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  2. Gas turbine - Wikipedia

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    The basic operation of the gas turbine is a Brayton cycle with air as the working fluid: atmospheric air flows through the compressor that brings it to higher pressure; energy is then added by spraying fuel into the air and igniting it so that the combustion generates a high-temperature flow; this high-temperature pressurized gas enters a ...

  3. Gas-fired power plant - Wikipedia

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    In a simple cycle gas-turbine, also known as open-cycle gas-turbine (OCGT) generators, hot gas drives a gas turbine to generate electricity. This type of plant is relatively cheap to build and can start very quickly, but due to its lower efficiency is at most only run for a few hours a day as a peaking power plant. [8]

  4. Brayton cycle - Wikipedia

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    The Brayton cycle, also known as the Joule cycle, is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the operation of certain heat engines that have air or some other gas as their working fluid. It is characterized by isentropic compression and expansion, and isobaric heat addition and rejection, though practical engines have adiabatic rather than ...

  5. Combined cycle power plant - Wikipedia

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    One is the Joule or Brayton cycle which is a gas turbine cycle and the other is the Rankine cycle which is a steam turbine cycle. [5] The cycle 1-2-3-4-1 which is the gas turbine power plant cycle is the topping cycle. It depicts the heat and work transfer process taking place in the high temperature region.

  6. Thermodynamic cycle - Wikipedia

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    The most common refrigeration cycle is the vapor compression cycle, which models systems using refrigerants that change phase. The absorption refrigeration cycle is an alternative that absorbs the refrigerant in a liquid solution rather than evaporating it. Gas refrigeration cycles include the reversed Brayton cycle and the Hampson–Linde cycle.

  7. Glossary of power generation - Wikipedia

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    The thermodynamic cycle used by most boiler–turbine generating units. This cycle includes addition of heat in the boiler, extraction of energy through expansion of steam in the turbine, and rejection of heat using the condenser and cooling tower. Brayton cycle: Reaction turbine Design of a Turbine where energy is extracted from the steam ...

  8. Open cycle gas turbine - Wikipedia

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  9. Working fluid - Wikipedia

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    In the open cycle gas turbine, air enters a compressor where its pressure is increased. The compressor therefore inputs work to the working fluid (positive work). The fluid is then transferred to a combustion chamber where this time heat energy is input by means of the burning of a fuel.