Management Of Powerplant Maintenance And Restoration Programs For Fuel Conservation General Electric Company

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Reid, Carlyle, author.

Conference Name:

Aerospace Congress & Exposition (1981-10-05 : Anaheim, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1981

Summary:

This paper reviews powerplant operational and maintenance procedures with the objective of minimizing fuel consumption and total operating costs of existing large turbofan engines. Specific recommendations are made to reduce the rate of on-wing performance deterioration and to define cost effective performance refurbishment.Measures being taken to accomplish further fuel and cost savings in the future are summarized. These include design performance retention improvements and development of per-formance diagnostic/analytical systems to permit better management control of engine operating costs

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Publisher Number:

811052

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license