
APPENDIX K: TURBOPROP ENGINE CYCLE ANALYSIS 597
fo
S--
F/r'no
rIp=CTOTAL/ICpr°p q-~---[(l-I-
\ao
/
CTOTAL + CrOL + CTOH
tiT H =
fohpR/ ho
Example Design Point Results
Consider a turboprop engine to be designed for a Mach of 0.8 at a standard day
altitude of 25 kft with the inputs listed here:
ec
= 0.90; Zrd = 0.97; T~b
~
0.995;
Tt4 = 3200°R;
etH
= 0.89; Zrb = 0.96;
rlmL
= 0.99;
hpR
= 18,400 Btu/lbm; etL =
0.91; Zrn = 0.99; rlmH = 0.98;
gIpro p
=
0.82; Og =
0.99; el = e2 = 0.05; Yc = 1.4;
Cpc
= 0.240 Btu/lbm-°R; fl = 0;
CroH = CrOL
= 0; Yt = 1.4; and
Cpt
= 0.295
Btu/lbm-°R. Figures K.2 and K.3 present the parametric performance results for
variation in the two design variables, Zrc and ft. These results were obtained using
the methods of the preceding sections for values of 5 _< Zrc _< 35 and 0.45 _< rt _<
0.75. Of the three thermodynamic models available with the ONX program, we
have chosen to use for this exercise the modified specific heat model MSH.
Figures K.2 and K.3 reveal that for any rrc there is a turbine enthalpy ratio
(rt) for which
F/rho
is maximized and S is minimized. This is referred to as the
optimum turbine enthalpy ratio.
Example Design Point ResultsmOptimum
"rt
The design point performance of a family of optimum turboprop engines was
calculated for values of 5 _< nc _< 35 using the inputs from the preceding section.
The performance results are plotted as a dashed line in Figs. K.2 and K.3 vs the
compressor pressure ratio. The optimum turbine enthalpy ratio (zt*) for each com-
pressor pressure ratio is plotted in Fig. K.4.
Performance Analysis
The performance of a selected design point turboprop engine of the type shown
in Figs. K. 1 a and K. lb is desired at off-design flight conditions and throttle settings.
In this off-design problem, there are 10 dependent and four independent variables
as shown in Table K. 1.
The assumptions of Sec. 5.2.2 apply, except those referring to the exhaust mixer
and afterburner, and the exit nozzle has a fixed area. As a result of these assump-
tions, Eqs. (5.1) and (5.2) apply to this engine. Because the high-pressure turbine
drives the compressor, the power balance of the high-pressure spool yields the
expression for calculating the total temperature ratio of the compressor (rc) at
off-design conditions. The power balance of the high-pressure spool gives
PTOH
/~/4.1(ht4.1 -
ht4.4)rlmH = r'nc(ht3 - ht2) -~ --
llmPH