Press release

May 2020

Press release regarding the start of the project “Development of the research infrastructure for the characterization of seals with rotating labyrinth – INFRASEAL”

INCD COMOTI completed on 28.04.2020 the contracting process for the INFRASEAL project “Development of the research infrastructure for the characterization of seals with rotating labyrinth” MySMIS code 133818 by signing the research contract no. 11/1.1.3H/28.04.2020 with the Ministry of Education and Research as Intermediate Body (OI), on behalf of and for the Ministry of European Funds (MFE) as Management Authority (MA) for the Competitiveness Operational Program 2014-2020 ( POC), Priority Axis 1, Action A. 1.1.3 Creating synergies with the Horizon 2020 programme. The project proposal was evaluated and certified by the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking on 27 August 2019. The value of the contract is 9,016,070 lei of which the total non-refundable eligible amount is 8,996,070 lei (80% from European funds and 20% from the national budget).

The main objective of the INFRASEAL project is to expand the capabilities for advanced experimental and numerical investigations to characterize the airflow through rotating labyrinth seals for high performance aviation engines. These expanded capabilities are intended to provide the foundation for increasing the usability and efficiency of Clean Sky’s validated Ultra-High Propulsive Efficiency (UHPE) demonstrator for the short/medium range aircraft market. This objective will be achieved through the design, construction and commissioning of the following facilities: test facility for experimental measurement, equipped with air, fuel lines and independent command and control rooms; air supply station composed of two lines (compressor and centrifugal air blower) capable of ensuring a maximum exhaust pressure of 50 bar and a mass flow rate of 10 kg/s, at a maximum temperature of 350 ^oC; air cooling tower to control the temperature of the supplied air.

Through the INFRASEAL infrastructure, COMOTI will be able to develop other research programs, as well as new engine architectures, thus allowing the testing in Romania of the scalability of the combustion chamber and rotating labyrinths concept within other Clean Sky activity packages and work platforms.

“Project co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund through the Competitiveness Operational Program 2014-2020”

Beneficiary: I.N.C.D. COMOTI (www.comoti.ro)

Project Director: PhD. Eng. Lică FLORE; e-mail: lica.flore@comoti.ro;

Contact: 0214340198/496, Fax. 0214340241