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Presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition
The Hague, Netherlands June 13-16, 1994
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Both the single and two shaft designs were completed on the performance goal but most involved compromises in cost,
schedule and the cost target was achieved. Performance of engines schedule and risk.
tested to date (Table 2) show that performance goals were also A configuration which increased firing temperature and
exceeded. pressure ratio was seriously considered in the beginning of the
conceptual stage. This required additional stages added to the aft
DISCUSSION end of the compressor and a new gas producer turbine design. The
compressor stages would be scaled form existing Solar Mars
Conceptual Design engine stages and would not require a lengthy development.
A substantial period of time was spent identifying all However, the new GP was to have new nozzles and would require
potential design changes which might be made to achieve the a directionally solidified first stage GP turbine blade. The third
performance goal. A list of options was compiled and evaluated stage nozzle would also have to be redesigned to provide the
using the established criteria as illustrated in Table 3. Several connect flow characteristics. Although this configuration met the
different combinations of the potential modifications would satisfy performance goals, the increased engine cost of about 15%,
PA
Compressor Stages 12 12
Variable Comp Stages 4 4
Turbine Stages 3 4
Note: 1. All values represent no duct losses, natural gas fuel and 59F, sea level, 60% relative humidity air.
Note: 1. All values represent no duct losses, natural gas fuel and 59F, sea level, 60% relative humidity air.
longer program development time, and loss of commonalty with finish and the guide vane settings were optimized. The turbine
the current fleet of Taurus engines led to closer evaluation of also had the tip clearances reduced as well as leakage and cooling
other options. flow reduction. One option that was in the concept initially was
The most attractive configuration was found by improving a longer exhaust diffuser for both single and two shaft engines.
component efficiencies. This could be accomplished in a shorter This option was eliminated because the performance gain did not
time while maintaining fleet commonalty, low engine cost, and outweigh the significant package changes required and loss of
without increased durability risk. Efficiency improvements were opportunity for customers wishing to uprate their units. In this
made for both compressor and turbine components in the new instance, the early design conceptualization involving Solar
Taurus 60. In the compressor, the 0-stage blade was modified, tip Package Engineering and Customer Services groups facilitated by
clearances were reduced, improvements were made in surface the NPI process was of great benefit.
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2
AIRFLOW, Ibis
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A 17 0.085
B 0 0
C 108 0.178
D 108 0.178
E 128 0.279
F 132 0.297
G 148 0.374
H 183 0.546
I 183 0.546
J 176 0.511
Uprate
Disk Location Original Taunts 60 Taunus 60 Change
Note: 1. Upper limit temperatures are from preliminary tests. Results of final development testing
were not available at the time of this writing.
11,850
9690 60
O
0
8620
1 00
D
= 7540
6460
NGP = 15,000 rpm
[
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5380
T5 = 1400F
4300
-20 0 20 40 60 80 100
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, OF
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SHAFT CENTERLINE
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0.4
SHAFT CENTERLINE
0.2 I
I I I I
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
SPEED, rpm (000)
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w
a
U 0.3
w
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D
THRUST I ILl PAD 0.2
COLLAR THRUST BEARING w
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w 0.1
FIGURE 14. NEW POWER TURBINE THRUST BEARIN w
DESIGN D 0
W 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
a SPEED, rpm (000)
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FIGURE 15. TWO SHAFT POWER TURBINE THRUST
BEARING PERFORMANCE
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