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  2. Brayton cycle - Wikipedia

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    The Brayton cycle, also known as the Joule cycle, is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the operation of certain heat engines that have air or some other gas as their working fluid. It is characterized by isentropic compression and expansion, and isobaric heat addition and rejection, though practical engines have adiabatic rather than ...

  3. George Brayton - Wikipedia

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    Brayton not only achieved success in making the constant pressure cycle work, but he also made and marketed a commercial product. Brayton cycle engines were some of the first engines to be used for motive power. In 1881 John Philip Holland used a Brayton engine to power the world's first successful self-propelled submarine, the Fenian Ram. [5]

  4. Meredith effect - Wikipedia

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    The North American P-51 Mustang makes significant use of the Meredith effect in its belly radiator design. [1]The Meredith effect is a phenomenon whereby the aerodynamic drag produced by a cooling radiator may be offset by careful design of the cooling duct such that useful thrust is produced by the expansion of the hot air in the duct.

  5. Closed-cycle gas turbine - Wikipedia

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    Closed-cycle gas turbine schematic C compressor and T turbine assembly w high-temperature heat exchanger ʍ low-temperature heat exchanger ~ mechanical load, e.g. electric generator. A closed-cycle gas turbine is a turbine that uses a gas (e.g. air, nitrogen, helium, argon, [1] [2] etc.) for the working fluid as part of a closed thermodynamic ...

  6. Inverted Brayton cycle - Wikipedia

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    Inverted Brayton Cycle (IBC) (also known as Subatmospheric Brayton cycle) is another version of the conventional Brayton cycle but with a turbine positioned immediately in the inlet of the system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  7. Colorado cop grabs a kid’s bike out of a family’s yard to ...

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    Training wheels of justice! A quick-thinking Colorado cop commandeered a child’s bike to chase down and nab a fleeing suspected felon, footage of the hot pursuit shows.

  8. Bears defense ends another half in heinous fashion, gives up ...

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    After last week’s botched Hail Mary, the Bears defense gave up a brutal 53-yard touchdown run at the end of the half on Sunday afternoon in Arizona.

  9. Mortgage and refinance rates for Oct. 24, 2024: Average rates ...

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    Average mortgage rates for popular terms surge higher week over week, pushing the average 30-year benchmark over 6.70% as of Thursday, October 24, 2024, and setting borrowing costs back to their ...