Now in Turbines
Uriah Boyden
Uriah Boyden turned around how we harness the power of water by reversing the waterwheel concept of rotation through water filling—now turbines rotated as the falling water was conducted into them, striking the metal veins that spiraled around a central shaft.
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Knowledgebase
Passengers may think worldwide flight cancellations and reroutings were unnecessary after Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull’s recent eruption, but clouds of volcanic ash and dust pose real and substantial dangers for aircraft jet engines. Flying through ash clouds can cause millions of dollars worth of damage to the engines—or even shut them down entirely.
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A new variable pitched turbofan design that could consume as much as 14% less fuel relative to today’s fans is generating excitement in the airline industry, where a few percentage points of increase in fuel efficiency can be the difference between profit and bankruptcy for an airline. Rotating Composite Technologies has come out with a unique patented design and is now working with jet engine companies to develop and test it.
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