Sentences with phrase «turbine engine in»

The Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) M7A is a single - shaft, simple - cycle, axial - flow, high - efficiency gas turbine engine in the 5.5 to 7.4 MW class.

Not exact matches

Still, major engine failures in which debris escapes from the turbine's hardened exterior shield remain a risk in aviation that regulators and accident investigators have focused on, Wallace said.

Industrial magnets can be found in electric vehicle engines and in larger industrial motors such as wind turbines.

The technology overlaps are valuable: For example, carbon - fiber - reinforced composites developed for jet - engine fan blades are used in GE's wind - turbine fan blades, and ceramics developed for electricity - generating turbines are used in jet engines.

In the niche market for turbine engines, TWIN MRO found that Novell, now a part of Micro Focus, had products that were flexible and great for mobile use.

General Electric on Friday delivered quarterly earnings that surpassed analysts» expectations, as its businesses producing jet engines and power turbines offset declines in its oil and gas segment, but revenue fell short of estimates.

Langer, in his 20 - foot dual - engine outboard, and former world champion ocean racer Jim Wynne, driving a 32 - foot aluminum craft with two 445 - hp gas turbine engines, were the only two entrants out of 31 to complete the race.

The efficiency gains from using ultrahigh temperature materials in gas turbines and jet engines could have a real impact on CO2 emissions and global warming.»

Examples of the high temperature applications include turbine engine control in aerospace and energy generation and oil field instruments.

Rocket engines, gas turbines and diesel engines experience conditions in their combustion chamber that exceed the critical conditions of their fuel, and supercritical finely atomized sprays are used to coat tablets in the production of medicines.

Gas turbines are the engines that generate electricity in power plants.

Although the CHARLES solver was developed to tackle problems like high - fidelity jet engine simulation and supersonic jet noise prediction, it had never been applied to predict combustion dynamics in a configuration as complex as a GE gas turbine combustion system.

Such enhanced modeling and simulation capabilities held the potential to dramatically accelerate future product development cycles and could provide GE with new insights into turbine engine performance earlier in the design process instead of after testing physical prototypes.

Gas turbines are used for the production of electricity and in aircraft engines.

In order to achieve the highest temperatures of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit in engines, metallic turbine blades are coated with ceramic thermal - barrier coatings and actively air cooled, which together allows operating temperatures exceeding the metal's melting poinIn order to achieve the highest temperatures of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit in engines, metallic turbine blades are coated with ceramic thermal - barrier coatings and actively air cooled, which together allows operating temperatures exceeding the metal's melting poinin engines, metallic turbine blades are coated with ceramic thermal - barrier coatings and actively air cooled, which together allows operating temperatures exceeding the metal's melting point.

As with steam engines, fridges and gas turbines, a fundamental principle is in question here: can the efficiency be increased indefinitely, or is there a physical limit that fundamentally can not be exceeded?

Well you -LSB-'ve] got to have this design around it, what's the called blanket; and what the hope is, is that the neutron will go out and the blanket is made of some very thick steel - type material, and every so often, a neutron will just hit an atomic nucleus in the steel blanket and that hit will then make the steel hotter and that hot steel, and then you have, almost like in a car engine, you have some fluid, water could work, going through the steel, it takes the energy away, that water is hot, it goes and spins the turbine, okay that's great.

The new alloy — a potential replacement for high - performance permanent magnets found in automobile engines and wind turbines — eliminates the use of one of the scarcest and costliest rare earth elements, dysprosium, and instead uses cerium, the most abundant rare earth.

Camci, who has worked on the method since 1989 with Steve Hippensteele of NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, says that liquid crystals have several advantages: «The crystals are available as sheets of Mylar (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic or in liquid form, so that covering an entire piece of equipment, such a s a turbine blade or a jet engine duct, is fairly simple, particularly compared to applying thermocouples.

The Acer's thermal management system borrows from jet - engine turbine technology, using louvers in the vents to direct airflow across the bottom of the chassis.

In 2017, for example, researchers designed a game engine - based system to identify optimal wind turbine positioning.

The primary power source for the Patriot is a twin spool gas turbine like those found in jet engines, which runs at 100 000 revolutions per minute in its high - speed stage, and 50 000 rpm in its low - speed stage.

The idea is that the new layer will be used in both aircraft engines and gas turbines within two years.

Research at University West is conducted in close collaboration with aircraft engine manufacturer GKN Aerospace (formerly Volvo Aero) and Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, which makes gas turbines.

Inc., which has a manufacturing facility in Livermore and has licensed an LLNL laser technology for peening jet engine fan blades and turbines, and other aircraft structures, in one of the Laboratory's most successful technology commercialization partnerships.

