Gas turbine research facility

In Ottawa, NRC has unique facilities and expertise to assist industry in developing and evaluating the performance of gas turbine engines and components in compliance with increasingly stringent environmental, safety, and operational requirements.

Combustion and fluids engineering research is carried out to develop more efficient and clean industrial combustion processes for the next generation of fuels, engines and combustion devices. We specialize in research on propulsion systems, with emphasis on overall and component performance testing of airborne and industrial gas turbines. These tests include icing, bird ingestion and endurance trials, as well as complex development work. Expertise in solving issues related to lubrication, friction and wear (tribology) of mechanical equipment and rotating machinery is also available.

Clients can call on us to perform research and development in these areas and more:

• Performance analysis and evaluation for aero and land-based gas turbine engines, including high altitude simulations
• Environmental and engine icing certification testing and analysis
• Tribological (friction and wear) testing, analysis and modeling
• Gas turbine engine aerodynamics
• Applied combustion research towards low-emission combustors
• Spray and mixing characterization
• Numerical simulation and modeling

NRC operates a number of gas turbine engine and combustion test cells with a spectrum of air-moving, heating, refrigeration and fuel handling facilities that support in-house and industrial clients’ projects.

Contact

Michèle Parent
Telephone: 514-283-9622
Email: Michele.Parent@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca