Brayton

Brayton is a name that can refer to a surname and to various places in England and elsewhere. In England, a number of historical parochial and parish names bear Brayton, including the village of Brayton in North Lincolnshire. The toponym is of English origin and has appeared in records since the medieval period.

In engineering, Brayton cycle describes the thermodynamic cycle underlying modern gas turbine engines. Named after the American inventor George Brayton, the cycle involves drawing in air, compressing it, adding heat at approximately constant pressure in a combustor, expanding the high-pressure gas in a turbine to do work, and exhausting heat to the surroundings at near-constant pressure. The open Brayton cycle forms the basis of most aviation and stationary gas-turbine power plants.

Brayton Point Energy refers to a former coal-fired power plant site in Somerset, Massachusetts, named after the Brayton Point generation facility on the Taunton River. The plant operated from the 1960s until 2017, when it was retired; the site has since undergone redevelopment planning.