MOSCOW, 11 Jul. An experimental stand for testing promising types of aviation fuel was created by specialists from the Tomsk Polytechnic University. According to them, the development will allow determining the most efficient fuel compositions and engine operating modes. There are no analogues of the installation in Russia today, the press service of the university reported.
Today in Russia, according to scientists, technologies for obtaining new types of aviation fuel are being actively developed both from highly refined petroleum products and from various organic wastes — animal fats, used cooking fats, vegetable oils, microalgae and others.
Specialists of the laboratory of heat and mass transfer of Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed an experimental stand for testing promising and traditional aviation fuel, focused on the needs of various research and production centers in Russia.
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"Our stand consists of two small replicas of gas turbine engines of different traction power. It allows you to comprehensively analyze the effect of fuel on engine performance in different operating modes. The stand is equipped with sensors for temperature, pressure, fluid flow, traction force, concentration of anthropogenic emissions, noise and vibration intensity,” explained Pavel Strizhak, project manager, head of the TPU Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory.
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Sensor readings are available to the operator in real time, which makes it possible to dynamically assess the state of the engine when operating in different modes and on different fuels. There are few sites that provide such testing capabilities in Russia, and there are no direct analogues of the new combined unit, the university noted.
Comprehensive testing of the fuel in terms of combustion characteristics. Now we are carrying out commissioning and are already conducting the first experiments,» said Dmitry Antonov, Research Engineer at the TPU Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory.
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In the future, Tomsk Polytechnic University researchers plan to develop digital twins of new facilities in order to facilitate access to tests for domestic fuel developers. modes of use to achieve improved environmental, economic, energy and operational characteristics,” said Strizhak. and Samara University.
Research is supported by the Priority 2030 program of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.