The installation of a common rail diesel engine on a light helicopter of the eurocopter EC120 class

A feasibility study for the installation of a CRDID (Common Rail Direct Injection Diesel) on a light helicopter is introduced. The total mass available for the CRDID is evaluated starting from fuel consumption and helicopter data. The conversion of an automotive unit was discarded to excessive mass...

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Autores:
Frizziero, Leonardo
Piancastelli, Luca
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/67622
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/67622
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/68651/
Palabra clave:
62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
Helicopter
diesel
common rail.
Helicóptero
diésel
conducto común.
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:A feasibility study for the installation of a CRDID (Common Rail Direct Injection Diesel) on a light helicopter is introduced. The total mass available for the CRDID is evaluated starting from fuel consumption and helicopter data. The conversion of an automotive unit was discarded to excessive mass and excessive costs of the conversion. A derivative of an automotive engine was then considered. This solution proved to be feasible. The installation of the new CRDID was then studied. The turbocharger and the cooling system were defined for the application. The result was the evaluation of the power plant installation mass that proved to be much lower than the maximum admissible. The installation is then possible.