Contributing Organizations to GTSJ
Gas Turbine Society of Japan
http://www.gtsj.org/english
http://www.aikoku.co.jp http://www.cre-nagoya.com/
Aikoku installed the first 5axis machine for At our company, we specialize in design and aircraft structural parts in 1975 and now possess development in the field of aerospace one 5-axis machines. We produce annual engineering. We are involved in almost all the 3,000,000pcs of machined impellers up major projects in this field in Japan. toΦ1700mm for gas- turbo compressor, The broad support in the design development turbocharger and so on, as well as aerospace which starts in structure and an electric complex parts machined by 5axis. electronic design and results in analysis, software development, and quality control is possible. The education system of our original set by each of the user. Backup organization by the organization which acquired attestation of the international standard.
GE Power & Water C3 Hitachi Zosen Corporation C4
https://powergen.gepower.com/ http://www.hitachizosen.co.jp
GE Power & Water provides customers with a Hitachi Zosen Corporation was founded in 1881 broad array of power generation, energy delivery originated from Shipbuilding, now being and water process technologies to solve their diversified to Waste to Energy system, challenges locally. We work in all areas of the Desalination system and other infrastructure energy industry including renewable resources related businesses including power plant such as wind and solar, biogas and coal, oil, business, with approx.9,000 employee natural gas and nuclear energy. The business throughout the world. In the gas-fired power plant also develops advanced technologies to help business, Hitachi Zosen is able to offer not only solve the world’s most complex challenges turn-key service of construction but operation related to water availability and quality. Power & and maintenance services, supported by its own Water’s six business units include Distributed IPP business for more than 15years. Currently Power, Nuclear Energy, Power Generation built and operate 2 units of 110MW GE-based Products, Power Generation Services, GTCC plants in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. This Renewable Energy and Water & Process all inclusive service brings customer promised Technologies. Headquartered in Schenectady, and stable project earnings in long term basis. N.Y Honda R&D Co., Ltd. C5 IHI Castings Co., Ltd.(ICC) C6 Aircraft Engine R&D Center
http://world.honda.com/RandD/wako_e/ http://www.ihi.co.jp/icc/
Aircraft Engine R&D Center carries out IHI Castings Co., Ltd.(ICC) manufactures heat- technology research and product development in resistant alloy precision castings used for aircraft order to generate the world’s No.1 compact gas jet engines, industrial gas turbines, space turbine engines for the business aviation industry. equipment, turbocharger for vehicles and ships, In 2004, GHAE, a joint venture company with general industrial equipment and such. General Electric Co., one of the world’s leading Since its establishment as Ishikawajima jet engine manufacturers was established, and Precision Casting Co., Ltd. in 1977, we have the development of HF120, production engine for been manufacturing and providing precision business jet commenced. In December 2013, casting materials. Also, to address the growing FAA Type Certificate was issued for HF120. Now demands, we have enhanced the production HF120 is installed in HondaJet playing a key role capacities of Soma and Matsumoto Plants by in its high performance. Honda has continued to promoting efficiency of production lines. We will pursue research for the future so as to deliver put more effort into new techniques including high-performance, high-quality product. powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing along with precision casting, and continue to offer excellent products of near-net-shape and net-shape materials.
IHI Compressor and Machinery Co., C7 IHI Corporation C8 Ltd. (ICM)
http://www.ihi.co.jp/ http://www.ihi.co.jp/icm/index.html/ http://www.ihi.co.jp/powersystems/english/index.html
IHI Compressor and Machinery Co., Ltd. (ICM), 1.Energy & Plant Operations as a member of IHI group, provides IHI offers a variety of gas turbines with power comprehensive engineering solutions from output per unit from 2 MW to 40 MW, to provide manufacturing industrial compressors, marine appropriate power generation system to turbochargers and hydraulic motors for deck customers with the customization and cranes to engineering, designing, installing and optimization of the power generation system to maintenance of plant facilities. meet their needs. Our experience and expertise in rotating machinery has been gained through years of 2. Defense System Div. manufacturing jet engines and turbochargers. IHI participates in the development and We have been manufacturing compressors since manufacture of main propulsion and power 1970 and as many as 7000 compressors have generators on naval vessel applying aero- been delivered to date. Also, ICM compressor derivative gas turbines. In addition, IHI is in lineup covers from 75kW to 1800kW and can charge of the maintenance and repair of these meet wide range of customer requests like oil- gas turbine engines, contributing to the stable free option for ecological purpose. operations of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. IHI Inspection & Instrumentation C9 IHI Jet Service Co., Ltd.(IJS) C10 Co., Ltd.
