When you get onto a flight, odds are that you're not spending too much
time thinking about the engine that's used in the airplane - unless of
course you're fervently wishing that nothing goes wrong with it.
But think about it for a second. You're sitting in a heavy metal can that is somehow able to hurtle through the air at eye-watering speeds, and the fact that hundreds of thousands of people do this every single day is nothing short of a miracle of science.
While aircrafts may look like they haven't changed much over the years - basically a long, metallic tube with wings - but on the inside, there's been a steady stream of changes. One of the newest changes is the Geared TurboFan (GTF) engine present in the Pratt and Whitney PurePower engine that powers the upcoming Airbus A320neo family. Unlike a conventional turbofan engine, the GTF uses a gear-system to decouple the turbine and the fan in the engine, which, amongst other things, leads to fuel savings and reduced noise as well as emissions.
Over the last 20 years, Pratt and Whitney has been engaged in research and development and testing to make the PurePower engine, in a multi-billion dollar program with hundreds of engineers working on the problem. NDTV Gadgets spoke to engineers and executives at the company to understand how this technology is set to revolutionise the world of aviation.
Read news in full 19/08/14 Gopal Sathe/NDTV
But think about it for a second. You're sitting in a heavy metal can that is somehow able to hurtle through the air at eye-watering speeds, and the fact that hundreds of thousands of people do this every single day is nothing short of a miracle of science.
While aircrafts may look like they haven't changed much over the years - basically a long, metallic tube with wings - but on the inside, there's been a steady stream of changes. One of the newest changes is the Geared TurboFan (GTF) engine present in the Pratt and Whitney PurePower engine that powers the upcoming Airbus A320neo family. Unlike a conventional turbofan engine, the GTF uses a gear-system to decouple the turbine and the fan in the engine, which, amongst other things, leads to fuel savings and reduced noise as well as emissions.
Over the last 20 years, Pratt and Whitney has been engaged in research and development and testing to make the PurePower engine, in a multi-billion dollar program with hundreds of engineers working on the problem. NDTV Gadgets spoke to engineers and executives at the company to understand how this technology is set to revolutionise the world of aviation.
Read news in full 19/08/14 Gopal Sathe/NDTV
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