scholarly journals Flight Tests of Turboprop Engine with Reverse Air Intake System

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
Marek Idzikowski ◽  
Wojciech Miksa
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Flow ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Power Losses ◽  
Engine Operation ◽  
Flight Tests ◽  
Intake System ◽  
Turboprop Engine ◽  
Test Platform ◽  
Air Intake ◽  
Present Evaluation

Abstract This work presents selected results of I-31T propulsion flight tests, obtained in the framework of ESPOSA (Efficient Systems and Propulsion for Small Aircraft) project. I-31T test platform was equipped with TP100, a 180 kW turboprop engine. Engine installation design include reverse flow inlet and separator, controlled from the cockpit, that limited ingestion of solid particulates during ground operations. The flight tests verified proper air feed to the engine with the separator turned on and off. The carried out investigation of the intake system excluded possibility of hazardous engine operation, such as compressor stall, surge or flameout and potential airflow disturbance causing damaging vibration of the engine body. Finally, we present evaluation of total power losses associated with engine integration with the airframe.

Application of Box-Behnken Analysis on the Optimisation of Air Intake System for a Naturally Aspirated Engine

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 8029-8042
Author(s):  
N.S. Mustafa ◽  
N.H.A. Ngadiman ◽  
M.A. Abas ◽  
M.Y. Noordin
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Fuel Efficiency ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Fuel Price ◽  
Design Expert ◽  
Intake System ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
System Components ◽  
Air Intake ◽  
High Influence

Fuel price crisis has caused people to demand a car that is having a low fuel consumption without compromising the engine performance. Designing a naturally aspirated engine which can enhance engine performance and fuel efficiency requires optimisation processes on air intake system components. Hence, this study intends to carry out the optimisation process on the air intake system and airbox geometry. The parameters that have high influence on the design of an airbox geometry was determined by using AVL Boost software which simulated the automobile engine. The optimisation of the parameters was done by using Design Expert which adopted the Box-Behnken analysis technique. The result that was obtained from the study are optimised diameter of inlet/snorkel, volume of airbox, diameter of throttle body and length of intake runner are 81.07 mm, 1.04 L, 44.63 mm and 425 mm, respectively. By using these parameters values, the maximum engine performance and minimum fuel consumption are 93.3732 Nm and 21.3695×10-4 kg/s, respectively. This study has fully accomplished its aim to determine the significant parameters that influenced the performance of airbox and optimised the parameters so that a high engine performance and fuel efficiency can be produced. The success of this study can contribute to a better design of an airbox.

On the Use of an Inflatable Rubber Lip to Improve the Reverse Thrust Flow Field in a Variable Pitch Fan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David John Rajendran ◽  
Vassilios Pachidis
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Reverse Flow ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Geometric Feature ◽  
Engine Operation ◽  
Design Modification ◽  
Variable Pitch ◽  
Aircraft Landing ◽  
Turn Radius ◽  
Reverse Thrust

Abstract The installed Variable Pitch Fan (VPF) reverse thrust flow field is obtained from the flow solution of an integrated airframe-engine-VPF research model for the complete reverser engagement regime during the aircraft landing run. The reverse thrust flow field indicates that the reverse flow out of the nacelle inlet is washed downstream by the freestream. Consequently, reverse flow enters the engine through the bypass nozzle from a 180° turn of the washed-down stream. This results in a region of separated flow at the nozzle lip that acts as a blockage to the reverse flow entry into the engine. To mitigate the blockage issue, a smooth guidance of the reverse flow into the engine can be achieved by using an inflatable rubber lip that would define a bell-mouth like geometric feature with a round radius at the nacelle exit. In nominal engine operation, the rubber lip would be stowed flush within the contours of the nacelle surface. The design space of the rubber lip is studied by considering different rounding radii and locations of the turn radius with respect to the nacelle trailing edge. It is observed that a rounding radius of 0.1x nacelle length is sufficient to reduce the blockage and increase the ingested reverse flow by 47% to 18% in the 140 to 40 knots landing speed range. The inflatable rubber lip represents a design modification that can improve VPF reverse thrust operation, in cases where an augmentation of reverse thrust capability is desired

