The accretion of ice in the compression system of commercial gas turbine engines operating in high ice water content conditions is a safety issue being studied by the aviation community. While most of the research focuses on the underlying physics of ice accretion and the meteorological conditions in which accretion can occur, a systems-level perspective on the topic lends itself to potential near-term operational improvements. Here a detection algorithm is developed which has the capability to detect the impact of ice accretion in the Low Pressure Compressor of an aircraft engine during steady flight as well as during changes in altitude. Unfortunately, the algorithm as implemented was not able to distinguish throttle changes from ice accretion and thus more work remains to be done.


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    Title :

    Detection of the Impact of Ice Crystal Accretion in an Aircraft Engine Compression System During Dynamic Operation


    Contributors:
    R. D. May (author) / D. L. Simon (author) / T. H. Guo (author)

    Publication date :

    2014


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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