Schematic diagram of Chrysler Corporations's twin-regenerator gas turbine engine.
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SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF Chrysler Corporation's twin-regenrator gas turbine engine, which will power the new limited production Chrysler Corporation Turbine Car to be distributed to selected users for consumer evaluation beginning this fall, shows direction of air flow and various temperatures from incoming fresh air to exhaust. Air enters the air intake and passes through the compressor where its pressure is increased four times. The air is heated as it passes through the regenerator passages in the front half of the regenerators (rotating heat-exchangers). It passes into the burner into which fuel is sprayed by the fuel nozzle and burned at a temperature of 1,700 degrees. The hot gases pass through the compressor drive turbine and then through the power turbine to deliver power to the rear wheels. The gases are exhausted through the rear half of the regenerators losing most of their remaining heat before being discharged through the exhaust ducts. The two rotating regenerator cores use the heat recovered from the exhaust to heat the incoming air, thus improving fuel economy and reducing exhaust temperature.
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