Innovation Flashback! Following our Mach 5 success, the Reaction Engines team was eager to push the technology even further. In 2022, we conquered another significant precooler testing milestone by nearly tripling the amount of demonstrated heat transfer. Conducted in partnership with the U.S. government, the FCT program achieved over 10MW of heat transfer! This was made possible by utilizing the same HTX precooler design while modifying the heat rejection system of the TF2 test facility to enable operation at significantly higher air mass flow rates. We also expanded our heat exchanger technology expertise by switching the coolant from high-pressure helium to water, paving the way for running our microtube heat exchangers at high temperatures with other liquid coolants, including fuel. Fun fact: 10MW is enough energy to power 8,000 American homes, and our precooler heat exchanger is roughly the size and diameter of a household washing machine drum - talk about energy density! #HistoricalHighlight #HeatTransfer #MakingBeyondPossible #Microtube #Precooler #AerospaceInnovation
Adam Dissel
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I’m so proud of the team’s accomplishment on the FCT program. It was such a thrill to achiece all of our goals and transfer so much energy.
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After 35 years and having burnt 150mln GBP Reaction Engines enters administration. Too much public funding was wasted from this paper engine company, delivering mostly PowerPoints , missing revenue projections over time, deceiving investors on its capabilities and SABRE engine development. Time to move on for the UK aerospace sector.