Gaspar, thanks for bringing the weight of your experience to the discussion. My comparison between reciprocating and turbine engines was an illustrative one and not meant as a literal correlation.

In the simplest terms possible (so that myself and others who are in over our heads might follow along), I'm hoping you can address two things:

1) Why DOES then, as reported by two seperate and presumably credible sources here in independent tests, Diesel produce more thrust than Kero?
2) With regard to exhaust gas expansion -vs- RPM and your statement that one equals the other (please forgive me if that was not your assertion), are you certain that it's a 100% efficient conversion from one to the other at the turbine wheel? In an Open Brayton Cycle (vs closed cycle) engine, must 'X' % more heat heat energy released result in 'X' % more RPM and a corresponding reduction in fuel flow as commanded by the ECU, or might there be some degree of increase in exhaust velocity that "slips by" or "slips through" the exhaust turbine? Is it not true that only 'some' of the energy added by the combustor is then extracted mechanically by the turbine wheel, and that is why the pressure at the exhaust remains higher than the pressure at the inlet (resulting in thrust rather than mechainical energy)?

Thanks again, Don.