Scientists of the Institute of Thermophysics under the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a new kind of power units for the ships that ply the Northern Sea Route. Believe it or not, the units operate by aluminum, which burns in reactors with supercritical water.
The efficiency of aluminum as a fuel is similar to that of liquid hydrocarbons. Importantly, density of environmentally friendly aluminum is thrice density of the hydrocarbons, therefore its reserves take up less space in a ship.
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