Project description DEENESFRITPL Reducing fuel consumption with rear-mounted engines Boundary layer ingestion (BLI) is a promising technology under investigation that could help reduce aircraft fuel burn. With BLI, aircraft engines will be located near the rear of the aircraft so that air flowing over the aircraft body becomes part of the mix of air going into the engine and is then accelerated out the back. However, determining these engines’ actual performance experimentally is challenging. The EU-funded SUBLIME project is developing a flexible and robust experimental set-up to establish dependencies amongst the propulsor shape/position, the fan inlet distortion pattern and the corresponding power savings. The project will conduct wind tunnel experiments supported by high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulations to predict the full-scale behaviour of the aircraft architectures suitable for appropriate propulsor installation. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective SUBLIME (Supporting Understanding of Boundary Layer Ingestion Model Experiment)The introduction of engines integrated with the rear fuselage (BLI engines) in large passenger aircrafts poses new challenges regarding accurate experimental assessment of their performance, especially in terms of power savings, over conventional propulsive architectures (e.g. podded engines) as the engine is fed with a distorted flow. The SUBLIME project will address this challenge, resulting in a flexible and robust experimental set-up to establish dependencies among the propulsor shape/position, the fan inlet distortion pattern and the corresponding power savings. A consortium of an R&D institute, an SME, and 2 Universities with complementary skills will produce this result in close coordination with the topic manager in 36 months, asking for a grant of € 3.612.500.Coordinator ARA will provide a number of aircraft configurations equipped with BLI propulsors integrated in the rear fuselage, designed and optimized in cooperation with HIT09 (mainly responsible for CFD studies and fan design), Cranfield University (mainly responsible for theoretical and experimental force bookkeeping) and Chalmers University of Technology (mainly involved in engine cycle studies), to be subsequently manufactured and tested by ARA in their transonic wind tunnel.The project will advance the state of the art in BLI studies by means of wind tunnel activities supported by high-fidelity CFD simulations to consistently predict full-scale behaviour of the aircraft architectures suitable for appropriate propulsor installation which minimizes inlet flow distortions and maximizes power saving. The results of installed wind-tunnel tested aircraft+propulsors will be delivered in full compliance with the call. SUBLIME will provide methodologies, tools and facilities to the European aviation industry, therefore contributing to releasing the full potential of power saving of BLI engines. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft Keywords BLI CFD Optimisation Transonic Wind Tunnel Test TurboFan Fan Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme H2020-EU.3.4.5.1. - IADP Large Passenger Aircraft Topic(s) JTI-CS2-2018-CfP09-LPA-01-58 - BLI configurations of classical tube and wing aircraft architecture - Wind tunnel tests insight into propulsor inlet distortion and power saving Call for proposal H2020-CS2-CFP09-2018-02 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA Net EU contribution € 25 000,00 Address VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 35122 Padova Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Padova Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 25 000,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all HIT09 SRL Italy Net EU contribution € 422 562,50 Address PIAZZETTA BETTIOL GIUSEPPE 15 35137 Padova Pd See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Nord-Est Veneto Padova Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 422 562,50 CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB Sweden Net EU contribution € 210 625,00 Address - 412 96 GOTEBORG See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 210 625,00 CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 394 738,75 Address College Road MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire See on map Region East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Central Bedfordshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 394 738,75 AIRCRAFT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 2 559 623,25 Address MANTON LANE MK41 7PF Bedford See on map Region East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Bedford Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 2 559 623,25
