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Peaking Power, Chapter 4: Sir Frank Whittle, Father of the Gas Turbine

Published on January 11, 2011 By dlucier

  Discussions about gas turbines and their application to land-based power generation, gas pipeline and process plants should rightfully begin with British engineer Sir Frank Whittle.  The key word here is application. His predecessors were many, as the time line in Chapter 2 outlines, but Whittle should be credited for bringing ideas regarding the jet engine to fruition [...]