摘要 |
A gas turbine jet engine having a channel in a turbine casing through which a quantity of compressed air from a pressurized air source is introduced to start the gas turbine jet engine. The compressed air is expanded and accelerated by a series of diffusers and then impinges upon at least one impulse-type turbine bucket member located on the tip of a turbine blade to drive the turbine, which drives a compressor to start engine. Alternatively, the channel in the casing is located close to an axial compressor in a gas turbine engine's forward section and drives at least one turbine bucket member on a shrouded integrated compressor/turbine blade to drive the compressor to start the gas jet turbine engine.
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