HEAT REGENERATIVE SYSTEM FOR T53 SHAFT TURBINE ENGINES

Abstract

A heat regenerator was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of regeneration for the T53 shaft turbine engine. Parameters of the initial design, a multiwave plate type, were optimized to provide a 27-percent fuel savings at 75 percent normal rated power. Test core modules leaked beyond the 0.25-percent flow-rate limit. Consequently, effort was directed toward a conventional tube-type regenerator, which was designed to provide a 24-percent fuel savings at 75 percent normal rated power. The tube-type regenerator and the interface hardware were fabricated and integrated with the engine, and the system is ready for testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0620245

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Aviation
  • Combustion
  • Compressors
  • Construction
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Gas Turbine Regenerators
  • Gas Turbines
  • Gases
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Manufacturing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Sheet Metal
  • Static Pressure
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbines

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