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Gas Turbines

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Rotating power without pistons: gas-turbine working, performance, steam-vs-gas comparison and the auxiliaries that support them.

This chapter collects 1 illustrated lessons on Gas Turbines as part of Marine Propulsion & Diesel Engines, ordered as they are best studied. It opens with Gas Turbines — Continuous Combustion at Sea. Each lesson is written for MEO oral and written preparation: definitions first, then how the system behaves, then the checks and figures used in practice.

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01 Gas Turbines — Continuous Combustion at SeaLearn gas turbines: compressor-combustor-turbine operation, Brayton pressure ratio and firing temperature, steam vs gas comparison, COGES and auxiliaries.4 sections