GE Working on 65% Efficient Natural Gas Power Generation Turbines

Michael Idelchik, GE Research it will be anywhere from 59 to 60 percent efficient to 65 percent efficient. We have other technology that will get us close [to that] but no other technology that can get so much at once.  It's very revolutionary technology.

The first application will definitely be land-based--it will be power generation at a natural-gas power plant.

Pulse detonation technology, or supersonic combustion. With this one, rather than burning fuel at constant pressure, you let the pressure rise, so basically you generate a shock wave; you're releasing heat in a detonation. An existing turbine burns at constant pressure. With detonation, pressure is rising, and the total energy available for the turbine increases. We see the potential of 30 percent fuel-efficiency improvement.

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