http://www.iic-hq.co.jp/ http://www.ihi.co.jp/ijs
IHI Inspection & Instrumentation Co., Ltd. (IIC) is IJS provides services and maintenances of Gas a fully owned subsidiary of IHI. In 1974, the Turbines Equipment developed and quality management and inspection functions of manufactured by IHI, supports to design and IHI were spun off to establish IIC. Therefore, manufacture of Aero-engines and Space from the outset, IIC has been employed many Equipment, and maintenances of Industrial top-level experts in various fields such as Plants. sophisticated inspection technology, material and Based upon high-quality technology which IJS chemical analysis, strain and vibration had developed and know-how which IJS had measurements, stress and fatigue diagnostics accumulated through their business, IJS also and conduct of advanced tests using huge wind develops and manufactures Mobile Gas Turbine tunnels, vibration stands or other facilities. Generator and Aircraft Rinse System. Moreover, we have an organization for We continue to make an effort to create developing and manufacturing state-of-the-art customer’s delight through our assured inspection instruments and equipment. technology and our thoughtful service, and contribute to realization of wealthy and happy society.
Japan Aerospace Exploration C11 Japan Internal Combustion Engine C12 Agency Federation
http://www.aero.jaxa.jp/eng/ http://www.jicef.org/
Aeronautical Technology Directorate of Japan Japan Internal Combustion Engine Federation Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is (JlCEF) was founded in 1954, which is the pursuing various R&D programs on three key Secretariat of Japanese National Member words, “Environment”, “Safety”, and ‘Frontier’, Association (NMA) for CIMAC (International while continuing to research the aeronautical Council on Combustion Engines), and also the sciences and basic technologies. One of them is Secretariat of JlCESC, Japan Internal the aFJR (Advanced Fan Jet Research) project. Combustion Engine Standard Committee for ISO, The aFJR puts special emphasis on increasing which consists of national comittees for the environmental compatibility of "fans" and ISO/TC70 (Technical Committee on Internal "low-pressure turbines" because Japanese Combustion Engines in ISO, International aircraft engine manufacturers have a backed Organization for Standardization) and record of developing and supplying these engine ISO/TC192 (Technical Committee on Gas components. “Green engine technology" is Turbines in ISO). another R&D initiative for high-pressure systems JICEF is having very active and important roles and core engine technologies. Its aim is to obtain for communications, co-ordination of opinions for technologies for small and powerful core engines common interests, promotion of mutual as efficient, clean, and quite as the latest large friendship etc. among manufacturers, users and size jet engines. neutral experts on reciprocating internal combustion engines and gas turbines. Japanese Aero Engines C13 Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. C14 Corporation
http://www.jaec.or.jp// http://global.kawasaki.com
The Japanese Aero Engines Corporation was The origin of Kawasaki’s gas turbine business is established to coordinate and manage the overall dating back to 1943, the success of first test flight progress of multi-national collaboration programs of type “Ne-0” engine which is developed by in1981 under the guidance of the Ministry of Kawasaki. Nowadays, Kawasaki supplies International Trade and Industry (presently helicopter engines to Japan self-defense force. known as Economy, Trade and Industry) with the Also, Kawasaki has been participated several IHI Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., international development programs for and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. It is the commercial airline engines. Furthermore, in Japanese business entity charged with order to utilize the technology developed through promoting international collaborations for manufacturing of jet engines, Kawasaki started Japanese national projects to develop and to manufacture the industrial gas turbine named produce engines for civil aircraft such as V2500 “Kawasaki Gas Turbine”. Kawasaki has wide and PW1100G-JM. range of line up from 150kW to 30,000kW and it has been installed all over the world.
