Ultra low emission technology innovations for mid-century aircraft turbine engines
Paper in proceeding, 2016

Commercial transport fuel efficiency has improved dramatically since the early 1950s. In the coming decades the ubiquitous turbofan powered tube and wing aircraft configuration will be challenged by diminishing returns on investment with regards to fuel efficiency. From the engine perspective two routes to radically improved fuel efficiency are being explored; ultra-efficient low pressure systems and ultra-efficient core concepts. The first route is characterized by the development of geared and open rotor engine architectures but also configurations where potential synergies between engine and aircraft installations are exploited. For the second route, disruptive technologies such as intercooling, intercooling and recuperation, constant volume combustion as well as novel high temperature materials for ultra-high pressure ratio engines are being considered. This paper describes a recently launched European research effort to explore and develop synergistic combinations of radical technologies to TRL 2. The combinations are integrated into optimized engine concepts promising to deliver ultra-low emission engines. The paper discusses a structured technique to combine disruptive technologies and proposes a simple means to quantitatively screen engine concepts at an early stage of analysis. An evaluation platform for multidisciplinary optimization and scenario evaluation of radical engine concepts is outlined.

Author

Tomas Grönstedt

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics

Carlos Xisto

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics

Vishal Sethi

Cranfield University

Andrew Rolt

Cranfield University

Nicolás García Rosa

Institut Superieur de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace

Arne Seitz

Bauhaus Luftfahrt

Kyros Yakinthos

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Stefan Donnerhack

MTU Aero Engines GmbH

Paul Newton

Rolls-Royce PLC

Nicholas Tantot

Rolls-Royce PLC

Oliver Schmitz

Arttic

Anders Lundbladh

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics

ASME Turbo EXPO 2016, Seoul, June 13-17, South Korea

Vol. 3 GT2016-56123
978-0-7918-4974-3 (ISBN)

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Areas of Advance

Transport

Energy

Subject Categories

Aerospace Engineering

Energy Engineering

Vehicle Engineering

Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics

DOI

10.1115/GT2016-56123

ISBN

978-0-7918-4974-3

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11/20/2018