Experts from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have developed a pilot bench for testing promising and conventional types of aviation fuel on small replicas of civil aviation gas turbine engines. This has been reported area University.
The laboratory stand consists of two gas turbine engines with different traction, capable of carrying loads up to 18 and 25 kg. Sensors are placed in the main elements of the stand to measure temperature, pressure, fluid flow, traction force, anthropogenic emission concentration, noise and vibration intensity. All these features are displayed in real time in a mnemonic diagram.
This is the first time he and his colleagues have used aircraft engines to test liquid fuel, according to project manager Pavel Strizhak, head of the TPU heat and mass transfer laboratory. The university did not have such a facility before.
“Now that the stand is operational, the first tests were carried out with the traditional fuel, kerosene TS-1. In parallel, we started to develop environmentally friendly synthetic aviation fluid (SAF) fuels together with the scientific group of the TPU Chemical Engineering Department led by Professor Elena Ivashkina.”
In this setup it is possible to perform tests on different fuel types. They are pre-tested for physical and chemical properties, and also the compliance of jet fuel with standards and regulations, which is obtained both as a result of modern deep oil refining, and from the remnants and waste products of the circular economy (animal fats, spent cooking) is checked. oils, vegetable oils, microalgae and other).
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