Parker Aerospace Fuel Atomization Nozzles Selected by Vericor Power Systems for Use on TF50F Gas Turbine Engine
June 16 2019 - 6:00PM
Business Wire
Additive manufacturing production provides enhanced fuel
atomization for cleaner fuel burn and improved fuel efficiency on
the new oil-field gas turbine
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin
Corporation (NYSE:PH), the global leader in motion and control
technologies, today announced that its Gas Turbine Fuel Systems
PowerGen Division was awarded the fuel atomization nozzle and dual
fuel manifold assembly for Vericor Power Systems’ TF50F oil field
gas turbine. The newly designed fuel nozzle and manifold assembly
will be produced using additive manufacturing (AM) and
electron-beam manufacturing methods, enabling design features that
provide cleaner fuel burn while reducing part count and improving
manufacturing predictability.
Robust design, improved performance, reduced part
count.
Fuel atomization and the control of fuel droplet size is
critical to efficient gas turbine engine combustion; a key driver
of droplet size optimization is the geometry of the internal flow
paths within the engine’s fuel nozzles.
The Gas Turbine Fuel Systems PowerGen Division is leveraging its
extensive engineering expertise in both aerospace and land-based
gas turbine fuel nozzle design in developing the new fuel
atomization nozzle and manifold assembly. The PowerGen Division
worked closely with Parker Hannifin’s Additive Manufacturing
Learning and Development Center, Parker’s company-wide resource
dedicated to bringing Parker’s engineered solutions to market using
additive manufacturing methods.
The new fuel nozzle design takes advantage of additive
manufacturing techniques to improve fuel flow paths within the
nozzle. This innovation enables better fuel atomization and
distribution within the engine’s combustion chamber to enhance
combustion performance, providing improved fuel efficiency and
reduced emissions. Further, additive manufacturing enables the new
TF50F fuel nozzle to be produced using fewer parts than
traditionally manufactured nozzles, with a 30-percent part-count
reduction.
The new dual fuel manifold design takes advantage of Parker’s
fully automated electron-beam welding capabilities to significantly
improve the manufacturability of the manifold assembly. The welding
takes place in a high-purity vacuum chamber leading to clean and
predictable weld joints that are free of oxides and nitrates.
Further, electron-beam welding eliminates the need for multi-pass
welds, greatly reducing shrinkage and distortion.
Parker Aerospace’s fuel atomization expertise and the use of
additive manufacturing combined to maximize value for Vericor.
“Collaborating with Vericor to establish specifications and
performance parameters helped the PowerGen team to get a clear
picture of the best way to design and build the fuel nozzles and
manifolds for the TF50F gas turbine,” said Steve O’Connor, general
manager for the Gas Turbine Fuel Systems PowerGen Division. “By
utilizing additive and electron-beam welding manufacturing methods
– and removing the constraints of traditional manufacturing
techniques – we are able to deliver a higher-performing system,
requiring fewer parts, which also offers cost advantages to our
customer.”
Testing and verification is complete, with manufacturing
underway to support delivery of the new fuel nozzles to Vericor by
early Q3 of 2019.
The Parker Aerospace stand is in hall 5, stand #C210 at the
Paris Air Show, June 17-23, 2019.
About Parker Aerospace. Parker Aerospace is a global
leader in the research, design, integration, manufacture,
certification, and lifetime service of flight control, hydraulic,
fuel and inerting, fluid conveyance, thermal management,
lubrication, and pneumatic systems and components for aerospace and
other high-technology markets. The company supports the world’s
aircraft and aeroengine manufacturers, providing a century of
experience and innovation for commercial and military aircraft.
About Parker Hannifin. Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250
global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than 100
years the company has engineered the success of its customers in a
wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace markets. Learn
more at www.parker.com or @parkerhannifin.
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