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Scale effects on conventional and intercooled turbofan engine performance

Part of: ISABE 2017

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2017

Andrew Rolt ,
Vishal Sethi ,
Florian Jacob ,
Joshua Sebastiampillai ,
Carlos Xisto ,
Tomas Grönstedt  and
Lorenzo Raffaelli
Andrew Rolt*
Affiliation:
School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK
Vishal Sethi
Affiliation:
School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK
Florian Jacob
Affiliation:
School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK
Joshua Sebastiampillai
Affiliation:
School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK
Carlos Xisto
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Tomas Grönstedt
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Lorenzo Raffaelli
Affiliation:
Performance Analysis Department, Rolls-Royce plc, Derby, UK
*
a.rolt@cranfield.ac.uk
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Abstract

New commercial aero engines for 2050 are expected to have lower specific thrusts for reduced noise and improved propulsive efficiency, but meeting the ACARE Flightpath 2050 fuel-burn and emissions targets will also need radical design changes to improve core thermal efficiency. Intercooling, recuperation, inter-turbine combustion and added topping and bottoming cycles all have the potential to improve thermal efficiency. However, these new technologies tend to increase core specific power and reduce core mass flow, giving smaller and less efficient core components. Turbine cooling also gets more difficult as engine cores get smaller. The core-size-dependent performance penalties will become increasingly significant with the development of more aerodynamically efficient and lighter-weight aircraft having lower thrust requirements. In this study the effects of engine thrust and core size on performance are investigated for conventional and intercooled aeroengine cycles. Large intercooled engines could have 3%–4% SFC improvement relative to conventional cycle engines, while smaller engines may only realize half of this benefit. The study provides a foundation for investigations of more complex cycles in the EU Horizon 2020 ULTIMATE programme.

Keywords

Horizon 2020ULTIMATEFlightpath 2050propulsion
Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 121 , Special Issue 1242: The International Society of Air-breathing Engines (ISABE) 2017 Conference Special Issue , August 2017 , pp. 1162 - 1185
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2017 

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Footnotes

This paper will be presented at the ISABE 2017 Conference, 3-8 September 2017, Manchester, UK.

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