gas turbine
Also known as combustion turbine, turbine engine
type of internal combustion engine
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A gas turbine is a type of engine that burns fuel to create hot, pressurized gases that spin a turbine, converting that spinning motion into useful power. Gas turbines matter because they're efficient, reliable, and widely used to generate electricity in power plants and to power aircraft.
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Examples of gas-turbine configurations: (1) turbojet, (2) turboprop, (3) turboshaft (shown as electric generator), (4) high-bypass turbofan, (5) low-bypass afterburning turbofan
A gas-turbine engine, or, informally, a gas turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas-turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas generator or core) and are, in the direction of flow: