Ceramic Jet Turbine Blades

Design of the 2070 f engine continues with the ceramic gasifier nozzle turbine tip shroud and gasifier turbine blades already being fabricated.

Ceramic jet turbine blades.

In general jet engines high pressure turbine blades hpt blades are expected to last for about 30 000 h. The turbine blades have had a ceramic thermal barrier coating applied and now we install them into the j47 engine which will be installed in an f86 f sabre. Documentary on the evolution of materials and manufacturing processes of jet engine turbine blades. Thermal barrier coatings tbcs are advanced materials systems usually applied to metallic surfaces operating at elevated temperatures such as gas turbine or aero engine parts as a form of exhaust heat management these 100 μm to 2 mm thick coatings of thermally insulating materials serve to insulate components from large and prolonged heat loads and can sustain an appreciable temperature.

Next generation ceramic matrix composites cmcs are being developed for future applications such as turbine blades top left. Predominantly turbine blades are made of stainless steel titanium nickel alloys and ceramic material. The turbine is always located after combustion chamber and the temperature which the first stage of turbine blades is able to resist is a proof of high technology engine. Jet engines and land based power generation turbines provide different environments.

Going from nickel alloys to rotating ceramics inside the engine is the really big jump. The main advantage of cmcs over conventional superalloys is their light weight and high temperature capability. Supporting this design and fabrication has been process development using a prototype blade and compliant layer testing using a ceramic coupon duplicating the blade attachment. Because the rotating turbine blades made from cmcs are one third the weight of conventional nickel alloys used in the high stress turbine they allow ge to reduce the size and weight of the metal disks to which the cmcs system is connected.