Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Jaguar Land Rover co-developing world's first gas-turbine generator for hybrid cars


Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)in collaboration with SR Drives and Bladon Jets, turbine-engine maker, is co-developing a micro gas turbine to be fitted to hybrid petrol/electric cars that charges batteries on the move.

Dubbed as Ultra Lightweight Range...

jaguar land rover micro jet turbine s


Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)in collaboration with SR Drives and Bladon Jets, turbine-engine maker, is co-developing a micro gas turbine to be fitted to hybrid petrol/electric cars that charges batteries on the move.


Dubbed as Ultra Lightweight Range Extender (ULRE), the device is intended to develop technologies that would help cut car-based carbon emissions and is considered as a significant piece of technology adding more to the evolution of the next generation of electric vehicles.



The ULRE allows a hybrid vehicle to move without stopping to charge the vehicle’s batteries. Bladon Jets has developed the axial-flow gas turbine engine which is coupled to a high-speed generator using technology developed by UK firm SR Drives and coupling of this application of the system to road car technology is overseen by JLR.


Talking about its physical size, the space taken up by micro turbine is smaller, and could potentially only take up 5% size, weight and parts count of a typical piston engine. A prototype named the BJ-300-P measures only 4 inch in diameter, 12 inches in length and there is only one moving part.


Via: Autocar




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