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Liquid water is sprayed into the hot gases before they enter the turbine section of a large gasturbine power plant.

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Liquid water is sprayed into the hot gases before they enter the turbine section of a large gasturbine power plant. It is claimed that the larger mass flow rate produces more work. Is that the reason?

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