National gas turbines of the 21th century
Analysis of the global experience of the implementation of steam-gas turbines, gas turbine technologies and tendencies of its development into the energy industry strongly suggests that in the first half of the 21th century the application of steam-gas cycle for improving the economic and ecological efficiency of energy production using natural gas, and subsequently solid fuel with the system of its gasification integrated into the combined steam-gas cycle will be a dominant innovative direction of the technical progress in the thermal energy industry. The technical basis defining the efficiency of the steam-gas station consists in powerful high-temperature gas turbines, designed for long-term reliable performance.