TEMPER—A Gas-Path Analysis Tool for Commercial Jet Engines

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Doel

Almost from the inception of the gas turbine engine, airlines and engine manufacturers have sought an effective technique to determine the health of the gas-path components (fan, compressors, combustor, turbines) based on available gas-path measurements. The potential of such tools to save money by anticipating the need for overhaul and providing help in work scope definition is substantial, provided they produce reliable results. This paper describes a modern gas-path analysis tool (GE’s TEMPER program), discusses the benefits and problems experienced by current TEMPER users, and suggests promising research areas that may lead to an improved algorithm.

Author(s):  
David L. Doel

Almost from the inception of the gas turbine engine, airlines and engine manufacturers have sought an effective technique to determine the health of the gas-path components (fan, compressors, combustor, turbines) based on available gas-path measurements. The potential of such tools to save money by anticipating the need for overhaul and providing help in work scope definition is substantial, provided they produce reliable results. This paper describes a modern gas-path analysis tool (GE’s TEMPER1 program), discusses the benefits and problems experienced by current TEMPER users, and suggests promising research areas that may lead to an improved algorithm.


Author(s):  
S.M. Sergeev ◽  
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V.A. Kudriashov ◽  
N.V. Petrukhin ◽  
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The main technical characteristics of jet engines depend on the fuel quality: thrust and fuel consumption. As a rule, the comparative assessment of real engines is carried by specific values. Specific thrust is one of the most important parameters of the gas turbine engine (GTE). The larger it is, the smaller the required air flow rate through the engine at a given thrust and therefore its dimensions and mass. To date, a system for evaluating the performance properties of fuels based on qualification methods has been created. However, these methods do not allow calculating the thrust and specific thrust of the engine and potentially assessing the effect of fuels on these characteristics. Therefore, the issues of efficient use of fuels for GTE are solved almost exclusively on the basis of tests at testing units with full-scale engines, which are carried out repeatedly, which leads to a significant increase in the cost of testing. The article proposes a method for calculating the thrust and specific thrust of a double-flow gas turbine engine according to the results of tests at a constant volume laboratory unit of bypass type “Flame”. The method is based on modeling the engine operating conditions using the similarity criteria of the bench reactor and the real engine and allows reducing significantly the material and time costs for testing. The experimental of the combustion characteristics of hydrocarbon fuels and the rated values of their thrust and specific thrust for a double-flow gas turbine engine are presented.


Author(s):  
Ahsan Jameel

DARWIN™ (Design Assessment of Reliability With INspection) is a simulation-based computer program for probabilistic fatigue life prediction of rotors and disks in commercial aircraft jet engines. This program is being developed by Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) and a team of major aircraft gas turbine engine manufacturers (General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell, and Rolls Royce Indianapolis) as a major research and development initiative. This paper is a presentation of the experience of Honeywell in the use of DARWIN to assess probability of fracture (POF) due to surface damage in a highly stressed bolthole in a nickel component.


1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
KIRK D ◽  
ANDREW VAVRECK ◽  
ERIC LITTLE ◽  
LESLIE JOHNSON ◽  
BRETT SAYLOR

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
A. Neidel ◽  
B. Matijasevic-Lux

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