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What you always wanted to know about gas turbines
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Rolls-Royce provides power systems for land, sea and air throughout the world. It continues to maintain a leading position in its key markets of aerospace, marine and energy by producing a wide range of systems covering the complete set of energy ratings and applications.
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The gas turbine is a power system capable of transferring the energy stored in chemicals (Sucks the air in the front of the engine Compressor Squashes the air down Combustion chamber Heats the air Turbine
Transfers energy from the air to drive the fan and compressors
The gas turbine may be split down into four main sections, the inlet, the compressor, the combustor and the turbines. Each of these sections completes a certain task.
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Inlet
Sucks the air in the front of the engine
Compressor
Squashes the air down
Combustion Chamber
Squashes the air down
Turbines
Transfers energy from the air to drive the fan and compressors |
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These four sections add together to form a complex system capable of providing kinetic energy in the form of a jet of gas fired out of the engine exhaust.
Aircraft utilize this jet of gas to generate thrust. This thrust alongside the lift generated by the wings enable powered flight to be successfully accomplished.
This session will cover the principles of flight along with the basics of gas turbines by highlighting fundamental laws of physics.
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