ULTRA LOW EMISSION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS FOR MID-CENTURY AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINES

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1 The ULTIMATE project is funded by the European Union H2020 programme under GA no ULTRA LOW EMISSION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS FOR MID-CENTURY AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINES GT Tomas Grönstedt Thursday, June 16, Seoul, 2016

2 Talk in short Irreversibility o Categorizing losses & The big three ULTIMATE technologies Project approach Impact 13/06/2016 GT

3 The heat engine We add heat ( Q added ), usually through combustion of a fuel, to generate something useful (W): - Electric power - Jet velocity to generate thrust for the aircraft Q added Engine W W Q added Q rejected

4 The jet engine Q added V hot V cold o Propulsive Q added Fuel mass flow SFC Thrust power Q W m exitht, exit m inletht, inlet First law (open system, stationary, single inflow single outflow) h T V h 2 2 gz

5 Second law T surr. Q 1 m 1, s 1 m 3, s 3 m 2, s 2 Q 2 Entropy generation Lost power T surr. L OUT s e m e IN s m i i r Q T r r 0

6 Losses in a 2015 state-of-the-art turbofan One needs to attack the the Big Three Combustor irreversibilities (1) Core exhaust heat losses (2) Excess of kinetic energy in the bypass flow (3) Exergy, denoted ε, of a steady stream of matter is equal to the maximum amount of work obtainable when the stream is brought from its initial state to a state of thermal and mechanical equilibrium with its environment. The red cross-hatched areas may be captured HOW??? Grönstedt, T., Irannezhad, M., Lei, X., Thulin, O., Lundbladh, A., First and second law analysis of future aircraft engines. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 136 (3), 2014

7 The ULTIMATE project consortium ULTIMATE Consortium Industry SMEs Universities Research GKN CHALM RR CU ART BHL MTU SN ISAE AUTH 13/06/2016 GT

8 ULTIMATE project Mission and Objectives Major challenge (all relative to the year 2000) 75% reduction in CO 2 90% reduction in NO x during cruise Reduction of noise by 15 db ULTIMATE Alone Develop propulsion systems concepts with the potential to fulfil the SRIA 2050 key challenges 18% reduction in CO 2 20% reduction in NO x during cruise 3 db reduction in Noise Initial ULTIMATE SRIA 2050 CO 2 target breakdown 13/06/2016 GT

9 Propulsion systems with a SRIA 2050 target potential 13/06/2016 GT

10 Concept and approach Exploit synergies between radical engine configurations Constant volume type combustion. Bottoming cycles Intercooling When designing real cycles loss source attacking is more complex Optimization blurs the view Some innovations may attack both loss source 1 and loss source 2 Intercooling & recuperation Advanced low pressure system technology 13/06/2016 GT

11 Concept and approach... together with an advanced tube and wing configuration Recent large improvements shown for configurations with less radical powerplants: Boeing estimated a 54% reduction with a truss-braced high AR wing concept SUGAR High MIT s double bubble, close to 71% reduction (use of boundary layer ingestion) Figure 3: a) Year 2050 Advanced Tube and Wing (ATW) aircraft High aspect ratio wings Foldable wing tips Laminar flow Advanced materials Development of radical concepts applicable in a range of scenarios: Blended wing body Horizontal double bubble Prandtl joined wing Turbo-electric and hybrid propulsion Hydrogen, methane and biofuel propelled concepts 13/06/2016 GT

12 Loss source 1 - combustor irreversibilities Attacking loss source #1 Piston based composite cycles Nutating disc Pulse detonation combustion Gas work potential Shaft power Both a) A Composite Cycle Engine Concept with Hecto-Pressure Ratio, AIAA , Kaiser, Seitz, Donnerhack, Lundbladh b) c) Figure 4: a) Piston based composite cycle. b) Pulse detonation core. c) Nutating disc 13/06/2016 GT

13 Source 1 some historical achievements 13

14 Source 1 - The composite cycle Already achieved outside ULTIMATE project (LEMCOTEC) - 18% specific fuel burn + 30% weight increase - 15% fuel burn S. Kaiser, S. Donnerhack, A. Lundbladh, A. Seitz, A Composite Cycle Engine Concept with Hecto-Pressure Ratio", 51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, (AIAA ). 13/06/2016 GT

15 Loss source 2 - core exhaust heat losses Attacking loss source #2 Bottoming Rankine cycle Recuperation Intercooling Figure 5: Bottoming Rankine cycle concept Re-heat Figure 8: Reheat integration Figure 6: Recuperator conceptual design... Possible synergies with Intercooling Recuperation Rankine bottoming Figure 7: Intercooler integration 13/06/2016 GT

16 Loss source 2 - core exhaust heat losses Recuperation Alternative recuperation Staged heat recovery (SHR) HEX between IPT-LPT and downstream LPT Concept for compact heat exchange Secondary fluid systems in recuperation concepts Intercooling Possibly harvesting rejected heat with secondary fluid system Recuperator conceptual design 13/06/2016 GT

17 Loss source 3 excess kinetic energy Attacking loss source #3 ultra-thin adaptive inlet adaptive external shapes circumferentially retractable concepts variable pitch fan rotors, variable bypass and core nozzles, variable inlet guide vanes Retractable nacelle concept Intra-European configuration Powerplant for intercontinental configuration (the Rolls-Royce UltraFan concept for 2025 is used to illustrate this configuration) Open-Rotor architecture for the Intra-European configuration Geared architecture for the intercontinental configuration 13/06/2016 GT

18 Source 3 some concepts Boxprop concept and open rotor concepts being explored Boxprop Potentially low noise emissions at competitive efficiencies R. Avellán, A. Lundbladh, Boxprop, a forwardswept joined-blade propeller, ISABE Evaluating the effect of ultra-thin adaptive inlet & adaptive external shapes Variable pitch fan concept 13/06/2016 GT

19 Powerplant config. 1 Powerplant config. 2 Powerplant config. 3 config. #n Industrial partner expertise The search for ultra low emission engines Development partially qualitative selection Technology development Technology downselection Share technology simulators Common technology parameter assumptions Composite piston topping Rankine bottoming Configuration mix and match explore synergies Alternative technology Technology feasibility Technology parameters Preferred configurations Optimization towards the SRIA 2050 targets Configuration assessment Multidisciplinary evaluation platform Aircraft mission analysis SRIA 2050 optimization Technology parameter refinement Advanced integration and propulsor configurations Composite piston topping + Intercooled recuperation Nutating disc topping + Rankine bottoming Pulse detonation topping + Intercooling Additional configurations Configuration feasibility Year 2050 reference Exploitation Industry lead: Roadmapping and exploitation SRIA and scenario evaluation Communication and exploitation Figure 13. ULTIMATE technology screening and development process 13/06/2016 GT

20 Quantitative metric for technology ranking Specific Range (SR) distance flown per unit weight of fuel burned Capture the most critical system performance aspects while avoiding a full mission analysis SR = a M L D SFC W a Speed of sound M Mach number L/D Lift to Drag ratio W Weight SFC Specific Fuel Consumption 13/06/2016 GT

21 Evaluation platform TERA2050 concept 13/06/2016 GT

22 Impact Y2050 introduction Potential reduction from ULTIMATE technologies o 3 billion tonnes of CO2 reduction in the 25 years beyond entry into service 13/06/2016 GT

23 Summary Great potential exist to improve cycle efficiency with advanced core concepts A categorization of losses based on a lost work potential was used for radical powerplants o A process for down-selection based on the categorization and specific range Several advanced core engine concepts outlined o Concepts for integration with more efficient and silent propulsors outlined 13/06/2016 GT