Quote: "The Brayton cycle could yield 20 megawatts of electricity from
a package with a volume as small as four cubic meters." Wow 1.6 x 1.6 x
1.6 mtrs for 20 Ac MWs at 46% thermal to electrical energy conversion!
Another total game changer. The good news just keeps on happening. So
much for 2012 being the end of the world. Baby it is just starting to
come together. We are on steroids and moving at light speed into a new
era of thermal and electrical energy production. Jouni thanks for that
amazing link. You made my day.
AG
On 12/2/2011 10:22 AM, Jouni Valkonen wrote:
I am a great fan of this Cyclone engine. There is also similar
emergencing technology that uses super critical carbondioxide instead
of super critical water. The main benefit of going into super critical
is that the efficiency can go up to 46% for heat engine. And also with
carbon dioxide temperatures can be as low as 250-300 °C.
*Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle Turbines Promise Giant
Leap in Power Generation*
ScienceDaily (Mar. 4, 2011) — /Sandia National Laboratories
researchers are moving into the demonstration phase of a novel gas
turbine system for power generation, with the promise that
thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency will be increased to as much
as 50 percent -- an improvement of 50 percent for nuclear power
stations equipped with steam turbines, or a 40 percent improvement for
simple gas turbines. The system is also very compact, meaning that
capital costs would be relatively low./
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110304090459.htm
This water based Cyclone engine should be in every aspect (moving
parts, friction, noise, vibrations, efficiency, weight, pollution, and
waste motor oil) at least twice if not thrice as good as traditional
internal combustion engine. If someone would invent an internal
combustion engine today, it would be ridiculed as impossible, due to
unsurpassing material and engineering challenges. External combustion
or electric engines are just way too much simple and easy technologies
compared to to internal combustion engines.
–Jouni