Maruwa Electronic Inc. C15 Metal Technology Co. Ltd. C16
http://www.kinzoku.co.jp/english/index.html?lid=1 http://www.maruwa-denki.co.jp/
Maruwa Electronic Inc. (MEI) has gone forward Metal Technology Co. Ltd. (MTC) was founded in surely infinite and unique development for a high 1960, and now are providing integrated speed rotation apparatus and combustion manufacturing systems of metal parts by HIP chamber. Our product and service are essential treatment, Vacuum Heat treatment, Diffusion to the design calculation and material integrity for Bonding, Machining, Brazing, Welding and new design, performance and reliability important. Additive Manufacturing to meet the rapidly MEI always looks steadily at future and responds changing needs of various industries including surely quickly to the customer’s requirement. Aerospace and Industrial Gas Turbines as a MEI has grown due to receiving deep trust from Specialist Service Provider for customers our customers. MEI strives for even greater worldwide from our 7 plants located in Japan and development and contributes a society even 1 plant in Suzhou in China. increasingly, under the theme of customer E-mail [email protected] satisfaction. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, C17 MITSUI ENGNEERING & C18 Ltd. SHIPBUILDING CO.,LTD.
https://www.mhps.com/en/ http://www.mhpowersystems.com/ http://www.psca.mhps.com http://www.mes.co.jp/
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) We, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. is a company formed in 1st February 2014 (MES) started research of developing the integrating the thermal power generation industrial gas turbine from 1950, and delivered systems business of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the first machine in 1954. After that we keep Ltd. (MHI) and Hitachi, Ltd. proposing a gas turbine according to the MHPS offers a wide variety of gas turbines to customer's various requests. satisfy its global customers. Proven and reliable gas turbines demonstrated in our verification SB series (our development gas turbine): facility in the range from 28 MW to 470 MW 1MW-24MW, can use the byproduct gas from a provide you value added and attractive solution refinery, etc.. not only for power business but also for the other industries such as oil and gas. Please visit our The MSC series (Solar Turbines’ gas turbine): website and GTSJ booth for the detailed 3-14MW class, simple cogeneration system information. The MACS series (Solar Turbines’ gas turbine): 7-18MW class, the combined cycle
Nakakita Seisakusho Co., Ltd. C19 Turbomachinery Group, C20 Research Institute for Energy Conservation, Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Advanced http://www.nakakita-s.co.jp/ Industrial Science and Technology https://unit.aist.go.jp/energy/tmrg/ Since foundation in 1930, we have been engaged in research and development of fluid As the primary technologies supporting the control system with a central focus on valves, distributed energy network system, following and aspiring to be a company, which can make subjects are studied: (1) Novel turbomachinery best proposals to customers ahead of the needs systems, (2) Various device technologies and of the times. control technologies and (3) Material processing We're producing valves for gas turbine as an technologies. Coping with those technologies, overall manufacturer. Products line-up you can optimum ways to suppress fossil fuel use at the wide process, including high/low- dependency and adopting clean energy are temperature and high-pressure line. We can explored. supply high quality control valves Recent topics are the followings; Ammonia (pneumatic/hydraulic/servo/electric-motor fueled gas turbine, Flow controlling by DBD operated), butterfly, self-operated and safety plasma actuator, Suspension plasma spray using valves, which has been verified by our high- twin cathode plasma spray gun. accuracy inspection facilities including precise Key words: Gas Turbine, Heat Resistant Material, Cv measurement and are applicable to Active Flow Control Device, Cycle Analysis, customer’s various requests. Cogeneration, Thermal spray, CMC, A-IGCC, A- IGFC Niigata Power Systems Co., Ltd. C21 NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (Class NK) C22
http://www.niigata-power.com http://www.classnk.com
Niigata Power Systems Co., Ltd. (NPS) is a ClassNK is a ship classification society dedicated Japanese diesel engine manufacturing company. to ensuring the safety of life and property at sea Since 1895 Niigata Engineering Co., Ltd of and protecting the marine environment. With predecessor was founded, NPS have contributed more than 230 million gross tons, or some 20% to the industrial development in the world, for of the world’s merchant fleet on register, example the development of the Japan’s first ClassNK is one of the world’s largest marine diesel. NPS mainly produces diesel and classification societies on a gross tonnage basis. gas engine, gas turbine, and Z-Peller (Z drive Based in Japan, ClassNK is a global azimuth thruster) which are utilized for electric organization committed to providing the highest generator, seagoing vessel, and locomotive train. quality services, supporting clients 24/7 through NPS also builds generator packages by using its a service network of 130 exclusive survey offices productions or other companies’ (e.g. Solar worldwide. Turbines, IHI) engines.
