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airsmiles
1st Feb 2008, 20:15
It pretty common for stored and end of life airliners to have their engines removed, but where do they go and is there a market for second-hand engines? I can't imagine who would use so many old engines once they become obsolete for airliner use. Surely there can only be very limited use for industrial purposes?
Any thoughts would be gratefully received.
airsmiles
A distant acquaintance of mine was making pumps out of ex tristar RB211s for pumping natural gas in China. I dont know how it was all spannered together - I also understand he was making generator sets for the oil industry in Nigeria out of smaller engines.
PierceAviation
9th Feb 2008, 04:56
There using T-56/D501's for larger emergency electrical generators. Yes they are using RB211-22B's for pumping stations. They are using T-58 engines for hospital emergency generators. I am not sure of the engine make and model but a company is building snow melters that use the jet exhaust.
On the other hand, there are calls for a lot of older engines. You have to remember that you still have commercial aircraft flying from DC-3's forward.
Greg
Paul Wilson
9th Feb 2008, 11:08
Santa Pod drag strip has got some sort of jet engine attached to a small truck to dry the drag strip surface after rain.
Don't think that qualifies as being environmentally friendly;)
Re Drag strip drying.......I know there's been lots of experiments using old jet engines for airfield snow clearance, but I don't know the outcome...........
Any information, anyone?
PierceAviation
9th Feb 2008, 19:05
BOS and ORD both have a snow melter that is a jet engine. Now the snow melter I am talking about is stationary and they load a hopper with snow that falls an area that is heated by the exhaust of the engine...the melted snow...water is drained away.
Greb
Just an Engineer
10th Feb 2008, 17:26
It pretty common for stored and end of life airliners to have their engines removed, but where do they go and is there a market for second-hand engines?
Spares I would imagine...
If you can get a Certificate of Compliance issued for them they would be worth a small fortune once broken down. Lots of components are difficult to manafacture after a certain period so having readily available off the shelf certifed components is worth a lot....
Dan Winterland
11th Feb 2008, 05:10
Some ships and power stations use gas turbine engines which were originally designed for aircraft. I'm sure some retired engines and up installed in these. Gas turbines can be adapterd to tun on natural gas and I have heard some oil rigs use jet engines as generators running on the gas which would be burned off or vented as part of the extraction process.