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Examples of gas turbine configurations: (1) turbojet, (2) turboprop, (3) turboshaft (electric generator), (4)
high-bypass turbofan, (5) low-bypass afterburning turbofan
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous combustion, internal
combustion engine. The main elements common to all gas turbine engines are:
Contents
1Timeline of development
2Theory of operation
o 2.1Creep
3Types
o 3.1Jet engines
o 3.2Turboprop engines
o 3.3Aeroderivative gas turbines
o 3.4Amateur gas turbines
o 3.5Auxiliary power units
o 3.6Industrial gas turbines for power generation
o 3.7Industrial gas turbines for mechanical drive
o 3.8Turboshaft engines
o 3.9Radial gas turbines
o 3.10Scale jet engines
o 3.11Microturbines
4External combustion
5In surface vehicles
o 5.1Passenger road vehicles (cars, bikes, and buses)
o 5.2Trains
o 5.3Tanks
o 5.4Marine applications
6Advances in technology
7Advantages and disadvantages
o 7.1Advantages
o 7.2Disadvantages
8Testing
9See also
10References
11Further reading
12External links
Timeline of development[edit]
50: Earliest records of Hero's engine (aeolipile). It most likely served no practical purpose,
and was rather more of a curiosity; nonetheless, it demonstrated an important principle of
physics that all modern turbine engines rely on.
1000: The "Trotting Horse Lamp" (Chinese: 走马灯, zŏumădēng) was used by the Chinese at
lantern fairs as early as the Northern Song dynasty. When the lamp is lit, the heated airflow
rises and drives an impeller with horse-riding figures attached on it, whose shadows are then
projected onto the outer screen of the lantern.[2]
1500: The Chimney Jack was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci: Hot air from a fire rises through a
single-stage axial turbine rotor mounted in the exhaust duct of the fireplace and turning the
roasting spit by gear-chain connection.
1629: Jets of steam rotated an impulse turbine that then drove a working stamping mill by
means of a bevel gear, developed by Giovanni Branca.
1678: Ferdinand Verbiest built a model car