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As a natural extension of our turbomachinery offerings, Barber-Nichols Inc. (BNI) also specializes in the modeling, design and production of specialty Heat Engines. Core technologies include: Organic/Steam Rankine Cycles Specialty means we offer a range of engineering services to assist developers in creating heat engine products, up to and including the fabrication of fully operating technology demonstration ("science project") systems, but BNI does not offer commercial or turn-key heat engine products. |
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Selection of the best heat engine technology is driven by a variety of factors, most notably the heat source and cold sink temperatures followed by system thermal efficiency and system cost goals. As BNI has experience with these various types, we can be a valuable resource to help you evaluate the options and also provide turbomachinery solutions up to 10 MW for Rankine applications and up to 50 MW for certain Brayton applications. Typical services offered include:
- System conceptual design and performance prediction.
- System preliminary design package.
- Design and fabrication of technology demonstration systems.
See our detail pages for more information on the project types we have delivered using these technologies.