Sentences with phrase «aircraft fuel efficiency»

Not exact matches

Trading in an aging McDonnell Douglas MD - 80 plane for a new Boeing 737 — a comparable aircraft — can improve fuel efficiency by about 30 %.

The report said Qantas recorded poor fuel efficiency because it used older, fuel - intensive aircraft, carried a low amount of freight (therefore making it less efficient) and also had relatively low numbers of passengers on each plane.

Aircraft turbine manufacturers brag about single - digit percentage gains in fuel efficiency precisely because those machines are near thermodynamic limits in converting heat to thrust.

Or it could settle for an older, second hand aircraft, knowing it would pay a penalty in fuel efficiency, passenger amenities and maintenance downtime that could be the difference between a successful service and a money - losing one.

Efficiency alone — even in the form of aircraft with improved engines and designs such as the Boeing 787, expected to deliver a 20 percent improvement in fuel efficiency over existing big airplanes — is not tEfficiency alone — even in the form of aircraft with improved engines and designs such as the Boeing 787, expected to deliver a 20 percent improvement in fuel efficiency over existing big airplanes — is not tefficiency over existing big airplanes — is not the answer.

With a thermal efficiency of 60 % or more in applications including automobiles, power generation, and aircraft, will their low fuel consumption be superior to that of HV vehicles?

[7][48] Honda claims that the combination of lightweight materials, aerodynamics and efficient engines gives the HondaJet up to 20 % better fuel efficiency than similar aircraft.

The move comes because the company has made big inroads into its original target by cutting aircraft emissions intensity by 13.8 % efficiency and improving vehicle fuel efficiency by 16.6 % up until the end of the 2011 financial year.

In July, Coral Davenport at the Times reported that the Obama Administration is moving to propose fuel - efficiency standards for commercial aircraft, probably during the lame - duck period after Election Day.

The airline industry is one of the nation's biggest consumers of fuel — no surprise there — but new aircraft technology has dramatically improved planes» fuel efficiency.

The WRI report notes that the next administration could work with the EPA to set a rule to improve the fuel efficiency of new aircraft in the range of 2 to 3 percent annually.

Besides the fuel efficiency of this rigid - bodied aircraft (please don't call it a blimp!)

With FIDO operational, Guy worked on a number of different projects, including research on the efficiency of fuel cells, research on German aviation fuel as inferred from the spectrographic analysis of aircraft exhaust, not to mention the design and testing of fuel baffles, experimental forest - clearing devices, and fuel propellant systems (including flamethrowers — an application the pacifically - minded Guy must have disliked.)

«Given the substantial lead time for the standards, along with anticipated fuel efficiency gains for new aircraft types already in development by manufacturers, the standards will serve primarily to prevent backsliding in emissions,» ICCT said in a statement.

The first scenario assumes that fuel efficiency and NOx reduction will be considered in the design of future aircraft in a manner similar to the current design philosophy.

In addition, aircraft are being redesigned to cut down on noise pollution and to raise fuel efficiency, increasing demand for research and development.