Nippon Muki Co., Ltd. C23 Osaka Yakin Kogyo Co.,Ltd. C24
http://www.nipponmuki.co.jp http://www.osakayakin.co.jp
We make new clean value and help to control Based on technology cultivated for over 70 years, the clean environment as leading company of air we offer vacuum heat treating, vacuum brazing filter. and surface modification for heat-resisting alloys Air filter protects air compressor from dust and used of gas turbine. We also produce complex prevents for drop of the generation efficiency. shaped parts by metal injection molding. We started the sales to Gas Turbine (GT) Heat treatment customer from 1993. Now many GT customer in Treated products exhibit their performance Japan are using and satisfying our products. sufficiently, and meet the specifications with a Air filter for GT are requested as high efficiency sufficient margin because of controlling and long life. Because we have a lot of filter technique of narrow temperature range and lineup, technical knowledge, and experiences, cooling rate. We achieve prompt and precise we can propose the best filter based on the response by maintenance of equipment by customer’s environment and request. Please ourselves. feel free to contact us. Metal Injection Molding We supply complex shaped parts with high quality by using know-how and series of techniques including powder production, molding, debinding, sintering and inspection. Sophia Precision Corp. C25 TOMINAGA ＆ Co.,Ltd. C26
http://www.sophiajet.com http://www.tomco.co.jp/
Sophia Precision Corp. develops and produces TOMINAGA ＆ Co.,Ltd. was founded in 1939, Jet Engines in the 10kW micro gas turbine and and our Gas Turbine business has more than 30 85N thrust turbo Jet Engine specially for years of history. And EthosEnergy, which we educational markets worldwide. have served as distributor, is a joint venture Sophia Precision can supply numerous between Wood Group and Siemens. variations, like liquid fuel or gas fuel, electric EthosEnergy is a leading independent service generator or eddy current dynamometer, and can provider of rotating equipment services and monitoring many inspection points. All systems solutions to the power, oil & gas and are controlled with Labview® and its data industrial markets. Globally, these services acquisition allows you to study how the jet include power plant engineering, procurement engine works. and construction; facility operations & maintenance; design, manufacture and application of engineered components, upgrades and re-rates; repair, overhaul and optimization of gas and steam turbines, generators, pumps, compressors and other high-speed rotating equipment.
