Euro Aircraft Emissions, Noise Issues Part of ASME Turbo Expo Agenda
March 12, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) will host the Turbo Expo 2008 - Gas Turbine Technical Congress and Exposition, June 9-13 in Berlin, Germany.
The event's technical program will include sessions on cogeneration, controls and diagnostics, advanced materials and other subjects relating to gas turbine technology. Other topics include heat transfer, structures and dynamics, fuel flexibility and alternative fuels.
According to Thomas Sattelmayer, chair of the ASME technical conference, several sessions within the five-day program will explore areas of interest in the local European marketplace, including emissions control and noise reduction.
"Population growth around commercial airports in some European locales is creating a strong incentive to decrease noise in aero-engines," said Sattelmayer, a professor at Technical University in Munich, Germany. "Engineers are being called upon to provide innovative solutions to this problem."
Four sessions covering noise prediction, fan noise, jet noise and combustion and core noise are scheduled for the expo.
The conference and exposition will bring together engineers, research scientists, educators and other professionals involved in the design, operation and maintenance of gas turbines. In addition to aircraft engines, Turbo Expo will highlight the latest R&D in stationary gas turbine systems. Sessions will also include electric power, micro-turbines and small turbo-machinery, as well as coal technology.
"There is a growing interest in some European markets in elevating the efficiency and performance of coal plants," said Sattelmayer. "Federal programs are sponsoring research in high-temperature steam, sequestration and other methods of carbon dioxide [CO2] reduction."
In addition to the technical program, the conference will include facility tours, continuing education short courses and a three-day exposition showcasing the products and services of engine manufacturers, software developers, research laboratories and other firms.
For more information about the Turbo Expo, go to http://www.asmeconferences.org/TE08/.
Source: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).