The NASA Glenn Research Center Propulsion Systems Lab (PSL) was recently upgraded to perform engine inlet ice crystal testing in an altitude environment. The system installed 10 spray bars in the inlet plenum for ice crystal generation using 222 spray nozzles. As an altitude test chamber, PSL is capable of simulation of in-flight icing events in a ground test facility. The system was designed to operate at altitudes from 4,000 ft. to 40,000 ft. at Mach numbers up to 0.8M and inlet total temperatures from -60F to +15F.
NASA Glenn Propulsion Systems Lab (PSL) Icing Facility Update
2015 International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures ; 2015 ; Prague, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia
22.06.2015
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