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Envisage a vertical slab of four modules with long axes horizontal. Fuel tubes, with penetrations half-way down, are vertical, on both flanks of the slab, whilst air tubes penetrate horizontally the gap between the two fuel cell layers of the modules. All tube sets are manifolded. 

The main aim of Rolls-Royce, shared with Siemens Westinghouse (George etah, 2001), is fuel cell/gas turbine integration in large-capacity pressurised units. In the longer term, combined electricity and synthesis-gas production can be supported. 

A modern synthesis gas plant can be coupled to a gas/steam combined cycle. The gases could in a future installation be consumed at enhanced efficiency by a hybrid fuel cell/combined cycle plant, notably if the fuel cells were equipped with concentration cell circulators. See Section 5.2.13. 

The Rolls-Royce plan was mapped out at the Seventh Grove Symposium (Agnew 2001), and is based on optimisation of the current, all-ceramic design as part of a gas turbine hybrid. The Rolls-Royce gas turbine will be optimised for hybrid service. The potential of its fuel cell, for cheapness via mass production, is stressed in its patents. Capital costs could come down to 300/kWe. There are no signs up to 2005 of a Rolls-Royce ITSOFC waiting in the wings. 

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Finally, other tests to control jet fuel corrosivity towards certain metals (copper and silver) are used in aviation. The corrosion test known as the copper strip (NF M 07-015) is conducted by immersion in a thermostatic bath at 100°C, under 7 bar pressure for two hours. The coloration should not exceed level 1 (light yellow) on a scale of reference. There is also the silver strip corrosion test (IP 227) required by British specifications (e.g., Rolls Royce) in conjunction with the use of special materials. The value obtained should be less than 1 after immersion at 50°C for four hours. 

At first sight, the same is true of aluminhim alloys. But because they are heavily alloyed (to give a high yield strength) their ductility is low. If expense is unimportant, this does not matter, some early Rolls-Royce cars (Fig. 27.6) had aluminium bodies which were formed into intricate shapes by laborious hand-beating methods, with frequent annealing of the aluminium to restore its ductility. But in mass production we should like to deep draw body panels in one operation - and then low ductility is much... 

Fig. 27.6. A 1 932 Rolls-Royce. Mounted on a separate steel chassis is an all-aluminium hand-beaten body by the famous coach building firm of James Mulliner. Any weight advantage due to the use of aluminium is totally outweighed by the poor weight-to-strength ratio of separate-chassis construction but the bodywork remains immaculate after 48 years of continuous use ...

Coloured wall chart obtainable from Rolls-Royce Ltd., P.O. Box 31, Derby DE2 8BJ, England. 

Figure 10-4. Flame stabilization created by impinging jets and general airflow pattern. (C Rolls-Royce Limited.)...

Figure 5.4. Poilrail of A.A. Gritiilli on a silver medal sponsored by Rolls-Royce, his erslwhilc...

Fig. 5.11. Calculated exergy losses as fractions of fuel exergy for the Westinghou.se/Rolls-Royce WR21 recuperated (CICBTX) plant, for varying combustion temperatures (K) (after Ref. (13)).

My subsequent interest in gas turbines has come mainly from a happy consulting arrangement with Rolls Royce, pic and the many excellent engineers I have worked with there, including particularly Messrs.Wilde, Scrivener, Miller, Hill and Ruffles. The Company remains at the forefront of gas turbine engineering. 

Personal Communication, Mr. Stephen H. Pike, Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems, Ltd., Chamwood Building, Holywell Park, Ashby Road, Loughborough LE11 3GR, UK, Phone 444 1509 225439. 

Ken Kesey has reputedly said that alpha-methyltryptamine, in oral doses of ca. 30 mg, peaks in about 12 hours, produces a trip similar to psilocybin, but nicer, and is the "Rolls Royce of psychedelics," but others find it unpleasant. Alpha-ethyltryptamine produces minimal LSD-type effects at 150 mg orally, but effects of... 

In the United States Ford and Chrysler tried to emulate the luxury cars of Cadillac and Packard. The difference between the automobiles aimed at the rich and the poor in Europe remained more distinct. Luxurious, chauffeur-driven cars were produced by Rolls-Royce and Hispano Suiza and contrasted with tiny cars produced for the low end of the market. 

Proctor, C. S. (1992) Characterisation of a needl morphology phase observed in CMSX-4 , Report to Rolls-Royce, University of Cambridge, May 1992. 

Small, C. (1993) Rolls-Royce pic, Derby DE24 8BJ, UK, private communication. 

Scale-up of the IP-SOFC to multi-tens of kW Level (MF-SOFC) (Rolls-Royce Fuel Cells systems (UK), Ris0 National Laboratory (DK), Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (UK), Caz de France (F), Advanced Ceramics (F)). 

Component reliability in SOFC Systems for Commercial Operation (CORE-SOFC) (Forschungszentrum Jijlich (D), Riso National Laboratory (DK), Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (NL), HaldorTopsoe (DK), Rolls-Royce (UK)). 

Ashton, R, and Ranky, P. G., (1999, Feb.), An advanced concurrent engineering research toolset and its application at Rolls-Royce motor cars, ADAM (Adv. Des. Manufacturing), available http //www.cimwareukandusa.com, listed and indexed by the Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC, and the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, United Kingdom, Vol. 1. 

The most efficient engine ever made is the Rolls-Royce high-bypass jet engine that we see on commercial aircraft. This engine converts about 39 percent of the energy in the jet fuel (which is kerosene) to thrust. 

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