel gas turbine is the world's first electric power-generating gas turbine to go into commercial operation. It was designed and constructed by... 7 KB (666 words) - 19:45, 24 February 2024 |
Internal combustion engine (section Gas turbines) force is typically applied to pistons (piston engine), turbine blades (gas turbine), a rotor (Wankel engine), or a nozzle (jet engine). This force moves... 98 KB (12,885 words) - 09:04, 6 March 2024 |
Locomotive (section Gas turbine) stopped. Gas turbine-mechanical locomotives use a mechanical transmission to deliver the power output of gas turbines to the wheels. A gas turbine locomotive... 53 KB (6,148 words) - 01:41, 27 April 2024 |
Turbojet (category Gas turbines) is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes... 27 KB (3,467 words) - 00:57, 21 March 2024 |
primary fuel for gas turbines in large power plants is natural gas. Commonly referred to as a gas turbine, a modern combustion turbine can operate on a... 85 KB (12,714 words) - 15:48, 21 April 2024 |
Internal combustion locomotive (section Gas turbine) stopped. Gas turbine-mechanical locomotives use a mechanical transmission to deliver the power output of gas turbines to the wheels. A gas turbine locomotive... 23 KB (2,650 words) - 02:34, 7 April 2024 |
A turbine–electric transmission system includes a turboshaft gas turbine connected to an electrical generator, creating electricity that powers electric... 6 KB (597 words) - 13:10, 4 April 2024 |