Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 1.

October 18, 2024, ©. Leeham News: In Corners over the last years, we have covered new airliner technology and engine developments that would apply to the next-generation airliners in the largest segment of the market, the single-aisle segment,… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 29. Gas turbine heat management.

March 19, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week we look deeper into the gains we can have for a hydrogen gas turbine-propelled airliner. The ideas stem from the work of Chalmers Professor T. Grönstedt’s team in different EU… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Why e in ePlane shall stand for environment, Part 16. Bio fuels.

April 3, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In this week’s Corner, we go deeper into bio-based carbon-neutral fuels. We described the two variants of bio-based and synthetic alternative fuels last week and gave an overview of the pros and… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Why e in ePlane shall stand for environment, Part 15. Carbon-neutral fuels.

March 27, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In this week’s Corner, we analyze the use of carbon-neutral fuels for airliner use. Almost all variants of carbon-neutral fuels have the “drop-in” advantage, they can replace our regular jet fuel in… Read More