Energy
All Hands On Deck: When Disaster Struck, This Group Of Engineers Got An Argentinian Power Plant Online
When the Grande America, a cargo ship traveling between Hamburg, Germany, and Casablanca, Morocco, caught fire and sank off the coast of France in March 2019, all 27 people on board were able to get to safety.
The Future Of Energy
That’s Hot: This Lung-Inspired 3D-Printed Part For Cooling CO2 Could Take Power Generation To The Next Level
When Charles Parsons invented the steam turbine in 1884, it was a monumental advance. More than a century later, engineers are still relying on steam to operate the turbines that generate much of the world’s power. Perhaps it’s about time to take the technology to the next level.
One way to do that is to draw inspiration from the human body. That’s exactly what Peter deBock and his colleagues at GE Research in Niskayuna, New York, did: They devised a heat exchanger — an essential component of the cooling system of a power turbine — that mimics human lungs.
Energy
Mind The Gap: How To Build A Power Plant Fueled By The Sun And CO2
How a Three Hour Flight Changed Myanmar
Two hours and fifty-four minutes. That’s how long it took a plane to fly from Yangon, Myanmar to Singapore in August 2015. A short flight by some standards, it was barely long enough to watch a movie or read a magazine. Although it may not seem like much, this flight was a historic moment for Myanmar.
Advanced Manufaturing
Watch This Water-Guided Laser Machine Cut The Tiniest Holes In The Toughest Metals
Breakthrough
Honey, I Shrunk the Steam Turbine: We Could Drink from the Sea With This Miniaturized 3D Printed Machine
This innovative solution involves the shrinking of a steam turbine originally designed to generate electricity. It’s also the perfect example of what GE calls the GE Store, the idea that sharing ideas across businesses can quickly lead to breakthroughs.
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This Gas Turbine Could Pump Up the Goodyear Blimp in About 10 Seconds. But How Do You Test It?
Tennessee Titans: You Can’t Get More Steampunk than These Machines
Bigger, Better Gas Turbine to Meet the Growing Demand For Power in ASEAN
