The development program is designed to advance technologies that will improve engines used for light helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), ground vehicles and power generators.
“Honeywell’s SHFE technologies help improve engine performance while simultaneously balancing operating costs,” said Ron J. Rich, Director, Advanced Technology, Honeywell Aerospace. “The success of this test puts SHFE technology one step closer to commercial use.”
Honeywell is developing a variety of cutting edge technologies including a dual centrifugal compressor with advanced three dimensional aerodynamics enabling improved component efficiency while maintaining high surge margin with no variable geometry. Additional innovations include a compact annular Rich-Quench-Lean (RQL) combustion system with advanced fuel mixing and wall cooling features for improved combustion and emissions, an advanced high-work high-pressure-turbine (HPT) with innovative airfoil cooling features, dual alloy power turbine rotors that reduces cost through design simplification and high rotational speed hybrid ceramic bearings and hydrodynamic seals.
“The SHFE program will enable tomorrow’s engines to reduce fuel consumption by 20 percent, improve power to weight by 50 percent, while reducing life-cycle costs by 35 percent.” said Rich. “We have already applied some of these technologies in our new HTS900 turboshaft engine.”
SHFE is part of the Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) program, a joint Department of Defense, National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA), Department of Energy (DoE) and industry alliance. The goal of the program is to develop, demonstrate and transition advanced multi-use, turbine-engine technologies that provide a revolutionary improvement in affordability to a broad range of current and future military propulsion and power needs.
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