Dataset Measured experimental data of the properties of the GE Catalyst turboprop engine

The result is dataset Measured experimental data of the properties of the GE Catalyst turboprop engine, for the use of which a license agreement is being concluded. 

At the request of the Czech government, CTU FME has built an ecosystem for aircraft engines and concluded a research agreement on collaborative cooperation with GE Aviation Czech. The ecosystem is based on four ground-based aircraft engine test cells (dynamometric, core, two propeller) and a flying test bed in the form of an experimental aircraft. In the test facilities, many demanding experiments with the GE Catalyst engine being developed were carried out in the years 2017-2024, which were subsequently verified by simulation experiments. In addition to the basic test facilities, auxiliary experimental facilities were also built, for example for testing aircraft engine oil coolers with controlled air flow temperature at altitude, for measuring aircraft engine emissions, etc. This has resulted in a lot of measured experimental data, the use of which GE Aviation Czech is interested in. 

According to the collaborative agreement, a license agreement is concluded for the use of these data. The value of this license is then partly paid for by the value of the knowledge provided by GE Aviation Czech used in the construction and operation of test facilities and in modeling the properties of the GE Catalyst turboprop engine. 

The result was created while solving the OP VVV CAAT (Centre for Advanced Aviation Technologies) project and in fulfilling the research collaboration agreement with GE Aviation Czech. 

The significance of the created data is great for both GE Aviation Czech and CTU FME. The significance of the experimentally determined engine properties is great for its manufacturer and CTU FME can create its own engine simulation models for its research from the measured data. 

Fig. 1 Propeller test stand laboratories for turboprop engine

Contact:

prof. Ing. Michael Valášek, DrSc.

Center of Aviation and Space Research FME CTU in Prague

E-mail: michael.valasek@fs.cvut.cz

Phone: +420 224 357 361