Toshiba Corporation C27 TOYOTA MOTOR C28 CORPORATION
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm
Toshiba Eco Technologies Give Energy to the Future Toyota started development of the automotive gas turbine in 1964. The idea of “the gas turbine Supplying the world's expanding energy needs. hybridization” was succeeded to the PRIUS. The Meeting the world's growing environmental technologies developed since have been utilized needs. for the automotive turbocharges and other Toshiba power generation technology for products of Toyota Turbine and Systems Inc. We geothermal, hydroelectric, wind and other continue to pursue R&D for various applications renewable sources is smart for the future: stable of the gas turbine, including potential for use in supply of sustainable energy. future mobility. I would appreciate any advice Our goal is No. 1 environmental performance members and supporting members of the Gas in every product we manufacture. Turbine Society of Japan may provide. For a growing world and a sustainable society, Toshiba is at the forefront of environmental technology. Turbo Systems United Co., Ltd. C29 Woodward Japan Ltd. C30
http://www.woodward.com/Application- IndustrialTurbine.aspx Turbo Systems United Co., Ltd. (TSU) is a joint Since 1870, Woodward Inc. has been developing venture company between ABB and IHI, Aero and Industrial Control Systems for the Gas established on October 1st, 1998. TSU’s mission Turbine market. Woodward supplies reliable is to provide highest quality products and service, products and services to customers world-wide. based on the knowledge and experience gained Woodward’s market-leading portfolio contains over several decades. controllers, metering valves, geometric actuators, and fuel nozzles for application in heavy frame TSU is headquartered in Tokyo and service turbines, aero-derivative engines, as well as stations are located in Tokyo, Hakodate, Kobe, Small and Micro gas turbines. Visit our website Onomichi, and Fukuoka. Each Service Station to find the optimum solution for your gas turbine. provides maintenance, overhaul, and repair works for ABB and IHI turbo chargers. Woodward Japan Ltd. WBG Marive West 19F, 2-6-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-71119 Japan University Hosei University U1 Kansai University U2 Fluid Engineering Laboratory Thermal Engineering Laboratory, Department of mechanical Department of Mechanical engineering Engineering Professor Hoshio Tsujita http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp//English/academics/fac_eng.html http://mech.ws.hosei.ac.jp/004.html
The research subjects in the fluid engineering Fundamental researches on film cooling, laboratory at Hosei University are emphasized impingement jet cooling, endwall heat transfer, on the internal flow and the performance and ribbed and pin-fin channels, are being characteristics of turbomachine. The recent performed by Large Eddy Simulations (LES) research programs concerning the axial turbine validated by wind tunnel test. We are developing are the investigation of the internal flow behavior an in-house LES program with a SGS model in the highly loaded turbine cascades with high developed in Japan, which can simulate our low- turning angle by the experimental and the speed wind tunnel tests of complex turbulent numerical methods and the numerical study for flows and heat transfer in gas turbines. Our goals the transpiration cooling. Those for the are (1) to clarify the basic mechanism of complex centrifugal compressor are devoted to the control heat transfer in gas turbines, (2) to control flow of the rotating stall and the surge, and the and heat transfer to minimize entropy generation, numerical analysis for the effects of the tip and (3) to develop advanced cooling leakage flow on the loss generation. technologies for coolant flow reduction.
Kyoto University U3 Kyoto University U4 Environmental Fluids and Thermal Thermal Engineering Laboratory Engineering Lab., Department of Aeronautics and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Astronautics and Science Kyoto 615-8540, Japan Associate Prof. Ryoichi KUROSE http://te.kuaero.