Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Canada is a world leader in the design and manufacture of small and medium sized gas turbines. Canada also has a world renowned after-market industry for specialized exhaust systems for gas turbines including components such as exhaust heat exchangers, specialized exhaust nozzles and ejectors, and film and effusion cooled devices. Gas turbine performance and design have been major areas of research in Canada for decades. The research efforts in the areas of internal aerodynamics and combustion have lead to the development of very efficient gas turbines. However, the lack of focused research on certain installation components such as exhaust nozzles and ejectors has resulted in unnecessary efficiency losses. This research program will focus on the design of such specialized systems to ensure they meet today's demands for high efficiency. This research proposal focuses on the study of specialized exhaust components for gas turbines. The research will specifically look at exhaust systems that incorporate specialized mixing nozzles, hyper mixing nozzles, water spray systems, air-air ejectors, heat exchangers, and impingement, film and effusion cooling. This work is of direct interest to Companies like W. R. Davis Engineering Ltd of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are a world leader in these technologies.