note that in NASA presentation by Doug Wells, they mostly proposed Brayton cycle turbine (jet) and not Rankine (steam/ORC)...
an engineer in turbines sould give his opinion here ... I know some don't like Stirling... 2014-03-25 15:50 GMT+01:00 Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net>: > Here is Krivit's interview but it happened back at the end of 2011, so > it may not be relevant to that possibility (that Rossi switched to a jet > engine in order to get rapid funding from DARPA) > > > > > http://newenergytimes.com/v2/government/Intel/Krivit-LENR-Interview-For-IARPA.pdf > > > > > > It seems odd that they would work toward enhancing a jet engine instead of > producing the power plant directly. > > > > Dave - Not really odd when you follow the buck. > > > > DoE takes time to fund. And politics are involved. Even the best idea is a > year away with many strings attached. > > > > DARPA is streamlined. Funds are instantly available with few strings. > > > > There is one area of R&D in the USA capable of getting a check for a > transformational technology signed this afternoon - and it relates to > remotely piloted aircraft (aka drones). > > > > This is the top of everyone priority list and if you look close enough, > you can probably see the footprint of MITRE. Unless that is, Krivit screwed > up by public report of less than a year ago. > > >
