According to the article 'Save and prosper' (
Production Engineering, 15 September) 'the use of digital automation is claimed to boost the efficiency of coal-based electricity generation by more than 50 per cent.'
I think that someone is pulling our legs somewhere. I suspect that what the writer meant to say was that the use of ultra-supercritical steam conditions can boost efficiency of coal-based electricity generation by more than 50 per cent.
Alain Foote
Alstom, Rugby
Simulations show Optimal Design for Bladeless Wind Turbines
"an 80cm mast" Really? I'm short but that's only half my height! Do they mean 800cm?