Engine Deterioration

and Maintenance
Actions

Ivan Hutter
Marketing Manager
GE Aviation

ICAO / Transport Canada

Conference Aircraft Panel
Montreal, 20-21 September 2006
Measures for fuel and emissions
reduction – engines

• Performance Deterioration
• Maintenance Actions
• Fuel efficient design trends

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Engine performance
Cruise fuel mileage deteriorates over
engine on wing life
• Dirt accumulation
• Mechanical wear & erosion

Cruise fuel mileage

Δdeterioration
CRZ
FF

0 1 2 3 4
Years in service
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EGT margin (EGTM) to measure
engine performance deterioration
EGT to achieve thrust EGTM deterioration
EGT Limit
EGT T/O

Good
SFC EGTM
Cycles

Thrust – N1 Flight cycles

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 What impacts deterioration?

EGTM deterioration • Flight legs/cycle

T/O • Environmental factors

Good
EGTM
• Derate
• Overhaul
- Workscope planning
- Material Quality

Flight cycles • On Wing

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Maintenance
Actions

- Diagnostic trending
- Core wash
GE provides diagnostic support for
60% of its operating engines
Diagnostic
Engine
Engine Data
Data
Analysis

Trending
Trending

Alerting
Alerting

Operator GE Product
Action Support Fault
Fault Isolation
Isolation
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In-flight diagnostic trending to
recover fuel efficiency on wing 7
GWFM

TRENDDATA

5 • Performance shift
4
detected
Cruise Fuel Flow

3
DELTA FUEL FLOW AT CRUISE

• Operating limits not

approached
1

-1

-2
• Maintenance action
-3

24-Jan-2002 13-Feb-2002 05-Mar-2002 25-Mar-2002 14-Apr-2002 04-May-2002 24-May-2002 13-Jun-2002 03-Jul-2002 23-Jul-2002
recovered 1.3% fuel
Flight dates FLIGHT DATETIME
flow on wing
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Keeping the gas path clean improves
fuel economy and on wing life
Engine core wash EGTM recovery 5-
15οC
Takeoff EGT Hot Day Margin Vs Flight Date Time

EGTM
60

50
Takeoff EGT Hot Day Margin (°C)

40

30

Core wash

Core wash
20

10

0
5/24/2002 0:00 12/10/2002
0:00
Flight cycles
6/28/2003 0:00 1/14/2004 0:00 8/1/2004 0:00 2/17/2005 0:00 9/5/2005 0:00 3/24/2006 0:00

Flight Date Time

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In-flight diagnostic data show regular
core wash delivers fuel economy
TM
Cruise Fuel Flow

Good
Deterioration

No core
wash
Aircraft fuel
savings
~1.3% ~ $200k*
Regular
core
Cycles wash
*$2/gallon

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GE Customer & Product Support
assist to optimize fuel efficiency
AMM Core wash updates Program optimization
TM

• Diagnostic solutions
• Reduced dry out run
• CRZ FF/TOW benefit
• Idle wash – no dry out
- no effluent • Environmental impact
CF6 • Select procedure
• VSV/VBV driver • Determine frequency
• Procedural simplification
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Fuel efficient design trends
New generation engines offer big fuel
efficiency gains and lower emissions
Specific Fuel Consumption

CF6

-15%

Installed thrust
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Fuel efficient, balanced design

Configuration Hardware
• 80% increase in BPR • Swept fan aerodynamics
• 30% increase in OPR • 3D aero HPC airfoils
• Counter rotating spools • Advanced alloys,
coatings
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