Project description
Developing tools for performance characterisation of fuel-efficient aeronautical turbofans
Clean Sky 2 is a European research programme aimed at developing leading-edge clean air aviation technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and noise levels produced by aircraft. Currently, the demonstrator programme is developing and testing very high bypass ratio (VHBR) geared turbofan technologies that are expected to improve fuel efficiency by more than 25 %. The EU-funded PROTEUS project will undertake research and development of tools that can predict the idle and sub-idle performance and operability of VHBR geared turbofan engines. To do so, it will perform detailed component aerodynamic performance characterisation of validated high-order methods, using high-fidelity models and simulations along with validation against experimental data.
Objective
PROTEUS project is linked to Work Package 6 (WP6) (and WP5) of the Engines ITD focusing on the Very High Bypass Ratio (VHBR) geared turbofan engine demonstrator programme. Its aim is to develop a capability to predict and understand the idle and sub-idle performance and operability of large VHBR geared turbofan engines. The work will focus on the characterization of the performance of key engine components at idle and sub-idle conditions using high-fidelity models and simulations along with validation against experimental data provided by the Topic Manager. The components to be studied include the core compressors ((Intermediate and High Pressure Compressors IPC and HPC), staged lean-burn combustor, low pressure system (including the low speed fan, Power Gearbox (PGB) and turbines), and heat management and secondary air systems. Results from high-order simulations will be reduced into appropriate 0D (or 1D) component characteristics and integrated within a toolset developed in the Numerical Propulsion Simulation System (NPSS) environment for rapid whole-engine performance analyses.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire
United Kingdom