GAS TUBINESBy Paul Richards
Gas Turbine
Brayton Cycle
Gas Turbines Uses Power Generation Cars Ships Tanks
Launch site for GE H System
Baglan Bay Power Station at Port Talbot in Wales, UK
GE: H Series Gas Turbine•60% Efficient
•Combined Cycle System
Ship Use: NavyTiconderoga Class
4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines 80,000 Shaft Horsepower
Tank: M1 Abram
Honeywell AGT 1500 Advantages
Quiet Powerful
Inefficient
Micro Turbine
Turbine impellers are 20 mm in diameter
Cycle Efficiency Without recuperation:
11% With Recuperation: 20%
Sources http://northtreasure.com/Cg52.jpg http://www.gepower.com/ http://www.geae.com/engines/marine/lm2500.html http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg47class.htm www.honeywell.com/ http://www.powermems.be/gasturb
ine.html