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. <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Vo]:A practical LENR use > > Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <[email protected]> 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 >
