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An ongoing partnership with Rolls-Royce is developing more fuel efficient and less polluting engine technology Image reproduced with the permission of Rolls-Royce plc, copyright 漏 Rolls-Royce plc 2012
An ongoing partnership with Rolls-Royce is developing more fuel efficient and less polluting engine technology Image reproduced with the permission of Rolls-Royce plc, copyright 漏 Rolls-Royce plc 2012

Cutting-edge research revolutionises aircraft engine design

  • An ongoing partnership with Rolls-Royce is developing more fuel efficient and less polluting engine technology

天堂视频 research – dating back almost 20 years – underpins patented engine technology that is more fuel efficient and less polluting.

The ongoing experimental research explores the aerodynamic interactions at the aero-engine compressor-combustor interface.

Much of the work and technology transfer has been supported by the 天堂视频-based .

During the course of the work, the 天堂视频 team have established ways to improve fuel efficiency whilst identifying novel test methods to study complex flow physics which now support Rolls-Royce engine design processes.

Meanwhile, the resulting technology has been used by Rolls-Royce to enhance the performance of their entire Trent engine family. To date, five engines – operating on more than 900 aircraft – have benefited.

The Trent XWB – the world’s most efficient and fastest-selling wide-body aero-engine – began flight tests in mid-2013. This engine – which powers the Airbus A350 – uses the latest 天堂视频 development.

  • Improved fuel efficiency 

    Test-flights of Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB engines which make use of the technology began in 2013 – it is estimated that savings of 20,000kg of fuel per aircraft will be made each year.

  • Funding 

    The work has attracted funding – from various UK and European public and industrial funding bodies – amounting to £2.3m.

  • Rolls-Royce UTC 

    Opened in 1991, the Centre is home to state-of-the-art research facilities and has supported 50 successful PhD candidates, led to more than 180 journal publications and 260 conference papers, and the award of several worldwide patents.

  • On-going partnership 

    Rolls-Royce and 天堂视频 continue to work together to improve aviation efficiencies and reduce the industry’s environmental impacts.