REFLECTOR: Innodyn Engine
michalk
michalk at awpi.com
Thu Apr 6 10:02:54 CDT 2006
Richard Riley wrote:
>
> The GE-90 on the Boeing 777 runs at 45:1. The air goes through a 4
> stage low speed axial compressor and a 9 stage high speed axial
> compressor. It runs a BSFC of .306, about as good as a very large (ship
> size) diesel. Before the air is mixed with fuel it's at 661 PSI, and is
> very hot. After combustion the gas is cooled down with dilution air to
> 2700F, before it gets to the high pressure turbine. Of course, it
> 78,000 horsepower.
>
Wow. I stand corrected. I had no idea they were capable of these
pressures. That's absolutely amazing.
That would make one hell of an air conditioner.
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