Objective
The main objective of the LEMCOTEC project will be the improvement of core-engine thermal efficiency by increasing the overall pressure ratio (OPR) to up to 70 leading to a further reduction of CO2. Since NOx increases with OPR, combustion technologies have to be further developed, at the same time, to at least compensate for this effect. The project will attain and exceed the ACARE targets for 2020 and will be going beyond the CO2 reductions to be achieved by on-going FP6 and FP7 programmes including Clean Sky:
1.) CO2: minus 50% per passenger kilometre by 2020, with an engine contribution of 15 to 20%, 2.) NOx: minus 80% by 2020 and 3.) Reduce other emissions: soot, CO, UHC, SOx, particulates.
The major technical subjects to be addressed by the project are:
1.) Innovative compressor for the ultra-high pressure ratio cycle (OPR 70) and associated thermal management technologies, 2.) Combustor-turbine interaction for higher turbine efficiency & ultra-high OPR cycles, 3.) Low NOx combustion systems for ultra-high OPR cycles, 4.) Advanced structures to enable high OPR engines & integration with heat exchangers, 5.) Reduced cooling requirements and stiffer structures for turbo-machinery efficiency, 6.) HP/IP compressor stability control.
The first four subjects will enable the engine industry to extend their design space beyond the overall pressure ratio of 50, which is the practical limit in the latest engines. Rig testing is required to validate the respective designs as well as the simulation tools to be developed. The last two subjects have already been researched on the last two subjects by NEWAC. The technology developed in NEWAC (mainly component and / or breadboard validation in a laboratory environment) will be driven further in LEMCOTEC for UHPR core engines. These technologies will be validated at a higher readiness level of up to TRL 5 (component and / or breadboard validation in a relevant environment) for ultra-high OPR core-engines.
Call for proposal
FP7-AAT-2011-RTD-1
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
15827 Blankenfelde-mahlow
Germany
Participants (38)
80995 Munchen
Participation ended
80995 Muenchen
N1 9FX London
75015 Paris
46181 Trollhaettan
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00187 Roma
48170 Zamudio-vizcaya
59512 Velka Bites
64510 Bordes
35078 Rzeszow
75008 Paris
54636 Thessaloniki
82024 Taufkirchen
CB2 1TN Cambridge
31057 Toulouse Cedex
412 96 Goteborg
111116 Moscow
75794 Paris
MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire
01510 Minano (Alava)
51147 Koln
80686 Munchen
76131 Karlsruhe
LE11 3TU Loughborough
91120 Palaiseau
LN2 2LL Lincoln
52062 Aachen
38106 Braunschweig
01069 Dresden
28040 Madrid
50121 Florence
OX1 2JD Oxford
70174 Stuttgart
1640 Rhode Saint Genese
19000 Praha 18
Participation ended
50134 Firenze
50127 Firenze
10040 Rivalta Di Torino