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index-e.html Members: Prof. Hideo Yoshida, Associate Prof. http://www.mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~rgd/index-e.html Hiroshi Iwai, Assistant Prof. Motohiro Saito, The principal objective of our Lab is to physically Assistant Prof. Masashi Kishimoto understand turbulence and transport phenomena appearing in industrial and environmental flows. We are currently studying transport phenomena Particular emphasis is placed on the chemical in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and catalytic reaction and combustion seen in many combustion. In particular, to improve the engineering applications such as engines and performance and durability of SOHC, energy conversion devices. microstructure of anode/cathode are investigated Gaseous/spray/pulverized-coal combustion by using focused ion beam and scanning including pollutant emissions are targeted. electron microscope (FIB-SEM), and in parallel Recently, large-eddy simulations (DNS) and numerical simulations are conducted for direct numerical simulations (DNS) of such thermofluid and electrochemical fields. In view of turbulent gaseous, spray and pulverized coal energy carrier, studies on ammonia in addition to combustion fields in several combustors and hydrogen are ongoing with special emphasis on furnaces have been carried out by massively- decomposition/reforming reactions. Previously, parallel computing using K computer. For further we also made performance analyses for hybrid details, see http://www.fluid.me.kyoto- systems consisting of GT and SOFC, and u.ac.jp/members/kurose/hpci.html experiment on a novel bearing aiming at an application to micro GT. Kyushu University U5 Kyushu University U6 Aerospace Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Department of Aeronautics and Engineering, Astronautics Fluid Science Laboratory
http://www.aero.kyushu-u.ac.jp/apl/ http://fe.mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index-j.html
In Aerospace Propulsion Laboratory, many The research topics in the Laboratory include: studies related the fluid dynamics and thermal unsteady flow phenomena in turbomachines engineering of airbreathing engines are executed. such as the rotating stall and the surge in axial One of the main research topic is the fan noise and centrifugal compressors, aerodynamic noise prediction and active control. In the fan noise in fans, design of wind-lens turbine, aerodynamic prediction, the hybrid method of CFD and the optimization of turbomachines, advanced modal decomposition is used, and good turbomachinery design with an innovative agreement with experiment is obtained. In the approach, development of optical measurement active control of fan noise research, the optimal (PSP: pressure sensitive paint) technique for low anti¬--sound of the target sound modes is speed flow. Much of the research has been successfully generated to reduce the fan noise. conducted as collaborative projects with Other research topics are the flutter of the industries and consortium research. turbomachinery, the aerodynamics of the small centrifugal compressors for automobile turbochargers, etc.
Kyushu University U7 Nagaoka University of Technology U8 Department of Mechanical Professor OKAZAKI Masakazu Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Reactive Gas Dynamics Laboratory 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan Tel: +81 92 802 3147, Fax: +81 92 802 0001 http://mcweb.nagaokaut.ac.jp/~okazaki/iamutHP/ Prof. Toshiaki Kitagawa [email protected] Asoc. Prof. Hiroaki Watanabe [email protected] Research activities http://www.mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~rgd/index-e.html * Structural and/or functional reliability of Combustion phenomena are studied in Reactive superalloys, Gas Dynamics Laboratory. Our interests include * Thermo-Mechanical, Low- and High- cycle not only conventional fuels but also alternative Fatigue of Thermal Barrier and Protective and next-generation fuels such as carbon neutral Coatings, biomass, coal gasification syngas and hydrogen. * Evolution and Non-Contact Evaluation of Huge amount of energy is utilized by combustion CMAS Damage, of fuel in the world. It is very important to * Friction Stir Welding of Heat Resisting understand combustion properties of these fuels Materials. for global warming and energy issues. We and, investigate the fundamental and practical * Utilization Technology of Bio-Mass Resources aspects of combustion properties and techniques for Energy Systems. by experiments and numerical simulations. Our studies contribute to the developments of automobile and gas turbine engines, combustors and boilers in industries. Osaka Institute of Technology U9 Teikyo University U10 Mechanical Engineering Department Joint Program Center Turbomachinery Laboratory Applied Fluid Dynamics & Energy (Kawata Laboratory) Machinery Systems
