Ice Crystal Icing Engine Testing in the NASA Glenn Research Center's Propulsion Systems Laboratory: Altitude Investigation 2015-01-2156
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) conducted a full scale ice crystal icing turbofan engine test using an obsolete Allied Signal ALF502-R5 engine in the Propulsion Systems Laboratory (PSL) at NASA Glenn Research Center. The test article used was the exact engine that experienced a loss of power event after the ingestion of ice crystals while operating at high altitude during a 1997 Honeywell flight test campaign investigating the turbofan engine ice crystal icing phenomena. The test plan included test points conducted at the known flight test campaign field event pressure altitude and at various pressure altitudes ranging from low to high throughout the engine operating envelope. The test article experienced a loss of power event at each of the altitudes tested. For each pressure altitude test point conducted the ambient static temperature was predicted using a NASA engine icing risk computer model for the given ambient static pressure while maintaining the engine speed.
Citation: Oliver, M., "Ice Crystal Icing Engine Testing in the NASA Glenn Research Center's Propulsion Systems Laboratory: Altitude Investigation," SAE Int. J. Aerosp. 8(1):33-37, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-01-2156. Download Citation
Author(s):
Michael Oliver
Affiliated:
NASA Glenn Research Center
Pages: 5
Event:
SAE 2015 International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures
ISSN:
1946-3855
e-ISSN:
1946-3901
Also in:
SAE International Journal of Aerospace-V124-1EJ, SAE International Journal of Aerospace-V124-1
Related Topics:
Turbofan engines
Computer simulation
Flight tests
Icing and ice detection
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