Ljungström turbine, general info?

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I'm currently building a turbo-shaft engine and I am trying to find a good, yet simple to build free power turbine for extracting the exhaust energy of the jet engine. The Ljungström turbine seems promising as it is compact and easily machined from a 3 axis cnc machine. Does anyone know of the sort of rough math I could do to know how big my turbine must be or where to get this information? Any recommended textbooks?
 
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Thread reopened after the OP clarified the meaning of "free energy"

"free power turbine" is what the guys in the industry call it. Its basically a power turbine located downstream of a jet engine. Usually used for providing rotary power to some device, a gen set, a vehicle a propeller etc.