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open-cycle gas turbine

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open-cycle gas turbine [¦ō·pən ¦sī·kəl ′gas ′tər·bən]
(mechanical engineering)
A gas turbine prime mover in which air is compressed in the compressor element, fuel is injected and burned in the combustor, and the hot products are expanded in the turbine element and exhausted to the atmosphere.


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The province also hosts the proposed site for the demonstration plant of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, forerunner of South Africa's venture in small-scale nuclear power generation, and two open-cycle gas turbines due to start producing power next year.
When Siemens was announced as the winner of the Eskom contract for turbines for South Africa's latest $540 million open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT) peaking power projects, Dietmar Siersdorfer said that the short timeframe between the project's approval and the awarding of contracts was impressive and much faster than the global norm.
In contrast, the SwRI design is based on a purely radial flow, open-cycle gas turbine concept, consisting of three principal components: a centrifugal compressor, a radial flow combustor and a high-impulse radial turbine.
 
 
 
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