Not a fair comparison, it does not include fuel to run continuosly at that power for 6 months.
2011/4/30 Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <[email protected]>: > > > A GE90 turbofan engine, which has the highest power to weight ratio I've > found provides about 9000 kW/ton of weight. > > Best lithium ion battery: > 19387 kW/ton of weight > > _____ from wikipedia > > GE90-115B Brayton turbofan jet engine[14][15] 83,164 kW 111,526 hp > 10.0 > kW/kg 6.10 hp/lb Boeing 777 > > VL 6Ah Lithium-ion battery[55] 3.65 V -20 °C > 154 kJ/kg 30C to 2.5 V 41.4 W/kg > 233 kJ/kg 58.3C to 2.5 V 3757 W/kg 58.3C (350A) > 4.29 kJ/kg 333C to 2.5 V 21370 W/kg 333C (2kA) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Akira Shirakawa [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:38 AM > > So, In short: > - Power plant volume: 3m x 2m x 2m = 12m3 > - Total weight: 2 metric tons > - Module thermal power density: 2 kW/liter > - Derived plant power density (thermal): 0.0833 kW/liter > - Derived plant specific power (thermal): 0.5 kW/ton (metric) > > How does this data compare with other power sources? > (although I'm not sure if specific power and power density of the whole > plant are of any significance at all) > > Cheers, > S.A. > >
