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Simple Gas Turbine (GT)

March 12th, 2009 Posted in energy sources, fossil fuels and energy, gas turbines, power generation

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Gas Turbines and Combined Cycle Power Plants

130 BC – Hero of Alexandria’s reaction steam turbine
1550 – Leonardo da Vinci’s “smoke mill”
1629 – Giovanni Branca’s impulse steam turbine
1791 – John Barber’s patent for steam turbine – “gas was produced from heated coal, mixed with air, compressed and then burnt to produce a high speed jet that impinged on radial blades on a turbine wheel rim”.

Topics – Simple Gas Turbines

Gas Turbines, Its Uses and History
Aero-Derivative Gas Turbine Developments
Operating Principle of a Gas Turbine
Ideal & Non-Ideal Brayton Cycle, Its Efficiency
Effects of Varying Compression Ratio
Modifications to Improve Efficiency
Gas Turbine Fuels
Gas Turbine Technologies
Advantages, Disadvantages of GT
Environmental Impact, Risks of GT

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