AGT 100 experimental ceramic component test-bed

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5146796

Johnson, R A

The AGT 100 is an advanced gas turbine designed for passenger car application. The most significant of its advanced features is the use of structural ceramic components for the hot section of the engine's flow path. The engine was expressly designed for ceramic components; previously, ceramic materials were simply substituted for metal components. Early experimental builds of the AGT 100 contained many ceramic components and metal substitutes for the more complex ceramic components that were not yet fabricated. Engine testing has continued to accumulate operating time on the ceramic components that have always been engine-worthy (combustor, regenerator, vanes, rings and spacers, piston ring). Recent engine tests have included both a ceramic turbine rotor and static structure (scroll, vanes, backplates, coupling). Each type and shape of ceramic component has now been engine tested. Development is continuing to improve them even further.

• Research Organization: Allison Gas Turbine Div., General Motors Corp., Indianapolis, IN
• OSTI ID: 5146796
• Report Number(s): CONF-860635-
• Resource Relation: Conference: 31. international gas turbine conference and exhibit, Dusseldorf, F.R. Germany, 8 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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