https://www.e-campus.gr.jp/staffinfo/public http://www.oit.ac.jp/med/~kawata/index.html /staff/detail/1503/160 Research topics of the turbomachinery The objective of research and development laboratory concerning the gasturbine are as activities in Joint Program Center of Teikyo follows: University is to create valuable products, (1) Turbine aerodynamics for the reduction of components and technology for global society the secondary flow loss. 3D fence is developed and industry through objective oriented to reduce the secondary flow loss cooperative programs with manufacturing (2) Internal convection cooling of the turbine companies, universities and research institutes. blade with improved rib turbulator. Combined Our scopes of research and development are system of internal and external cooling by 1. Energy Machinery Systems: Collaborative enhaced vortex programs are underway to increase steam (3) Efficiency enhancement of radial compressor turbine efficiency with the development of high- and the method to reduce surge area and performance blade and exhaust diffuser design simulation of surge phenomena methodology using large-scale aerodynamic and (4) 3D blade design of axial fan and propeller fan structural interaction analysis. to improve performance and to reduce noise. 2. Applied Fluid Dynamics: CFD and structural Especially innovative design concepts to analysis of arteries with cerebral aneurysms and improve performance of the gasturbine is nasal passages. pursued as research object
The University of Tokyo U11 The University of Tokyo U12 Jet Propulsion Laboratory (UTJPL) Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Teramoto-Okamoto Lab. http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/jetlab/english/index.html
http://www.thermo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the University of Tokyo (UTJPL) executes fundamental Our research interest is to understand basic flow researches in the area of thermo-fluid dynamics physics of variety of flowfields related to in jet engine and rocket systems through aerospace propulsion and turbomachinery. experimental, computational, and theoretical Current research topic includes high-resolution approaches. The recent research programs large-eddy simulation of tip clearance flow, include flow-induced vibration of transonic fan, acoustics from supersonic impinging jet, detailed unsteady behavior of compressor flow, turbulence of cryogenic supercritical flows, shock humid air flow in compressor, broadband fan wave / turbulent boundary layer interaction, cycle noise, two-phase flow phenomena in liquid analysis and design study of new concept rocket system, sloshing, liquid atomization, bio- rotating machines such as wave rotor Tesla fluid mechanics, and so on. The laboratory is pumps. widely opened to the global collaboration with Faculty members: Associate Professor Susumu institutes and industries. Teramoto, Associate Professor Koji Okamoto, Faculty members: Professor Toshinori Watanabe, Assistant Professor Kazuo Yamaguchi Associate Professor Takehiro Himeno, Project Associate Professor Chihiro Inoue, Assistant Professor Yasunori Sakuma. The University of Tokyo U13 Tohoku University U14 Advanced Aeropropulsion Prof. Satoru Yamamoto Laboratory (AAL) Laboratory of Mathematical Modeling and Computation, Members: Project Professor Toshinori Watanabe, Department of Computer and Project Associate Professor Keiichi OKAI Mathematical Sciences AAL is a social collaboration laboratory based on http://www.caero.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/ a collaborative study between IHI Corporation Our laboratory studies numerical methods and and the University of Tokyo, located in the develops the computational codes on multi- University of Tokyo. physics CFD (MPCFD). MPCFD is a research Present project is intended to create an field where flows with additional complex physics advanced and fundamental technology and to are resolved by numerical simulation. Two foster human resources for developing a safe, typical in-house codes are now being developed. highly environmentally compatible and innovative Numerical Turbine: code for simulating unsteady aeropropulsion system which is inevitable for the 3-D flows of moist-air and wet-steam through future air transport to be broadly-accepted and to multi-stage stator-rotor blade rows considering accomplish sustainable growth. The research nonequilibrium condensation. This code can topics are as follows: apply to not only steam turbines but also gas ・Environmental compatibility turbines with humidity. ・Energy management Supercritical-fluids Simulator (SFS): code for ・Manufacturing technology simulating supercritical-fluid flows. Several Along with these research activities, AAL is substances such as water and carbon dioxide in working on education and promotion of gas, liquid and supercritical states with critical cooperation among government, industry and point can be taken into account. academia.
