Environmental Advantages of an Additively Manufactured Micro-Turbine Engine

Abstract

This project focused on demonstrating the advantages of a newly developed low cost additively manufactured (AM) micro-turbine engine as compared to a similar-sized traditionally designed engine. Environmental advantages related to the manufacturing of the AM engine were demonstrated via environmental studies conducted on the AM process and comparison to traditional engine manufacturing methods. The AM engine was tested to characterize its performance and to compare its operational specifications to similar traditionally manufactured engines. This benchmarking effort, collectively with an environmental and cost study, served to demonstrate how such an engine could be utilized in various DoD applications. The development of the engine was led by the Air Force Life Cycle Command Center (AFLCMC) with support from the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 2023
Accession Number
AD1217156

Entities

People

  • Kelsey Snively
  • Michael Froning
  • Natasha Voevodin

Organizations

  • Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
  • University of Dayton

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Construction
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Environment
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Life Cycles
  • Manufacturing
  • Microturbines
  • Printing
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Turbine Components
  • Turbines
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Manufacturing Engineering.