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Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Industrial equipment industry is available in its catalogue. World Turbines Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p091889/World-Turbines-Market.html Global demand to grow 4.7% annually through 2012 The world market for turbines and related products (turbine-based engines, generators and generator sets) is projected to increase 4.7 percent annually to $104 billion in 2012. Growth will be supported by solid growth in...
General Compression, Inc., the pioneer of dispatchable wind power, today announced that Rahul Yarala has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer -- Turbine Development to lead the development of General Compression's Dispatchable Wind Turbine System. Yarala previously was Director of Engineering at Clipper Windpower, Inc. "Rahul's experience in taking wind turbine technology from concept to operation will be a tremendous asset to General Compression," said CEO David Marcus,...
BANGALORE, India -- India has joined a handful of countries with the technology to build a new type of supersonic rocket that could reduce satellite launching costs by nearly 90 percent, the nation's space agency said Tuesday. The so-called Supersonic Combustion Ramjet - or Scramjet - technology should eventually help India build lighter and faster rockets, the Indian Space Research Organization said. Conventional rockets carry their own oxygen to burn as fuel, but Scramjet rockets will take...
NASA -- NASA has been officially recognized for setting the speed record for a jet-powered aircraft by Guinness World Records. NASA set the record in November during the third and final flight of the experimental X-43A scramjet (supersonic-combustion ramjet) project. The X-43A demonstrated an advanced form of air-breathing jet engine could power an aircraft nearly 10 times the speed of sound. Data from the unpiloted, 12-foot-long research vehicle show its revolutionary engine worked...
IN SHORT What: Against the Flow: The Hamilton Jet Tale Where: Prime When: 7.30pm, Sunday . AGAINST the Flow: The Hamilton Jet Tale tells the story of the development of the Hamilton Jet across 50 years. Using a combination of interviews with key players and rarely viewed archival film footage, the programme evolves through the eyes of those who were a part of this exciting period. Jon Hamilton, son of Sir William Hamilton, provides insights into life at Irishman Creek, the wide-...
