Re: [Vo]:A practical LENR use
Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. hoyt-stea...@cox.net mailto:hoyt-stea...@cox.net wrote: If a 1MW LENR reactor can be built that weighs 430 lbs ( 192 Kg ) then it could be easily bolted or ducted to the rear combustor can of an RR300 turbine in an MD520 helicopter if it can heat to 1145 °F or 618 °C. How do you make it do mechanical work? What would be the working fluid for the heat engine? - Jed
RE: [Vo]:A practical LENR use
That's what the turbine is for: 300 HP -- we just replace the combustor can at the back. The working fluid is hot air. -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:59 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:A practical LENR use Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. hoyt-stea...@cox.net wrote: If a 1MW LENR reactor can be built that weighs 430 lbs ( 192 Kg ) then it could be easily bolted or ducted to the rear combustor can of an RR300 turbine in an MD520 helicopter if it can heat to 1145 °F or 618 °C. How do you make it do mechanical work? What would be the working fluid for the heat engine? - Jed
Re: [Vo]:A practical LENR use
The the 618°C temperature that you quote for the RR300 is MGT (measured gas temperature) which is actually the turbine outlet temperature. As such it will be 2-300° C below the Turbine inlet temperature. Small gas turbines like the RR300 with uncooled turbine blades have turbine inlet temperatures in the range of 850-1050°C. A gas turbine with 618°C inlet temperature would be lucky to reach 15% efficiency. And with a pressure-sapping heat exchanger to heat the air instead of a combustor (not to mention reduced turbine mass flow due to absence of fuel) the efficiency would likely be even worse. On 25 April 2012 19:12, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. hoyt-stea...@cox.net wrote: That's what the turbine is for: 300 HP -- we just replace the combustor can at the back. The working fluid is hot air. -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:59 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:A practical LENR use Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. hoyt-stea...@cox.net wrote: If a 1MW LENR reactor can be built that weighs 430 lbs ( 192 Kg ) then it could be easily bolted or ducted to the rear combustor can of an RR300 turbine in an MD520 helicopter if it can heat to 1145 °F or 618 °C. How do you make it do mechanical work? What would be the working fluid for the heat engine? - Jed
RE: [Vo]:A practical LENR use
Thanks for the clarifications! It might still be feasible hopefully --maybe a ~3 MW reactor outputting 1000 °C . -Original Message- From: Robert Lynn [mailto:robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:19 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:A practical LENR use The the 618°C temperature that you quote for the RR300 is MGT (measured gas temperature) which is actually the turbine outlet temperature. As such it will be 2-300° C below the Turbine inlet temperature. Small gas turbines like the RR300 with uncooled turbine blades have turbine inlet temperatures in the range of 850-1050°C. ...
