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Old 21st November 2011 | 12:24
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lomapaseo
 
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If the turbine engine didn't have a compressor, then the turbine is just a spinning disc getting in the way. It has to drive something
actually it won't spin unless there is a pressure drop across it. The turbine needs a forced movement of air through it.
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