Small gas turbines are not scaled down large engines. Any attempt to do so is likely to fail. Kurt Schreckling is to be commended for his original approach to the design of small engines as set out in his book on the FD3 64.He carried out the therorectical considerations and came to the conclusion that a simple radial compressor and turbine wheel with a single annular combustion chamber would produce the best results. His views have been confirmed by the rapid progress in refining the designs and extracting more power from the same basic size. Spreadsheets have been developed by a number of people based on the Formulas in the Schreckling and Kamps books that model the processes that go on in the engine. The GTBA has also commissioned burst analysis of the turbine wheel. 英文来自(GTBA-英国涡轮发动机制作联盟)
The compressed air in the chamber passes down the bearing tube and exits both ends to provide cooling to the bearings. The bearings are simple ball races and they are oiled with oil mist supplied buy the pressure from the engine itself. Very low flows of oil are better than a constant flow as the drops can cause the ball to skid in the raceways. Turbine oil or thin machine oil can be used. 压缩空气将穿过轴套为轴承提供冷却,轴承为简单的滚珠轴承,用自身的压缩空气压油提供油雾润滑。可以用透平油,或低粘度的机械润滑油。 FD3-64的设计合理的利用压气机的空气,将温度控制在600度以下,从而保证各部件的强度。 在运行中我们要注意发动机的温度不能超高。
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以下问答摘自:(GTBA)英国喷气发动机制作协会
Starting the engine 启动发动机
All engines require a large volume of air to start them. Some like the AMT and JPX use scuba tanks. The home-built engines mostly are started with a fan held on the air intake. The fan can be a converted hairdryer fitted with a more powerful motor. The alternative is to use a high revving small electric motor onto a friction cup. The supplementary gas is lighted and the fan increases the revs . The liquid fuel is slowly fed in until the engine speed picks up and the engine self sustains. It can get hot when starting if too much fuel is fed in to quickly. With practice starting is simple and undramatic , there should be no flames visible either during starting or running.
Controlling the speed 控制速度
This is achieved by the use of a speed controller that controls the fuel pump motor. When bench testing it is more convenient to control the speed by a hand operated controller such as a minidrill speed controller rather than use a transmitter receiver and speed controller. When mounted in a plane a motor speed controller is used or if available a fully programmed ECU. Overspeed should be controlled by a combination of battery power and pump pressure so that whatever happens to the receiver or transmitter the supply of fuel is restricted.
Underspeed can be controlled via a pressure switch that stops the engine if pressure drops below a pre determined point.
What is a sensible rev limit? 转速控制
In the Kamps book there is full detail on how to calculate the critical speed for the shaft. The speed will depend on the material the shaft is made of and the thickness as well as the weight of the compressor and turbine and their positions. In practice engines with a 316 or 310 stainless steel turbine should have the revs restricted to about 75,000 rpm. Above this speed the material will expand and cause it to bind on the housing. The Kamps engine is limited to about 103,000rpm and the new Schreckling at 117,000rpm. The higher the revs the more need there is for the engine being well balanced.
How do I balance the engine? 如何做动平衡
Simple static balancing has proved to be adequate. The method in the Kamps book produces good results. He uses a tube that contains 2 new bearings and the shaft to be balanced. This is laid on a flat surface such as a piece of glass and is rocked to and fro until the heavy point reaches the bottom. This is marked and a little is ground away on the heavy side. When the shaft is balanced the compressor is balanced. Though this is from the factory the balance has in practice found not to be accurate enough. The compressor is removed and the turbine wheel is fitted and this is balanced . The blades can be thinned or the roots can be ground away slightly to reduce the weight.
How do I make the turbine wheel? 如何制作涡轮
The early wheels are made from sheet that is slit and twisted to the correct angle and profiled by hand minigrinder. Better wheels can be ground from thick discs. This is time consuming but will give better results particularly with Inconel. Cast Inconel wheels are becoming available now for those that do not feel they have the skill to make one.
Are the engines noisy?
If you stand close to a gas turbine you will find the noise level greater than a piston engine. However in the air the noise is dissipated so that it is much less obtrusive than a piston engine. Indeed if a piston engine and a turbine are flying together it is difficult to hear the turbine at all.
How do I weld stainless steel? 如何焊接不锈钢
This is not a skill everyone can acquire. Thin stainless can be spot-welded so this covers the combustion chamber. The NGV assembly will require TIG welding. TIG sets are expensive and it may be necessary to find a specialist welder used to welding stainless steel to do the welding for you.
What instrumentation will I need?
At the very least when testing you will need a vacuum gauge that can measure up to 1 bar and a temperature gauge that can measure up to 1000deg C. A kitchen scales will provide thrust measurements. A rev counter can be made from the design in the newsletter. It is helpful also to be able to measure the fuel pump pressure but this needs a scale up to 3 bar.
What thrust will I get? 推力是多大?
This depends on the design that you make. The detailed specification is set out in the pages for each design but you can expect to get between 5.3lbs and 16.6 lbs.
How much will it cost? 做涡喷的费用是多少?
This will depend on how able you are to get scraps from you local welders/machine shop! The Schreckling FD3 64 is very cheap to build and would cost probably no more than £100. The other designs that have turbochargers and cast wheels will be more expensive - perhaps £300 -------------------------------------------------------