by EnviroTREC | Jan 11, 2023
Our following story traces the development of the Trent 700 gas turbine engine to the recently announced Trent 7000 at Rolls Royce. Gas turbine engines are designed specifically for the aircraft they will ultimately power. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700 high-bypass...
by EnviroTREC | Dec 19, 2022
Rolls-Royce and easyJet today confirmed they have set a new aviation milestone with the world’s first run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen. The ground test was conducted on an early concept demonstrator using green hydrogen created by wind and tidal power. It marks...
by EnviroTREC | Oct 19, 2022
What is very exciting about the open rotor fan is that it has had a long history and is still under development. The “IATA Aircraft Technology Roadmap to 2050” rates this technology as being about the TRL level 3 (demonstration and analysis of critical functions)....
by EnviroTREC | Aug 8, 2022
The Farnborough air show highlighted a few new innovations this year. One of the exciting innovations that were announced comes straight from the IATA Aircraft Technology Roadmap to 2050 – which we have covered in part through this series of articles. Airbus and...
by EnviroTREC | Jul 19, 2022
Rolls-Royce was asked about their opinions about the future of Green Aviation at a recent conference (CogX in London). Their executive officer had exciting thoughts about three key technologies that are currently in play: SAF, Batteries and Hydrogen. 100% SAF...
by EnviroTREC | Jun 23, 2022
Two New Engine Architecture plans that remain to be covered from the IATA Technology Road Map are the Counter Rotating Fan and the Ultra High Bypass Ratio Engine. The Counter Rotating Fan Counter-rotating fans are positioned in the front of jet engines and spin in...
