SAMULET Project 1 - High Efficiency Turbomachinery

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Not Energy Related

Basic and strategic applied research

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Professor L He
Engineering Science
University of Oxford

Standard

EPSRC

01 June 2009

31 May 2013

48 months

£1,287,826

Mechanical engineering

South East

Manufacturing : Manufacturing

Professor L He, Engineering Science, University of Oxford

Dr DRH Gillespie, Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Dr T Povey, Engineering Science, University of Oxford

NOTE : All these grants are linked : EP/G034907/1, EP/G035121/1, EP/H001395/1, EP/G035369/1, EP/H00128X/1, and EP/G035245/1

The project aims to reduce the environmental impact of gas turbines by improving their efficiency. It also aims to reduce their lifecycle cost. Air transport demand is predicted to double in the next 10 - 15 years and triple in 20 years time. In order to enable sustained growth, whilst limiting the environmental impact of air transport in the future, the Advisory Council for Aeronautical Researchin Europe (ACARE) has set challenging targets for emission levels from gas turbines. Improvementsin efficiency and increased operating temperature capability are required to address these issues. The reduction in fuel burn anticipated from the project can be converted to a reduction of 836 tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted per aircraft per year. To achieve this large reduction a multifaceted approach is necessary. Hence, the project is split into a number of work packages (WP) covering cooling, aerodynamics, aeromechanical interaction and materials. The latter facilitates a wider design space for the former packages and hence all packages are interlinked. The project forms part of the larger SAMULET programme. The cross-disciplinary approach being taken, in this programme, is expected todeliver greater technical capability when compared to previous more narrowly defined research

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