Method and apparatus for increasing useful energy/thrust of a gas turbine engine by one or more rotating fluid moving (agitator) pieces due to formation of a defined steam region

A gas turbine engine comprising:

• a housing coupled via an inlet conduit to a source of hot gas and superheated water droplets, the housing having a longitudinal centerline, and an annular bay section positioned radially away from the centerline, while the inlet conduit is centered within the housing along the centerline;
• a rotatable shaft positioned along the centerline of the housing;
• a fluid mover coupled to the rotating shaft and positioned to receive the hot gas and superheated water droplets from the source of hot gas and superheated water droplets and to move the hot gas and superheated water droplets in a radial direction toward the annular bay section of the housing;
• a separator plate that is fixedly and directly attached to only a front wall of the housing by supports that are attached between the separator plate and the front wall of the housing, the front wall being located between the fluid mover and the inlet conduit and located radially inward from the annular bay section of the housing but radially outward from the fluid mover, the separator plate being situated so as to divert portions of hot gas and water droplets that pass from the fluid mover back toward the fluid mover thus ensuring that an additional amount of the hot gas and superheated water droplets is directed radially by the fluid mover toward the annular bay section;
• wherein the annular bay section of the housing is located immediately adjacent to the front wall of the housing to which the separator plate is attached;
• and
• a single extractive turbine assembly positioned such that the separator plate is disposed between the extractive turbine assembly and the fluid mover, wherein the separator plate is disposed between the extractive turbine assembly and the annular bay section, wherein the single extractive turbine assembly includes a plurality of turbine blades that are coplanar with one another;
• wherein the superheated water droplets mix thoroughly with the hot gas inside the annular bay section, causing the water droplets to covert to steam, and the steam flows to the extractive turbine assembly, increasing an efficiency of turbine rotation.