Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus
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The Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus is a marine gas turbine based on the Rolls-Royce Olympus aircraft turbojet engine.
Marine Olympus on display at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Derby
HMS Exmouth, the first British warship to be entirely propelled by gas turbines.
Gas-turbine engine
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A gas turbine is a complete continuous-flow internal combustion engine in which air is compressed, fuel is burned in the compressed air, and the resulting hot gas expands through a turbine. The turbin
Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus gas turbine
Sketch of John Barber's gas turbine, from his patent
Typical axial-flow gas-turbine turbojet, the J85, sectioned for display. Flow is left to right, multistage compressor on left, combustion chambers center, two-stage turbine on right.
An LM6000 in an electrical power plant application