New alloy could improve jet engine efficiency

[MolaKule]

New new chromium-molybdenum-silicon based alloy could improve jet engine efficiency:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...1&cvid=68eaea36dd884180b56487d3ab48050a&ei=18

 

[edyvw]

Raising the temperature by 100 °C in the turbine reduces consumption 5%? Geez, these guys maybe hit the jackpot.

 

[TCL]

I wonder what weight oil they'll be using?

 

[MolaKule]

Back to the topic:

New alloys can increase reliability as well by reducing turbine bucket erosion:

https://www.aircraftsystemstech.com/p/gas-turbine-engine-performance.html

 

[Exhaustgases]

And of course higher combustion temps increase NoX, and is why EGR is used. Yeah and if most all diesel engines were allowed to increase combustion temps, they would be even more efficient than that.