The ubiquitous personal turbine (PT). A power vision for the 21st Century

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages

  McDonald, Colin F ^a   Rodgers, Colin ^b  

^a McDonald Thermal Engineering   (United States)

^b ITC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COAL COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

COTTAGE INDUSTRIES; ELECTRICAL POWER; GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; IT REVOLUTION; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; SMALL COMMUNITY; TOTAL ENERGY;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 84905717810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/2001-GT0100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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