The film flopped at the box office — it was released soon after 9/11 and America didn't seem to be in the mood for a movie in which a jetliner's loose turbine engine crushes a suburban house.

Both the 2.0 - liter in the Boxster and the 2.5 in the S share parts and engineering / technology with the new turbo flat - six engines found in the 911 range, with the S employing 911 Turbo - derived variable turbine geometry for better throttle response at low and high revs.

What you describe sounds like a normal jet engine, where the combustion happens in - line between fan and turbine.

Hong Kong - based Hybrid Kinetic Group does specialise in turbine systems however, and its website makes claims that its turbine generators are as little as a half to a third the size of a conventional piston engine, runs 20,000 hours maintenance free and can run on virtually any fuel - from petrol and diesel to hydrogen, or propane.

In variable output systems such as automobile engines, exhaust gas pressure at idle, low engine speeds, or low throttle is usually insufficient to drive the turbine.

In some engines, especially for turbine engine blade cooling and liquid rocket engine cooling, fuel is used as a coolant, as it is simultaneously preheated before injecting it into a combustion chamber.

A double turbine torsional damper with centrifugal pendulum which adapts to engine speed helps to minimise vibrations in four - cylinder operation and enhances the impression of comfort experienced by the vehicle occupants.

This engine — like the engine in the 911 Turbo — also comes equipped with variable turbine geometry (VTG).

In addition, the V6 engine features a new turbine speed sensor, which allows for the twin - turbo system to perform at up to 220,000 rpm — at steady condition and 240,000 rpm at transient condition — higher than ever before for a V6 power unit.

The increase in engine power by 50 bhp over the» regular «power unit is provided in the new 911 GT2 by two turbochargers with a larger compressor wheel and a flow - optimised turbine housing raising turbocharger pressure to an even higher level.

This engine — like the unit in the 911 Turbo — also comes equipped with variable turbine geometry (VTG).

The six - cylinder boxer engine is boosted by two turbochargers with variable turbine geometry (exclusive to Porsche in its combination with a petrol engine) and drives the rear wheels via a six - speed manual gearbox.

A lower - inertia turbine wheel in the turbocharger and electronically - controlled wastegate actuator result in more efficient turbocharging than the «R» engine found in the outgoing Sportage, while stiffer valve springs and high - pressure 2000 bar fuel pump injection allow closer control of combustion within the engine cylinders.

Mobility may be enhanced in future tanks by the use of diesel - electric or turbine - electric series hybrid drives — first used in a primitive, gasoline - engined form with Porsche's Elefant German tank destroyer of 1943 — improving fuel efficiency while reducing the size and weight of the power plant.

Distinctly sporty highlights include air outlets in Silvershadow with a shape inspired by turbine engines.

Earlier versions of the Gas Turbine engine were shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1975 (in the Toyota Century)[10] and 1977 (free standing).

The automatic rev - matching function when downshifting shortens shift times, while a double turbine torsional damper with centrifugal pendulum adapts to engine speed and helps minimise vibrations in four - cylinder mode.

The twin - scroll turbocharger design has several other advantages over traditional, single - scroll turbocharging systems, including: • Improved combustion efficiency • Low engine - speed efficiency • Kinetic exhaust gas energy is not wasted or trapped • Cooler cylinder temperatures • Lower exhaust temperatures • Leaner air / fuel ratio • Better pressure distribution in the exhaust ports and more efficient delivery of exhaust gas energy to the turbocharger's turbine Veloster's twin - scroll turbo has superior handling of exhaust gas separation at the turbine leading to improved low - end torque and faster transient torque response.

The SuperTurbo acts as a supercharger through transients, using a combination of turbine power and engine power to allow faster rises in engine torque and minimizing the need to run higher engine RPM.

Porsche is still the only manufacturer to utilise turbochargers with variable turbine geometry in petrol engines.

Sadly, however, the gas turbine project was terminated in 1977, since then gasoline - powered engines have risen to be the top choice for making practical engines.

21,567 Chevrolet Sonic 2012 model year compacts equipped with a six - speed automatic transmission and a 1.8 - liter four - cylinder engine for a condition in which the transmission turbine shaft may fracture as a result of a supplier quality issue.

Porsche is still the only manufacturer to use turbochargers with variable turbine geometry in gasoline engines.

Enhancement of Engine performance: - Ball bearings of the turbine axle were newly adopted to reduce friction in the turbocharger.

The engine and gearbox combo is not the same as the one in the Kyron, as the Kyron has a 5 - speed auto while the Actyon only has a 4 - speed, but the Actyon has a VGT turbine while the Kyron only has a normal turbocharger.