An extra Combustion turbine is added to drive a propeller or ducted fan to reduce fuel consumption at subsonic flight speeds.
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17 Facts About Combustion turbine
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An extra Combustion turbine is required to drive a helicopter rotor or land-vehicle transmission, marine propeller or electrical generator .
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The purpose of the gas Combustion turbine determines the design so that the most desirable split of energy between the thrust and the shaft work is achieved.
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Simplest form of self-constructed gas Combustion turbine employs an automotive turbocharger as the core component.
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The thermal efficiency is lower in the indirect type of external combustion; however, the turbine blades are not subjected to combustion products and much lower quality fuels are able to be used.
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The Combustion turbine can be run at optimum speed for its power output, and batteries and ultracapacitors can supply power as needed, with the engine cycled on and off to run it only at high efficiency.
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The objective of the consortium, which includes luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover and leading electrical machine company SR Drives, is to produce the world's first commercially viable – and environmentally friendly – gas Combustion turbine generator designed specifically for automotive applications.
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French Combustion turbine-powered car, the SOCEMA-Gregoire, was displayed at the October 1952 Paris Auto Show.
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The GM Research gas Combustion turbine engine was fitted to a series of transit buses, starting with the Turbo-Cruiser I of 1953.
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Toyota demonstrated several gas Combustion turbine powered concept cars, such as the Century gas Combustion turbine hybrid in 1975, the Sports 800 Gas Turbine Hybrid in 1979 and the GTV in 1985.
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In 1993 General Motors introduced the first commercial gas Combustion turbine powered hybrid vehicle—as a limited production run of the EV-1 series hybrid.
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The next year the STP Lotus 56 Combustion turbine car won the Indianapolis 500 pole position even though new rules restricted the air intake dramatically.
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AVS Combustion turbine hybrids were plagued with reliability and quality control problems, resulting in liquidation of AVS in 2003.
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The Combustion turbine blades are highly sensitive to dust and fine sand so that in desert operations air filters have to be fitted and changed several times daily.
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The marine gas Combustion turbine operates in a more corrosive atmosphere due to the presence of sea salt in air and fuel and use of cheaper fuels.
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The gas Combustion turbine did have more success in Royal Navy ships and the other naval fleets of the world where sudden and rapid changes of speed are required by warships in action.
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Gas Combustion turbine technology has steadily advanced since its inception and continues to evolve.
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