Cornerstones Corollary: Great Ideas That Didn’t Make It!

Norm Shade

February 02, 2024

The Cornerstones of Compression series has highlighted many significant products over more than 160 years of continuous progress. However, there were also some great engine and compressor ideas that were unsuccessful. This brief Cornerstones of Compression corollary series features several notable product development failures.

The Cooper-Bessemer Free Piston Engine

In the 1950s, Cooper-Bessemer (C-B), well into its 2nd century of business, faced a seemingly overwhelming challenge from the General Electric (GE) combustion gas turbine that was wedging progressively deeper into the gas pipeline market. GE’s turbine driven centrifugal compressor concept appeared certain to overtake the reciprocating integral engine-compressor…

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