Comments on: Super Efficient Jet Engine http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/12/super-efficient-jet-engine/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Ronald Brakels http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/12/super-efficient-jet-engine/#comment-155133 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49397#comment-155133 Jet engines compromise efficiency for power because they have to be lightweight. Gas turbines don’t need to wizz around above our heads and so don’t have that problem. Improved materials could help but shouldn’t make much of a change to the overall efficiency of combined cycle gas turbines, which is where most natural gas gets burnt. It should be more useful for single cycle turbines and turbines that need to be lightweight, eg. for use in ships, cars, and trucks.

]]> By: agelbert http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/12/super-efficient-jet-engine/#comment-154616 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:09:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49397#comment-154616 Just what we need: more heat… :>(

]]> By: dynamo.joe http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/12/super-efficient-jet-engine/#comment-154557 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49397#comment-154557 Cool, does this mean natural gas power turbines are about to get a 25% boost?

Maybe the road to grid parity isn’t going to be as smooth as some are predicting.

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