U.E.C.- Russian aircraft engines

Introduction

In the 1990-2000s, a dramatic situation developed in the domestic helicopter engine building, due to the fact that after the collapse of the USSR, Russia remained without serial production of helicopter engines, in particular, the main aircraft engine of the TV3-117 family, which was manufactured by Zaporizhzhya Motor Sich enterprise. In addition, for a long time, new domestic helicopter engines were not developed or commissioned. Some projects have been started, but have not been completed, for example, the RD-600 helicopter aircraft engine.

The lack of domestic aircraft engines led to the fact that almost all domestic developed and modified helicopters were used aircraft engines of foreign production. Helicopters Ka-226, Ka-226T, Ansat, Ansat-U, Ka-62, Mi-26 use foreign-made engines. Now we are considering the option of using a foreign engine on a promising medium-sized transport helicopter. Moreover, even on the Mi-38 medium-capacity helicopter, the installation of a foreign engine was originally planned, and only the supplier's refusal to supply engines to Russia forced domestic developers to create a Russian engine (TV7-117V). Today, after many years of discussion, the issue of developing the serial production of VK-2500 engines in Russia has been resolved.

What is done by the "United Engine-Building Corporation"

Since the beginning of this decade, the program of import substitution in helicopter engine construction was launched, within which a very significant amount of work was carried out. The main results can be considered the development of the serial production of the VK-2500 family engines in Russia. In addition to assembling the engines of the basic version entirely from domestic components, work was carried out to create deeply upgraded VK-2500P / PS engines, in particular, VK-2500PС-03 certified for the newest Mi-171A2 helicopter. The VK-2500PS engine is a modification of the VK-2500 engine with a new fully digital control system of the FADEC type. Now the state joint testing of another modification of the VK-2500 VK-2500P engine for the modernized Mi-28NM helicopter, which is in the stage of flight tests, is on the agenda now.

In addition, the helicopter engine TV7-117V for Mi-38 has been certified. The basic version was developed in the 1980s, but the engine was certified quite recently, the Certificate was obtained with certain limitations of the operational range. During 2018, the whole range of measures to expand the operational range within the framework of the Terms of Reference should be completed, Fokin added.

We consider the possibility of developing a PD-12V engine for perspective heavy helicopters and VK-800V for light helicopters. So on the basis of the gas generator of the dual-path engine PD-14, intended for the passenger-oriented MS-21 airplane, the PD-12V engine for heavy Mi-26 helicopters is being developed. As for VK-800, work is now under way on an aircraft engine version intended for use in the power unit of the L-410 aircraft. At the same time, the CIAM supports the resumption of work on the creation of a helicopter version of VK-800V.

Finally, work was started to shape the perspective helicopter engine. At present, the company "ODK-Klimov" forms proposals for a prospective engine under the "Prospective engine for helicopters" program, this project has not yet been examined by CIAM. But so far it is known that an aircraft engine will be offered in a larger class of power than TV7-117V, which exceeds the existing analogues in terms of manufacturability and specific mass.

Creation of advanced scientific and technical reserve

Creation of perspective aircraft engines is impossible without creation of advanced scientific and technical reserve (NTZ). The goals and programs of NTZ development are already defined. In accordance with the adopted program, prospective aircraft engines should have significantly better characteristics in comparison, for example,



The main directions of the development of helicopter aircraft engines

The specialists of CIAM developed seven main directions for the development of aircraft engines for prospective domestic helicopters



Also the task is to improve the methods of 3D-design.

To ensure these directions of work, the CIAM is developing a whole range of breakthrough technologies. Together with the enterprises of the branch, the institute implements a program called "Development of Technologies for Advanced MGTS and AAP", the aim of this program is the creation of eleven demonstrators of advanced technologies.
Demonstration "electric" MGTD;

1 High-speed reducer MGTD;
2 Nozzle apparatus turbine from KM;
3 Heat exchanger for MGTD "complex" cycle;
4 Combustion chamber MGTD with elements from CM;
5 Experimental single-stage pulp and paper mill
6 Experimental two-stage PPM;
7 High-speed stage of helicopter gearbox.
8 Demonstration turbo-compound aviation piston engine;
9 Demonstration MGTD on gas supports;
10 Demonstration rotary-piston engine.


In accordance with the program, in 2017, the planned design studies with conditional leveling for 2025 and 2035 technologies were performed, and in 2018-2019 it is planned to manufacture and test demonstrators.

