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Aircraft engineers around the world are exploring various solutions for making aviation more sustainable. An all-electric airplane may one day be viable for short flights, but continental and trans-ocean trips will continue to require a gas turbine engine. At Penn State’s Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Lab, researchers are working on making those gas turbines more efficient so they will burn less fuel. In this video, Reid Berdanier, research associate professor of engineering and director of the START Lab, explains the design challenge of balancing fuel efficiency with cooling technology in a gas turbine engine environment that runs hotter than lava.

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0:00 Introduction
0:25 Sustainable Aviation
0:49 Gas Turbine Engines
1:30 Turbine Blade Cooling
2:26 Non-Contact Thermal Imaging
2:55 Gas Turbine Lifespan and Efficiency