Turbomeca Tech800 Demonstrator Engine Turbomeca has completed first rotation of its TECH800 turboshaft demonstrator engine in Bordes, F...
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| Turbomeca Tech800 Demonstrator Engine |
An official celebration of the first rotation of TECH800 turboshaft demonstrator took place on Friday 26 April, in Bordes, in the presence of Siim Kallas, Commissioner for Transport and Vice-President of the European Commission, Eric Dautriat, Executive Director of Clean Sky, Jean-Paul Herteman, Chairman and CEO of Safran and Olivier Andries, Chairman and CEO of Turbomeca.
The engine demonstrator has been designed, manufactured and tested by Turbomeca for helicopters in the 800kW power class in future.
The innovative technologies used are related to the compressor architecture and performance, the combustion chamber enabling lower emissions, the turbine operating at a very elevated temperature and a high efficiency power turbine.
TECH800 demonstrator engine has been developed in cooperation with 34 partners from ten European countries including 18 SMEs and 12 universities and research centres.
The technologies demonstrated in TECH800 will deliver reduced emissions in-line with the goals of the Clean Sky programme.
The Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative is Europe’s largest aeronautics research programme ever with a budget of Euro 1,600 million (50% EU / 50% Industry) on 7 years.
It is dedicated to the demonstration of new technologies of the civil aircraft market, aiming at a dramatic reduction ofCO2, noise and NОx footprints.
TECH800 is one of the six engine demonstrators dedicated to propulsion in Clean Sky.
TECH800 engine offers a double digit benefit in terms of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions as well as breakthrough in noise attenuation, weight (composite, Titanium Aluminide components), and control system (fuel pumps, electric actuator).
