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gas turbineEngine in which burning fuel supplies hot gas to spin a turbine. The most widespread application of gas turbines has been in aviation. All jet engines (see under jet propulsion) are modified gas turbines, and some locomotives and ships also use gas turbines as a power source. They are also used in industry for generating and pumping purposes. In a typical gas turbine a multivaned compressor draws in and compresses air. The compressed air enters a combustion chamber at high pressure, and fuel is sprayed in and ignited. The hot gases produced escape through the blades of (typically) two turbines and spin them around. One of the turbines drives the compressor; the other provides the external power that can be harnessed. |
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| The gas turbines will serve as the core equipment of the Fujian Putian power plant, a 1,600 megawatt (400 MW x 4) natural gas-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power plant to be constructed by CNOOC Fujian Gas Power Limited. MHI; TSE:7011) has received an order for six M501G gas turbines from Florida Power & Light (FPL) for its West County Energy Center project in Florida. PCC), Portland, Oregon, have been awarded a contract for casting and machining components for power generation and industrial gas turbines for Switzerland-based Alstom, Ltd. |
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