To achieve the stated progress of the characteristics of helicopter engines, the CIAM defines a set of technologies that allow obtaining products of a given level of perfection. So to "Technologies 2025" are:

1 Two-stage pulp and paper mill;
2 Compact low-emission CS;
3 RK turbine type "Bliss";
4 Impeller of pulp and paper mill from KM;
5 Compressor casing from CM Cabinet of CS from CM;
6 KS Flare pipe from KM;
7 CA turbine from CM;
8 Hybrid bearings;
9 Electric drive of units;
10 Wireless sensors ACS;
11 HIPCs with remote access;
12 MGTD "complex" cycle with maintenance.


"Technology 2035" includes:

1 Uncooled RK turbines from KM;
2 Case details in MS from KM;
3 Uncooled oil supports;
4 Shafts from CM.

Austin wrote:CIAM PRESENTED PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HELICOPTER ENGINES

https://www.aviaport.ru/news/2018/06/26/545147.html

At the 11th International Helicopter Industry Exhibition HeliRussia 2018, held in late May, the Round Table "The Present and Future of Engine Building for Helicopters" was held, at which Yuri Fokin, Head of the Small-Scale Gas Turbine Engine (MGTD) Department of the Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM), was the keynote speaker. Below is a systematic presentation of his report.

Introduction

In the 1990-2000s, a dramatic situation developed in the domestic helicopter engine building, due to the fact that after the collapse of the USSR, Russia remained without serial production of helicopter engines, in particular, the main aircraft engine of the TV3-117 family, which was manufactured by Zaporizhzhya Motor Sich enterprise. In addition, for a long time, new domestic helicopter engines were not developed or commissioned. Some projects have been started, but have not been completed, for example, the RD-600 helicopter aircraft engine.

The lack of domestic aircraft engines led to the fact that almost all domestic developed and modified helicopters were used aircraft engines of foreign production. Helicopters Ka-226, Ka-226T, Ansat, Ansat-U, Ka-62, Mi-26 use foreign-made engines. Now we are considering the option of using a foreign engine on a promising medium-sized transport helicopter. Moreover, even on the Mi-38 medium-capacity helicopter, the installation of a foreign engine was originally planned, and only the supplier's refusal to supply engines to Russia forced domestic developers to create a Russian engine (TV7-117V). Today, after many years of discussion, the issue of developing the serial production of VK-2500 engines in Russia has been resolved.

What is done by the "United Engine-Building Corporation"

Since the beginning of this decade, the program of import substitution in helicopter engine construction was launched, within which a very significant amount of work was carried out. The main results can be considered the development of the serial production of the VK-2500 family engines in Russia. In addition to assembling the engines of the basic version entirely from domestic components, work was carried out to create deeply upgraded VK-2500P / PS engines, in particular, VK-2500PС-03 certified for the newest Mi-171A2 helicopter. The VK-2500PS engine is a modification of the VK-2500 engine with a new fully digital control system of the FADEC type. Now the state joint testing of another modification of the VK-2500 VK-2500P engine for the modernized Mi-28NM helicopter, which is in the stage of flight tests, is on the agenda now.

In addition, the helicopter engine TV7-117V for Mi-38 has been certified. The basic version was developed in the 1980s, but the engine was certified quite recently, the Certificate was obtained with certain limitations of the operational range. During 2018, the whole range of measures to expand the operational range within the framework of the Terms of Reference should be completed, Fokin added.

We consider the possibility of developing a PD-12V engine for perspective heavy helicopters and VK-800V for light helicopters. So on the basis of the gas generator of the dual-path engine PD-14, intended for the passenger-oriented MS-21 airplane, the PD-12V engine for heavy Mi-26 helicopters is being developed. As for VK-800, work is now under way on an aircraft engine version intended for use in the power unit of the L-410 aircraft. At the same time, the CIAM supports the resumption of work on the creation of a helicopter version of VK-800V.

Finally, work was started to shape the perspective helicopter engine. At present, the company "ODK-Klimov" forms proposals for a prospective engine under the "Prospective engine for helicopters" program, this project has not yet been examined by CIAM. But so far it is known that an aircraft engine will be offered in a larger class of power than TV7-117V, which exceeds the existing analogues in terms of manufacturability and specific mass.

Creation of advanced scientific and technical reserve

Creation of perspective aircraft engines is impossible without creation of advanced scientific and technical reserve (NTZ). The goals and programs of NTZ development are already defined. In accordance with the adopted program, prospective aircraft engines should have significantly better characteristics in comparison, for example,



The main directions of the development of helicopter aircraft engines

The specialists of CIAM developed seven main directions for the development of aircraft engines for prospective domestic helicopters



Also the task is to improve the methods of 3D-design.