Tokushima Bunri University (TBU) U15 Tokyo Institute of Technology U16 Takeishi Laboratory, Assistant Professor Yutaka Ito, Department of Systems Control Nagasaki Lab Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering http://www2.es.titech.ac.jp/ito/index.html https://www.bunri-u.ac.jp/en/ Intercooled and recuperated aviation gas Takeishi Laboratory was relocated major turbines (ICR gas turbines) have the strong laboratory equipment from Osaka University in potential to reduce not only “SFC” but also “fuel 2014, and started research on gas turbine heat burnt” if weight increase is avoidable when transfer etc. in TBU. The following experimental installing heat exchangers. To prevent weight and numerical research items are investigated. problems, we proposed that existing fixed stators *Higher efficient film cooling configurations and and vanes were used as air-to-refrigerant heat the mechanism of its high efficiency exchangers, furthermore, a refrigerant *Heat transfer and film cooling on the endwall of transported heat between hot and cold heat high loaded vanes and blades exchangers. This is because no heat exchanger *Improvement of heat transfer coefficient of an is added, moreover, the refrigerant connecting impingement cooling, turbulent ribs and pin fin tubes require a much smaller diameter than air etc. connecting ducts. To design airfoil heat *Heat transfer on the rotating flow passage. exchangers, we are attempting to estimate the *New experimental methods to investigate gas heat transfer coefficients experimentally and turbine heat transfer, such as X ray CT, MRI, LIF, numerically. PIV etc. U17 Tokyo University of Agriculture and U18 Tokyo Metropolitan University Technology Combustion and Propulsion Thermal Fluids Engineering Lab. Laboratory (Prof. Akira Murata) Department of Mechanical Systems http://www.comp.sd.tmu.ac.jp/comb/index.htm Engineering ttp://www.mmlab.mech.tuat.ac.jp/ Our research mainly focuses on the development of hybrid propulsion and micro gas turbine We carry out the researches on various applications. Fundamental combustion topics heat/thermal problems as follows: related to these applications are also studied. 1) Effective cooling of gas turbine elements for The laboratory has a rocket engine test cell higher thermal efficiency and CO2 reduction (film enabling up to 1.5 kN thrust and a combustion cooling of airfoil trailing edge, internal cooling experiment room. enhancement of turbine blades by using dimpled Research topics: surface, and effusion cooling of combustor liner ・Swirl-flow Hybrid Rocket Engines wall) ・Combustor development for Micro Gas 2) Development of high performance heat Turbines exchanger for environment-friendly energy ・Propulsion applications of detonations and conservation (heat transfer enhancement by high-speed flames using vortex generators and dimples) ・Fundamental combustion: meso-scale 3) High performance heat transport device combustion, Lean-premixed pre-vaporized utilizing phase change applicable to heat combustion of kerosene using porous media spreader for electronic/electric device cooling Member: Takashi SAKURAI (PI, Assoc.Prof.), (parallel tube heat transport device with Graduate students (Master: 7), Bachelor spontaneously induced internal flow) students: 4
Tokyo University of Science U19 Waseda University U20 Department of Mechanical Aerospace Transportation Systems Engineering Lab. Yamamoto CFD Labo. Department of Applied Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering Professor Tetsuya Sato http://www.sci.waseda.ac.jp/eng/research_profile http://www.rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp/yamamoto/index.html s/fundamental/f3/2013/04/2503/
The laboratory mainly conducts R&D of the Multi-physics CFD (Computational Fluid hypersonic precooled turbojet engine to apply a Dynamics) simulation will be one of key hypersonic cruiser and spaceplane in technologies in research and development of cooperation with JAXA. We are currently various machines in near future. We are involved in preliminary studies such as an engine challenging to construct multi-physics CFD system unsteady simulation, study of supersonic codes to reproduce a lot of multi-physics inlet buzz, study of the cryogenic two phase flow, phenomena such as icing, sand erosion, particle study of the frost formation on the precooler and deposition and so on, which can often be CFD analysis of the mixed-flow compressor observed in a jet engine. The developed codes under the windmill condition or with temperature have successfully be applied to fans, distorted inflow. Recently, we have proposed a compressors and turbines. The numerical results Mach 5 flight experiment of a small scale ramjet provided us useful knowledge that it is too vehicle using a sounding rocket called HIMICO: difficult to obtain by experiments. High Mach Integrated Control Experiment. U21 Waseda University Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery Lab. Department of Applied Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering Professor Yutaka Ohta Professor Emeritus Eisuke Outa http://www.ohta.mech.waseda.ac.jp/ Unsteady flow-induced vibration and noise generated in turbomachinery systems such as rotating stall, surge, rotating instability and aero- acoustic noise are main targets of our research. In order to achieve highly-efficient fluid machinery systems, we are conducting large- scale experiments with detailed measurements of flow field and high-precision numerical analyses of turbulent flows. Our research covers various types of rotating machines, such as axial-flow compressors, axial-flow turbines, centrifugal compressors, radial blowers and also cross-flow type fans for ventilating systems. Further research interests include unsteady vortical structure experiments on Taylor vortex flow and unsteady data reduction systems using wavelet transformation.