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Comparable
Competition Chart
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CYCLONE |
GAS |
DIESEL |
HYBRID |
HYDRO-GEN |
FUEL-CELL |
ELECTRIC |
STEAM
RANKIN |
STIRLING |
TURBINE |
BASE FUEL EFFICIENCY |
7 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
WELL TO WHEEL
EFFICIENCY |
10 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
MULTI-FUEL CAPABLE |
10 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
9 |
6 |
RANGE ON FUEL |
10 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
INFRA-STRUCTURE
SUPPLY FUEL |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
FUEL STORAGE - (RANGE) |
10 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
EMISSIONS OUTPUT |
9 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
RADIATED HEAT |
9 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
* |
7 |
7 |
1 |
WEIGHT |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
SIZE |
9 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
COST TO MAINTAIN |
9 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
MANU-FACTURE COST |
10 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
TOTALS |
112 |
84 |
82 |
81 |
65 |
75 |
70 |
77 |
77 |
65 |
RANKING |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
THIS TABLE IS A
COMPARISON OF ENGINES LISTED IN THE
FIRST ROW RANKED ACCORDING TO
RELATIVE VALUES ASSIGNED TO THEIR
ATTRIBUTES LISTED IN THE FIRST
COLUMN. THESE ATTRIBUTES ARE GRADED
FROM ONE TO TEN, WHERE TEN
REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST VALUATION.
FOR SIMPLICITY, THE CATEGORIES ARE
NOT WEIGHTED. THE SCORE COLUMN FOR
EACH ENGINE IS ADDED UP, AND THE
FINAL ROW CONVERTS THE SCORE TOTALS
TO A RANKING WHERE THE HIGHEST
SCORING ENGINE IS RANKED FIRST WITH
THE SCORES OF THE OTHER ENGINES
FOLLOWING IN DESCENDING ORDER.
WHILE THE RELATIVE
VALUATIONS ARE GUESSTIMATES BASED ON
MANY STUDIES, GUIDELINES AND GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY, THE
PURPOSE OF THE TABLE IS TO STIMULATE
THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THESE TYPES OF
ENGINE TECHNOLOGY CAN BE COMPARED TO
ONE ANOTHER. ANTICIPATING THAT WE
CAN BE ACCUSED OF A POSITIVE BIAS
FOR THE CYCLONE ENGINE,
CLICK HERE FOR A BLANK TABLE AND
INVITE YOU TO ASSIGN YOUR OWN
RANKINGS.
TO BETTER DEFINE A
FEW OF THE ATTRIBUTES IN THE FIRST
COLUMN, THE FOLLOWING MAY BE
HELPFUL:
-
"BASE ENGINE
EFFICIENCY" IS TAKEN AS THE BARE
ENGINE TESTED ON A DYNAMOMETER
-
"WELL TO
WHEEL" REPRESENTS THE COST OF
PRODUCING THE FUEL AND
DELIVERING IT TO THE VEHICLE'S
FUEL TANK (WELL TO TANK)
COMBINED WITH THE EFFICIENCY OF
THAT FUEL WHEN CONVERTED TO
AUTOMOTIVE POWER (TANK TO WHEEL)
-
"INFRASTRUCTURE" POINTS TO THE
MAJOR COSTS INVOLVED IN CREATING
A FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WHERE
IT DOES NOT EXIST AS IN THE CASE
OF HYDROGEN/li>
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"FUEL STORAGE"
REFERS TO THE COST AND CAPACITY
OF THE VEHICLES OWN FUEL
RESERVOIR
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LASTLY, WE
MUST MENTION THAT ALTHOUGH THE
TURBINE IS RANKED THE LOWEST, IT
IS A SUPERIOR CHOICE IN AVIATION
APPLICATION AND LARGE SCALE
POWER PLANTS THAT OPERATE AT
100%
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