Objective
For decades, most of the aviation research activities have been focused on the reduction of noise and NOx and CO2 emissions. However, emissions from aircraft gas turbine engines of non-volatile PM, consisting primarily of soot particles, are of international concern today. Despite the lack of knowledge toward soot formation processes and characterization in terms of mass and size, engine manufacturers have now to deal with both gas and particles emissions. Furthermore, heat transfer understanding, that is also influenced by soot radiation, is an important matter for the improvement of the combustor’s durability, as the key point when dealing with low-emissions combustor architectures is to adjust the air flow split between the injection system and the combustor’s walls. The SOPRANO initiative consequently aims at providing new elements of knowledge, analysis and improved design tools, opening the way to:
• Alternative designs of combustion systems for future aircrafts that will enter into service after 2025 capable of simultaneously reducing gaseous pollutants and particles,
• Improved liner lifetime assessment methods.
Therefore, the SOPRANO project will deliver more accurate experimental and numerical methodologies for predicting the soot emissions in academic or semi-technical combustion systems. This will contribute to enhance the comprehension of soot particles formation and their impact on heat transfer through radiation. In parallel, the durability of cooling liner materials, related to the walls air flow rate, will be addressed by heat transfer measurements and predictions. Finally, the expected contribution of SOPRANO is to apply these developments in order to determine the main promising concepts, in the framework of current low-NOx technologies, able to control the emitted soot particles in terms of mass and size over a large range of operating conditions without compromising combustor’s liner durability and performance toward NOx emissions.
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- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectrolysis
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compounds
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(opens in new window) H2020-MG-2014-2015
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H2020-MG-2015_TwoStages
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
75015 Paris
France
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Participants (16)
10040 Rivalta Di Torino
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31057 Toulouse Cedex
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76 801 Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
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51147 Koln
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SW7 2AZ LONDON
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76131 Karlsruhe
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75794 Paris
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LE11 3TU Loughborough
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80995 Munchen
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N1 9FX London
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15827 Blankenfelde-Mahlow
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75015 Paris
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64510 Bordes
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50121 Florence
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60313 Frankfurt Am Main
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91120 Palaiseau
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