open-cycle turbine

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• gas-turbine engine — Introduction       any internal combustion engine employing a gas as the working fluid used to turn a turbine. The term also is conventionally used to describe a complete internal combustion engine consisting of at least a compressor, a… …   Universalium

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• Gorlov helical turbine — A.M.Gorlov with his turbine. The Gorlov helical turbine (GHT) is a water turbine evolved from the Darrieus turbine design by altering it to have helical blades/foils. It was patented in a series of patents from September 19, 1995[1] to July 3,… …   Wikipedia