ACOC-TH: Acoustic and thermal instrumentation, tests and modelling of engine surface coolers in representative aerodynamic conditions

The ACOC-TH project was funded by CleanSky. New turbofan engine designs for greater efficiency are creating challenges for engine oil cooling. With financial support from the EU, ATM evaluated new air-cooled oil cooler (ACOC) heat exchanger concepts within the scope of the project ACOC-TH. ACOCs, also known as engine surface coolers, are commonly employed to cool oil…

LubSEP: Test of advanced lubrication equipment

The LubSEP project was funded by CleanSky. Although aircraft gas turbines have evolved tremendously in recent years, the lubrication systems have remained largely unchanged. Lubricants are used in aero-engines to reduce friction and wear as well as for cooling and sealing. To meet requirements such as a lower oil consumption, while maintaining reliability and lower…

MECA-H-530 – Sustainable energy / Rational Use of Energy

Professors: Patrick Hendrick and Michel Huart. Content 1. News 2015-2016: 2. Course information 3. Download slides and document 4. Homework 5. Archives 2014-2015 1. News 2015-2016 10/09/2015: First class 15/09/2015 10h00 at VUB.D.2.23 2. Course information Description Today, energy and sustainability are matters of primary concern. The course “Sustainable energy” provides some keys of understanding energy, the…

Research Projects

Currently, the department is working on the following projects: Main research projects of Prof. Parente. Acronym Full name CCMSC The UQ-predictive multidisciplinary simulation center for high efficiency electric power generation with carbon capture Status Funding source Budget On-going: 1/3/2014-28/02/2019 University of Utah through US Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration 200,000 euros Acronym…

MECA-H-530: Rational use of energy (RUE)

The objective of the “Rational use of Energy” is to provide the students with advanced tools to deal with the open questions in the world energy field. In particular, the course aims at providing: A clear understanding of the world energetic scenario and the policies put in place for the Rational Use of Energy (energetic…

Combustion

The department is researching the following topics: Numerical simulation of novel combustion technologies Tabulation of Dynamic Adaptive Chemistry (TDAC) Reduced-order combustion models for turbulent reacting flows Simulation of internal combustion engines Uncertainty quanti cation for kinetic mechanism Numerical simulation of indoor and outdoor fi re propagation Numerical simulation of novel combustion technologies MILD combustion represents a very…

Lubrication systems

The main experimental research activity of the department is focused on lubrication for aero-engines especially with participation in the European projects ATOS, ANTLE, POA, ELubSys, LubSEP, ACOC-TH, LuBest and E-Break. The department is active in the following topics: Test rigs: A test bench intended to duplicate all possible working conditions inside the oil lubrication system of aircraft…