need to see if anyone knows a way to make a turbine engine dual purpos
need to see if anyone knows a way to make a turbine engine dual purpos
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need to know if you can make a gas turbine engine able to use submerged in water if you hook it up to an electrical power source and still be able to use it as a gas turbine
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RE: need to see if anyone knows a way to make a turbine engine dual purpos
Issues that would arise include but are not limited to:
- Sealing the electrics. Immersion in water to depth is different from flying through clouds.
- Sealing the lube system and bearings.
- Dealing with, mitigating, or preventing thermal shock damage, especially to the ceramic parts.
Even if all that could be done, most gas turbines would be crappy water propulsors, because they're intended to compress and expand gaseous media. The high pressure stages and combustors would not pass water freely.
A turbofan could work okay underwater, because of the semi- exposed fan. The engine core could be sealed, and the fan driven with an electric motor.
If you're thinking that such a rig would be capable of high speed underwater, forget it. Google 'shkval'.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: need to see if anyone knows a way to make a turbine engine dual purpos
RE: need to see if anyone knows a way to make a turbine engine dual purpos
Did you confuse this conversation with a different one, or did some computer do it?
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: need to see if anyone knows a way to make a turbine engine dual purpos
RE: need to see if anyone knows a way to make a turbine engine dual purpos
RE: need to see if anyone knows a way to make a turbine engine dual purpos
Of course, a combination of the two is far more efficient.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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