Session: 24-02 Additive Manufacturing - Session 2

Paper Number: 125114

125114 - Novel Microturbine Engine Test Stand for Rapid Assessment of New Materials and Manufacturing Procedures 

New materials and advanced manufacturing techniques are essential for creating more effective, efficient, and innovative turbomachinery systems. The current process for developing these new components currently has many lengthy and costly steps, which is not desirable when it comes to developing new designs and materials. This work outlines a new, easy to assemble and operate microturbine engine test stand that will allow for rapid testing of new turbomachinery component prototypes, materials, and manufacturing techniques. The goal for this test stand is to allow for quick proof of concept testing that can then be used to determine if full system demonstrations of the new technologies are desirable. The engine test stand will be implemented to demonstrate the performance of the advanced designed, manufactured, and/or novel material hardware and their effects on engine performance at design speeds. In addition, the test stand will be supplemented by computational analysis tools that reduce risk of catastrophic events or accurately predict failure to assure safe demonstrations while still gathering essential performance information. Analyses include, but are not limited to, understanding stage efficiency, total engine efficiency, structural dynamic responses, and rotordynamic assessments. This work will discuss the key characteristics of the equipment and some initial results demonstrating the effectiveness of the new testing facility.

Presenting Author: Troy Krizak The Ohio State University

Presenting Author Biography: Troy is doctoral candidate in the gas turbine laboratory at The Ohio State University studying under professor Kiran D'Souza.

Authors:

Troy Krizak The Ohio State University
Onome Scott-Emuakpor Hyphen Innovations
Philip Johnson Hyphen Innovations
Kiran D'souza The Ohio State University