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The heat energy of the burning fuel is converted to kinetic energy which spins the turbine. The output temp of the last turbine stage is a lot less than that at the beginning of the first stage. The 8500 hp had only 2 turbine stages and as I remember the input temp was in the area of 1200F, limited by the metallurgy at the time. The hotter you can make the input and the cooler the output temperature, the more useful work you can extract from the fuel burned. <br /> <br />Note to electro.. I looked at my copy of the operators manual ,but it says nothing about the horn, except how to blow it. :-) <br />
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