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Gas turbine power generation

Author: Jacques MAUNAND

Publication date: August 10, 2005, Review date: July 4, 2023

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5. Control (instrumentation, start-up, operating safety)

The control system ensures a constant turbine shaft speed and a given power output. These two parameters are dependent on each other, since the 2.2 compressor characteristic associates an air flow m air with the speed of rotation and, according to equation

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