INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINE Introduction

Gas turbine history & stages of development?
Sir Frank Whittle developed a working gas turbine engine in April 1937 which was used to drive the
first successful turbojet airplane in Britain; His early work on the theory of gas propulsion was based on the contributions of most of the earlier pioneers of this field.

Where are land base gas turbines used?
Gas turbines are used for electric power generation in several different ways:
used during peak load time
Provide stand-by power
to provide a power source for black starts
to act as base load generating units

Why gas turbine doesn't used as car engine?
Gas turbine is not used in cars because:
They are very expensive.
The gas turbine consume a lot of fuel if idling because of added compressor work.
Gas turbine are not suitable for variable load application, if the gas turbine is running with 60% of its load, it will consume around 80% of fuel that used in full load.
Start up time for gas turbine is larger that start up time of reciprocating engines.