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RusCIAM takes part in European project for development of small aircraft gas turbine engines
22 March 2016
The Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) conducts testing of turboprop engines for general purpose aircraft (for 5÷9 passengers) within the framework of the European ESPOSA (Efficient Systems and Propulsion for Small Aircraft) project.
The ESPOSA project, part of the 7th European Framework Program, which started in 2011, aims at enhancing the ability of European manufacturers of small engines to develop and utilize economically feasible and environmentally acceptable power plants and aircraft systems while minimizing operating expenses and increasing safety.
The project participants include aircraft firms, universities, and research institutes from 18 countries.
The objectives of the work were:
To develop and integrate key technologies for a family of small gas turbine engines and related systems in order to provide aircraft manufacturers with an enhanced set of advanced power plants and to increase the level of their readiness for integration into the aircraft;
To improve the performance of the key engine components utilizing new engine indicating, operating status monitoring, and integrated systems;
To ensure power plant interaction with the airframe with regard to the aircraft configuration.
As part of the ESPOSA project, CIAM's researchers:
Studied the thermal state of a future centrifugal compressor and optimized its exhaust system and clearance measurement system;
Performed unsteady 3D calculations of viscous flow in a small cooled HP turbine, numeric CFD optimization of the interturbine duct, verification of CFD calculations using the results of tests of a linear lattice of blade profiles and the small turbine;
Designed, numerically simulated, and manufactured the air nozzle of a small power engine combustion chamber and test rigs for an RQL combustion chamber sector and entire annular JETIS and RQL combustion chambers; and verified the designed combustion chamber in engine operating conditions;
Conducted testing of the base engine BE1 with the power capacity of 240 hp, designed by PBS (Czech Republic) for use in aircraft made by Evektor (Czech Republic) and Maraganski-Moslowski (Poland); including altitude and speed simulation.
At the present (final) work stage, testing of the base engine BE2 with the power capacity of 650 hp, designed by Ivchenko-Progress (Ukraine) are conducted in the environmental chamber of CIAM's altitude rig. The test purpose is to determine the main data and altitude/speed performance of the engine; to verify operation of automatic control and lubrication systems; to evaluate the engine starting properties and stall performance, and to make sure no vibratory combustion is present in the combustion chamber. The BE2 engine will be used in aircraft made by Evektor (Czech Republic), Grob Aircraft (Germany), Maraganski-Moslowski (Poland), Winner Helicopter (Austria), ILOT (Poland), Piaggio (Italy), participating in the ESPOSA project.
The ESPOSA project, part of the 7th European Framework Program, which started in 2011, aims at enhancing the ability of European manufacturers of small engines to develop and utilize economically feasible and environmentally acceptable power plants and aircraft systems while minimizing operating expenses and increasing safety.
The project participants include aircraft firms, universities, and research institutes from 18 countries.
The objectives of the work were:
To develop and integrate key technologies for a family of small gas turbine engines and related systems in order to provide aircraft manufacturers with an enhanced set of advanced power plants and to increase the level of their readiness for integration into the aircraft;
To improve the performance of the key engine components utilizing new engine indicating, operating status monitoring, and integrated systems;
To ensure power plant interaction with the airframe with regard to the aircraft configuration.
As part of the ESPOSA project, CIAM's researchers:
Studied the thermal state of a future centrifugal compressor and optimized its exhaust system and clearance measurement system;
Performed unsteady 3D calculations of viscous flow in a small cooled HP turbine, numeric CFD optimization of the interturbine duct, verification of CFD calculations using the results of tests of a linear lattice of blade profiles and the small turbine;
Designed, numerically simulated, and manufactured the air nozzle of a small power engine combustion chamber and test rigs for an RQL combustion chamber sector and entire annular JETIS and RQL combustion chambers; and verified the designed combustion chamber in engine operating conditions;
Conducted testing of the base engine BE1 with the power capacity of 240 hp, designed by PBS (Czech Republic) for use in aircraft made by Evektor (Czech Republic) and Maraganski-Moslowski (Poland); including altitude and speed simulation.
At the present (final) work stage, testing of the base engine BE2 with the power capacity of 650 hp, designed by Ivchenko-Progress (Ukraine) are conducted in the environmental chamber of CIAM's altitude rig. The test purpose is to determine the main data and altitude/speed performance of the engine; to verify operation of automatic control and lubrication systems; to evaluate the engine starting properties and stall performance, and to make sure no vibratory combustion is present in the combustion chamber. The BE2 engine will be used in aircraft made by Evektor (Czech Republic), Grob Aircraft (Germany), Maraganski-Moslowski (Poland), Winner Helicopter (Austria), ILOT (Poland), Piaggio (Italy), participating in the ESPOSA project.