gas turbine
noun
: an internal combustion engine in which expanding gases from the combustion chamber drive the blades of a turbine
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As with the local gas turbines, the goal is to transition to 100% green hydrogen.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
One way to help address the problem, Ms. Pavlenko added, would be for the authorities to install gas turbine mobile power plants across the country.
—Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, New York Times, 5 June 2024
Another project would spend $211 million to install smaller gas turbine systems at We Energies' Paris Generating Station in Racine County.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
While the 50% efficiency of modern jet engines is amazing and modern gas turbine aviation engines see that efficiency at optimal speeds, battery electric aviation drive trains are 95% efficient.
—Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
One way to help address the problem, Ms. Pavlenko added, would be for the authorities to install gas turbine mobile power plants across the country.
—Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, New York Times, 5 June 2024
Another project would spend $211 million to install smaller gas turbine systems at We Energies' Paris Generating Station in Racine County.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
While the 50% efficiency of modern jet engines is amazing and modern gas turbine aviation engines see that efficiency at optimal speeds, battery electric aviation drive trains are 95% efficient.
—Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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“Gas turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20turbine. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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