Optimization of Wave Rotors for Use as Gas Turbine Engine Topping Cycles

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jack, author.

Conference Name:

Aerospace Atlantic Conference & Exposition (1995-05-23 : Dayton, Ohio, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1995

Summary:

Use of a wave rotor as a topping cycle for a gas turbine engine can improve specific power and reduce specific fuel consumption. Maximum improvement requires the wave rotor to be optimized for best performance at the mass flow of the engine. The optimization is a trade-off between losses due to friction and passage opening time, and rotational effects. An experimentally validated, one-dimensional CFD code, which includes these effects, has been used to calculate wave rotor performance, and find the optimum configuration. The technique is described, and results given for wave rotors sized for engines with sea level mass flows of 4,26, and 400 lb/sec

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Publisher Number:

951411

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license