What about the BigBoy? How many E-tigers? 10 would suffice? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/UP_Big_Boy_4014.jpg/1280px-UP_Big_Boy_4014.jpg
Wouldn't be nice to see one of those back in action with a NiH powered steam engine? mic 2011/10/18 Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <hoyt.stea...@gmail.com>: > For an Allison 250C20 400 horsepower turboshaft engine used in many > helicopters and quite a few small airplanes ( now a derivative is called > Rolls Royce RR300 ) I calculated that that 1 megawatt of heat was needed > in the combustion chamber based on fuel use of 27 gallons per hour of > kerosene for that engine, but the turbine inlet temperature is something > close to 900° C. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Model_250 > > > > Hoyt Stearns > Scottsdale, Arizona US > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:45 AM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why has Rossi to build a 1MW plant? > > Susan Gipp <susan.g...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Because this is in his flamboyant nature to show someting HUGE, LOUD, >> POWERFUL, etc. etc. >> He's convinced that the more is big, the more demostrates it works. > > I agree. That seems likely. He has often said that smaller, kilowatt-scale > reactors do not prove the machine can be used in industry. > It is ironic, but I predict that if this technology succeeds, in the future > nearly all generators and motors will be in the kilowatt-scale, generating > electricity at home or powering an automobile or truck. There will be few > applications for power sources of 1 MW or larger. Of course there will be > some, such as blast furnaces, large factories, the hot water heater at a > 2000-room hotel or aerospace engines. I think 747 aircraft engines produce > 140 MW total. Not sure. > - Jed >