A Novel Virtual Approach of Air Intake System Acoustic Sensitivity Study for Passenger Vehicle

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muthukumar Arunachalam ◽  
Sankarasubramanian Thirukkotti ◽  
S Arunkumar ◽  
Abdul Haiyum
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Study ◽  
Passenger Vehicle ◽  
Intake System ◽  
Air Intake ◽  
Acoustic Sensitivity

scholarly journals A Flexible Renewable Smart Production with RDG, Considering Power Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-415
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Power Quality ◽  
Heuristic Search ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Bat Algorithm ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Sensitivity Factor ◽  
Power Losses ◽  
Distributed Generations ◽  
Modified Bat Algorithm

This report largely focused on the influence on the delivery system of the Renewable Distributed Generations (RDGs). DG's intercourse showed that the suggested the traditional method of radial distribution into a multiple DG scheme. The main contribution of this study is to reduce total power losses and increase the distribution system's power quality using RDGs. The Loss sensitivity factor (LSF) is used to find the RDGs. A heuristic search novel The Modified Bat Algorithm (MBA) is used to define the amount of the RDGs. MBA is largely focused on microbats' higher elastic modulus. The proposed MBA is measured on standard bus test systems IEEE 33 and 69.

AIR INTAKE SYSTEM FOR V6 ENGINES

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
Thomas Karle ◽  
Steffen Muth ◽  
Klaus Hartmann ◽  
Wolfgang Pantle
Keyword(s):  
Intake System ◽  
Air Intake

Hydraulic Components Contribution to Total Power Losses and Acceleration of an Open Loop System With Long Hose

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Westman ◽  
Ove Isaksson
Keyword(s):  
Open Loop ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Hydraulic Systems ◽  
Power Losses ◽  
Hydraulic Motor ◽  
Hydraulic Pump ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Forest Logging ◽  
Pipe Line ◽  
Valve Block

This paper is concerned with forest logging machinery. A great deal of final felling in cut-to-length method done by harvester, which fells, delimbs and cuts the trees to pre-selected lengths. Two important criteria of a harvester head are that it has to be energy efficient and it has to be as fast as possible. To minimize losses in hydraulic systems the main demand is to reduce pressure losses in high power valves and outer components as much as possible. Each orifice in the flow path results in power losses. This work is an experimental study on power losses and acceleration of hydraulic motor in a system with long hoses. Main hydraulic components included are hydraulic pump, cartridge valve, pipe line and hydraulic motor. The results show that pre-activating the pump improves the system speed. To reduce losses, optimization of valve block, cartridge valve orifices are needed. Accumulators are favourable if combined with high stand-by pressure.

scholarly journals An investigation into the oil transport and starvation of piston ring pack

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
SR Bewsher ◽  
M Mohammadpour ◽  
H Rahnejat ◽  
G Offner ◽  
O Knaus
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Reverse Flow ◽  
Lubricant Film ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Lubricant Film Thickness ◽  
Piston Ring Pack ◽  
Ring Pack

In order to accurately predict the lubricant film thickness and generated friction in any tribological contact, it is important to determine appropriate boundary conditions, taking into account the oil availability and extent of starvation. This paper presents a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model of a piston ring pack for prediction of lubricant film thickness, friction and total power loss. The model takes into account starvation caused by reverse flow at the conjunctional inlet wedge, and applied to a ring pack, comprising a compression and scraper ring. Inlet boundaries are calculated for an engine cycle of a four-cylinder, four-stroke gasoline engine operating at 1500 r/min with conditions pertaining to the New European Drive Cycle. The analysis shows the two main sources of starvation: first, due to a physical lack of inlet meniscus and second, due to reverse flow at the inlet wedge significantly affecting the prevailing conditions from the generally assumed idealised boundary conditions. Such an approach has not hitherto been reported in literature.

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