I undersandunderstand that the heated intake air will burn more efficiently with the fuel and thatsthat's why recuperators increase efficiency. The part i dontI don't understand is that if efficiency is going up, why isntisn't the power output also not increasing along with efficiency? For example, if we used to make 500hp500 hp from a free shaft gas turbine by using 100x amount of fuel and then we add recuperator and again add 100x amount of fuel, wouldntwouldn't the engine now make much more power than the original 500hp500 hp with the now more efficient combustion thanks to the recuperator?
Is there a limitation in oxygen rich air supply like in piston engines so that we cant add as much fuel when there is a recuperator added? Or is this caused by some reason releatedrelated to the turbine itself and its ability to extract energy from the exhaust flow?