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Peaking Power, Chapter Twelve: The Mighty MS5002 Gas Turbine

Published on November 25, 2011 By dlucier

  The two-shaft gas turbine was first introduced in the 1950s.  They showed some popularity in gas pipelines and chemical process plants in the 1960s, where variable-speed load compressors (made by manufacturers other than GE) were required.  These load compressors were designed to operate at speeds different than the gas turbine’s own axial-flow compressor.   [...]

Peaking Power, Chapter 6: Rutland on the Leading Edge

Published on May 13, 2011 By dlucier

Rutland, Vermont is probably not a place one would expect to be in the forefront in new technology in power generation, unless perhaps it was in mountain stream hydropower.  Even less likely is this town’s involvement with one of the first land-based gas turbines to drive an electric generator.  But that is just what happened [...]

Peaking Power, Chapter 1: The Brayton Cycle

Published on August 6, 2010 By dlucier

Black Start, Chapter One: The Brayton Cycle   The individual most commonly associated with the concept of the combustion (gas) turbine engine was an American named George Brayton (1830-1892).  He was an engineer with vision and ingenuity, who conceived the gas turbine thermodynamic cycle back in 1872, when he filed for a patent.  Discussions about [...]