To ensure these directions of work, the CIAM is developing a whole range of breakthrough technologies. Together with the enterprises of the branch, the institute implements a program called "Development of Technologies for Advanced MGTS and AAP", the aim of this program is the creation of eleven demonstrators of advanced technologies.
Demonstration "electric" MGTD;

1 High-speed reducer MGTD;
2 Nozzle apparatus turbine from KM;
3 Heat exchanger for MGTD "complex" cycle;
4 Combustion chamber MGTD with elements from CM;
5 Experimental single-stage pulp and paper mill
6 Experimental two-stage PPM;
7 High-speed stage of helicopter gearbox.
8 Demonstration turbo-compound aviation piston engine;
9 Demonstration MGTD on gas supports;
10 Demonstration rotary-piston engine.


In accordance with the program, in 2017, the planned design studies with conditional leveling for 2025 and 2035 technologies were performed, and in 2018-2019 it is planned to manufacture and test demonstrators.

To achieve the stated progress of the characteristics of helicopter engines, the CIAM defines a set of technologies that allow obtaining products of a given level of perfection. So to "Technologies 2025" are:

1 Two-stage pulp and paper mill;
2 Compact low-emission CS;
3 RK turbine type "Bliss";
4 Impeller of pulp and paper mill from KM;
5 Compressor casing from CM Cabinet of CS from CM;
6 KS Flare pipe from KM;
7 CA turbine from CM;
8 Hybrid bearings;
9 Electric drive of units;
10 Wireless sensors ACS;
11 HIPCs with remote access;
12 MGTD "complex" cycle with maintenance.


"Technology 2035" includes:

1 Uncooled RK turbines from KM;
2 Case details in MS from KM;
3 Uncooled oil supports;
4 Shafts from CM.

Denis Manturov: PD-14 generator line will move to PD-12 and PD-8

Posted by 28.06.2019 | @AviaRu |  478

Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade, told Zvezda how the program for testing PD-14 engines is developing, which will be installed on the Russian medium-haul narrow-body passenger aircraft MS-21.

“Now the third car is connected to the tests. By the end of the year we will connect the fourth machine to the tests. That is, PD-14 will be placed on the first-class, but at the same time on the fifth car by its serial number (test cycle). In order not to change the engines in the future, but to put it on the MS-21 and further work on this aircraft. This work will begin early next year. I mean the test cycle from PD-14 to MS-21, ”said Denis Manturov.

With regard to the development of the program in the future, the engine range based on the PD-14 generator will move downward - to the PD-12 and PD-8 engines.

The Minister of Industry and Trade noted that now there is only one engine for helicopters in the mass segment - this is TV7-117, and the industry requires additional types of lighter engines.

“We will need these engines for use in airplanes and transport aircraft, both civil and helicopters, which need their own engines. We are counting on the mass segment that will go to the Ansat, the Ka-62, and the lighter helicopters that the Russian Helicopters are currently developing. Plus, we are working on PD-35 - this is a super-heavy engine, 35 tons. Such an engine was not developed in Soviet times. It will go both to wide-body and long-haul aircraft and to military transport aviation, ”the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade explained.

Russian engine for Ansat may appear in six years



MOSCOW, July 18 - RIA News. The creation of a domestic engine for the Ansat helicopter in four years is an ambitious task, most likely it will take six years, the general director of the Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) named after P.I. Baranova Mikhail Gordin.

Earlier, the general director of the state corporation Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, on the program "Actors" on the TV channel "Russia 1" stated that the Russian engine for light helicopters, including the Ansat, will be ready in four years. He explained that today the engines for these helicopters are purchased in Canada.

“I don’t know what kind of engine was meant, but I can say that there are plans to develop such an engine. In particular, there is an idea to“ reincarnate ”VK-800C back to VK-800V. Originally developed VK“ Klimov ”JSC helicopter engine VK -800V was transferred to the Ural Civil Aviation Plant to make it a power plant with an VK-800S engine to replace the American GE H80-200 on an L-410 aircraft. It was changed during the conversion from helicopter to aircraft, "said Gordin.

According to him, the plant plans to return the helicopter version, which can be used on the Ansats. “There is a test program, a certification program, etc. What is a plus - this is, in fact, a ready-made engine that is being tested. If Russian Helicopters agree on this option, and most likely changes will be required in the helicopter itself,” Ansat "will be able to get a domestic engine based on VK-800V," explained Gordin.

Speaking about the timing of the creation of such an engine, he noted that four years is a very ambitious task. "I would say in six years. Of course, everything depends on financing and desire. But the engine as a child is not born immediately. We need time and a set of tests, some of them cannot be completed faster. Something, of course, can be done if many prototypes, although it is expensive, "- said the general director of CIAM.

