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Turbine Technologies for Sustainable Power

The data centers that power the digital age are growing larger and consuming a bigger share of the world's power. Innovative alternative turbine technologies are at the heart of a new wave of energy-efficient data centers.

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Knowledgebase

Small Wind Turbines <br />Fulfill Their Promises

Small Wind Turbines Fulfill Their Promises

National certification of small wind turbines is expected to fuel sales because it facilitates rebates and incentives offered to end users.

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Knowledgebase

Turbine Taps <br />Stronger Winds

Turbine Taps Stronger Winds

Altaeros Energies has produced a turbine in a blimp. Using relatively cheap, existing technology, the company has launched a prototype. Aerofoils give the inflatable lift and keep it pointing into the wind. Future versions will soar in the 1,000 to 2,000 foot range and produce a cheap clean energy. But until it's cheap enough to compete with grid sources the company is targeting remote and industrial applications.

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Groups

Basic Engineering Technical Group (BETG)

Comprised of six Divisions concerned with the application of basic engineering principles

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Applied Mechanics Division (AMD)

Energy and Technology Management Group (ETMG)

Committee on Power Boilers

Turbines are rotating machinery for extracting mechanical or electrical energy from steam, from burning natural gas and oil, and from moving water including tides and hydroelectric dams. Biggest turbine uses are in generating electricity, powering aircraft, driving the propellers of nearly all large seagoing vessels. Turbine rotor and stator blades (airfoils), disks, and seals place severe demands on the science of high-temperature materials, on component manufacturing and on quality assurance.

In The News

USA TODAY  May 23, 12:03 AM
Oregonian (Portland, OR)  May 23, 08:57 AM
USA TODAY  May 20, 03:31 AM