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Gas turbine plant

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000892

A plant in which the prime mover is a gas turbine. A gas turbine consists typically of an axial-flow air compressor and one or more combustion chambers where liquid or gaseous fuel is burned and the hot gases are passed to the turbine and where the hot gases expand drive the generator and are then used to run the compressor.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000892
FieldEnergy
SubjectElectricity
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000892",
  "term": "Gas turbine plant",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "A plant in which the prime mover is a gas turbine. A gas turbine consists typically of an axial-flow air compressor and one or more combustion chambers where liquid or gaseous fuel is burned and the hot gases are passed to the turbine and where the hot gases expand drive the generator and are then used to run the compressor.",
  "subject": "Electricity",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/gas-turbine-plant/"
}

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