That’s a closed Brayton cycle,” says Logan Rapp, a Sandia mechanical engineer that was part of the test. “It has the same compressor, turbine, and heat exchange, but the working fluid always ...

In an effort to create a simpler, more affordable form of jet propulsion, University of Maryland spinoff Wave Engine Corporation has developed a digitally controlled modern-day pulsejet engine for ...

The Brayton Cycle uses heated supercritical carbon dioxide instead of steam to generate electricity. It’s named after 19th century engineer George Brayton, who developed the method of using hot ...