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Remote operation and monitoring of a micro aero gas turbine

Part of: ISABE 2017

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2017

M. Diakostefanis ,
T. Nikolaidis ,
S. Sampath  and
T. Triantafyllou
M. Diakostefanis*
Affiliation:
Cranfield University, SATM, Propulsion Enginnering Centre, Cranfield, United Kingdom
T. Nikolaidis
Affiliation:
Cranfield University, SATM, Propulsion Enginnering Centre, Cranfield, United Kingdom
S. Sampath
Affiliation:
Cranfield University, SATM, Propulsion Enginnering Centre, Cranfield, United Kingdom
T. Triantafyllou
Affiliation:
Cranfield University, SATM, Propulsion Enginnering Centre, Cranfield, United Kingdom
*
m.diakostefanis@cranfield.ac.uk
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Abstract

Internet applications have been extended to various aspects of everyday life and offer services of high reliability and security at relatively low cost. This project presents the design of a reliable, safe and secure software system for real-time remote operation and monitoring of an aero gas turbine with utilisation of existing internet technology, whilst the gas turbine is installed in a remote test facility

This project introduces a capability that allows remote and flexible operation of an aero gas turbine throughout the whole operational envelope, as required by the user at low cost, by exploiting the available Internet technology. Remote operation of the gas turbine can be combined with other remote Internet applications to provide very powerful gas-turbine performance-simulation experimental platforms and real-time performance monitoring tools, whilst keeping the implementation cost at low levels.

The gas turbine used in this experiment is an AMT Netherlands Olympus micro gas turbine and a spiral model approach was applied for the software. The whole process was driven by risk mitigation.

The outcome is a fully functional software application that enables remote operation of the micro gas turbine whilst constantly monitors the performance of the engine according to basic gas turbine control theory. The application is very flexible, as it runs with no local installation requirements and includes provisions for expansion and collaboration with other online performance simulation and diagnostic tools.

Keywords

remote operationmonitoringaero gas turbinespiral modelformal validation methodsrisk assessmentInternet application
Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 121 , Special Issue 1242: The International Society of Air-breathing Engines (ISABE) 2017 Conference Special Issue , August 2017 , pp. 1051 - 1065
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2017 

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Footnotes

This paper will be presented at the ISABE 2017 Conference, 3-8 September 2017, Manchester, UK.

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