Development / Assessment of Future Sustainable fuels and propulsion systems
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Bhupendra KhandelwalDescription
There are several options depending on student interest. Some of them are listed below. With ever increasing environmental concerns, there is a need to evaluate large range of sustainable fuels. One of the evaluation methods is to test the future fuels in a gas turbine combustor. In this project students would be required to design, develop and test a gas turbine combustor test rig. Person will be responsible for detailed instrumentation, control, selection of the right components, instrumentation requirements for this gas turbine combustor test rig. Students will also be required to write LABVIEW codes, evaluate the gas turbine combustor test rigs at other research institutions, by help of literature search. Students are required to do this in collaboration of Prof. Bhupendra Khandelwal. With the advent of alternative fuels, and rising environmental concerns, it is important to develop sustainable aviation fuels for future. Majority of the studies concentrate on emissions produced by these alternative aviation fuels. Conventionally fossil based jet fuel passes through fuel cooled oil cooler (FCOC) to pick-up heat from oil and overall increase in efficiency. In recent times, with new fuels, this has become an issue. As new fuels may or may not lead to similar level of heat capacity, could block fuel lines and cause wide range of performance issues. This issue is also called as Thermal Stability of jet fuels. Students in this project are required to design a rig, which can effectively measure jet fuel thermal stability. Students are required to review the current set-up used by other researchers in the area, previous design developed in our lab and design their own. Students are required to do this in collaboration of Prof. Bhupendra Khandelwal. With the advent of alternative fuels, and rising environmental concerns, it is important to develop sustainable aviation fuels for future. Majority of the studies concentrate on emissions produced by these alternative aviation fuels. Conventionally fossil based jet fuel leads to swelling of o-rings used in the fuel lines. This keeps fuel lines leak free. In recent times, with new fuels, this has become an issue. As new fuels may or may not lead to same amount of seal swell, which we get conventionally. In some cases, this can lead to removal of the seals material from o-rings, which can eventually lead to leaking fuel lines. This issue is also called as elastomer compatibility of fuels. Students in this project are required to design a rig, which can effectively measure o-ring expansion or contraction under dynamic conditions, as an impact of fuels on the o-ring material. Students are required to review the current set-up used by other researchers in the area, previous design developed in our lab and design their own. Students are required to do this in collaboration of Prof. Bhupendra Khandelwal. Development of ammonia powered propulsion systems.