In addition, Gordin said, JSC "ODK" and "Rostec" have plans to create their engines for the Ka-62 and Ka-226 helicopters. “These works are open, the timelines are very ambitious. The situation is a bit more complicated: there is a VK-800, but these engines are not there yet. However, there is a good scientific and technical background. This is not research, but development work that starts, In my opinion, it is correct, "- concluded the agency interlocutor.

Gazputin wrote:did anyone read this …. basically the French urging the Russians to not replace French engines but focus on replacing the USA bits …
fascinating ….

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2019-07-22/safran-urges-russia-make-substitutes-us-engine-parts.

[b]UEC Perm Motors will increase the production of PD-14 engines[b]

Posted by 08/09/2019 | @AviaRu |  189

The pace of engine production for the MS-21 aircraft will be increased, the managing director of UEC Perm Motors JSC Sergey Popov told reporters. Reported by "Interfax"

“At present, we can produce 3-4 engines per year. The task set by UEC and the customer is to reach the level of 50 sets, 50 engines per year by 2025,” said Popov.

He said that PD-14 engines will be installed on serial MS-21s in the first quarter of 2020. “There are such agreements with Irkut,” said the managing director. Now the fourth prototype aircraft, on which PD-14 engines are already installed, is preparing for flight tests.

Popov said that UEC Perm Motors has applied to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation to receive financing for the PD-14 after-sales service program. This includes the creation of a pool of replacement engines, warehouses and filling them with spare parts, the creation of repair production and repair points in the main operating areas of MS-21 aircraft. In particular, it is planned that such a repair base will appear on the territory of the Moscow Aviation Hub, where a modular repair workshop will be organized, which will allow local repairs to be carried out quickly without sending the engine to Perm.

"We are closely watching the competitors, Pratt & Whitney, what efforts they made to always have a pool of replacement engines," said Popov. He explained that it is necessary to create an after-sales service management information system that will allow each customer to keep track of the situation for each engine, as well as more efficiently distribute spare parts.

The total amount of financing is estimated at 36 billion rubles. It will be divided into several stages within the framework of systematic work until 2030. Popov expects that the allocation of funds for the formation of software will begin in 2020.

Popov also informed that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) plans to pass certification of production of PD-14 engines in Perm in 2020.

“In 2018, we sent documents to EASA, a discussion took place for a whole year. In March 2019, the EASA commission made its first visit, the next visits will take place in September-October this year. They also plan to arrive in spring and autumn 2020. Based on these of audits, the plant should receive a certificate for the production of PD-14 engines according to European norms and rules, "said Popov.

PD-14 is a basic turbofan engine, which was created in a wide cooperation of UEC enterprises for the MS-21-300 airliner using the latest technologies and materials, including composite ones.

The PD-14 engine is being created as part of a program to develop a family of aircraft engines with thrust from 12.5 tons to 18 tons for use on passenger and transport aircraft of various types, including for the promising MS-21 airliner.

Gazputin wrote:yeah saw that …

I thought they said they want to get up to 70x MC-21s p.a. = 140 PD-14s p.a.  …. excluding spares
50 pa is realistically ….. 20x MC-21s p.a. …… + spares
the size of the task is becoming clear ….

China is interested in Russian PD-14 engines

August 9, 2019 13:09

Chinese authorities are interested in buying the latest Russian PD-14 engines. This was told by Managing Director - General Designer of JSC "UEC-Aviadvigatel" Alexander Inozemtsev on August 9.

“They show interest in our PD-14, they will come to us and discuss it just next week, ” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying .

The PD-14 engine successfully passed certification in 2018, work is underway to improve it and prepare for mass production. Presumably, PD-14 will be delivered as part of a propulsion system with an air intake, hoods and a reversing device.

Gazputin wrote:engines for Mig-31 …. back in production …

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2019-08-13/russia-relaunches-production-engine-cores-mig-31

maybe ….. as this is low bypass …. for the Mig-41  ….. use this engine and use ramjet bypass as in SR-71 ….
you can smell this ….. genius …. as always

Gazputin wrote:engines for Mig-31 …. back in production …

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2019-08-13/russia-relaunches-production-engine-cores-mig-31

maybe ….. as this is low bypass …. for the Mig-41  ….. use this engine and use ramjet bypass as in SR-71 ….
you can smell this ….. genius …. as always

Gazputin wrote:engines for Mig-31 …. back in production …

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2019-08-13/russia-relaunches-production-engine-cores-mig-31

maybe ….. as this is low bypass …. for the Mig-41  ….. use this engine and use ramjet bypass as in SR-71 ….
you can smell this ….. genius …. as always