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Richard230

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Micro turbines
« on: December 03, 2017, 07:31:59 AM »

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Re: Micro turbines
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2017, 09:48:04 PM »

That was seven years ago. I think micro turbines have significant disadvantages for use in transportation. My understanding is that they work best in steady state, which might work as a range extender on a BEV vehicle, but I think startup time is long, the turbine is inefficient until up to temp, and they’re not nearly as compact as other solutions. I think micro turbines have had some success In stationary applications because they can be configured to burn different fuels.
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Erasmo

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Re: Micro turbines
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2017, 11:56:22 PM »

Seems that it never got anywhere... Also I'm personally not that fancy with sitting on a 90.000 rpm turbine.
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