United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) will seamlessly embed a suite of sensors into the industrial gas turbine airfoil, thereby demonstrating additive manufacturing as a relevant process (when guided by physics-based models) for next generation gas turbines. The resulting "smart part" will: maintain its structural integrity, be remotely powered and sensed, and provide real-time diagnostics when coupled to a Health-Utilization-Monitoring System (HUMS).
Presentations_plp
- Additive Topology Optimized Manufacturing with Embedded Sensing (April 2016)
Presented by Paul Attridge, United Technologies Corporation, 2016 NETL Crosscutting Technology Research Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Additive Manufacturing Enabled Ubiquitous Sensing in Aerospace Systems (April 2015)
Presented by Joseph Mantese, United Technologies Research Center, 2015 NETL Crosscutting Technology Research Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
- ATOMeS: Additive Topology Optimized Manufacturing with Embedded Sensing (May 2014)
Poster by Joseph V. Mantese, United Technologies Research Center, 2014 NETL Crosscutting Technology Research Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Principal Investigator
Joseph Mantese
mantesjv@utrc.utc.com
Project Benefits
This project will demonstrate how additive manufacturing may be used to create a "Smart Part" capable of improving turbine reliability, reducing maintenance downtime, and increasing fossil fuel utilization. The expected overall impact of this technology is energy savings, reduced maintenance costs, and increased reliability of industrial natural gas turbines.
Website
United Technologies Corporation
http://www.utc.com/
