Experimental Facilities

Engines & Test Rigs

Diagnostics EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE (itemized list)

Engines & Test Rigs

SR 30 Engine within Turbine Technologies Ltd. U.S. Mini-Lab Small Jet Engine Test Bench (150 Nt)

Mini-Lab is a relatively small turbine engine test cell. The engine is shrouded by a steel enclosure and heavy polycarbonate operators viewing windows. A microprocessor based digital panel meter provides continuous engine thrust readouts. The SR-30 was developed for drone or unmanned aerial vehicles. The engine weighs less than 10 lb measures 6.75 inches in diameter and is 10 inches long. It burns about 7 lb. Of kerosene per hour while developing 40 lb of static thrust. It features an axial turbine a reverse flow annular combustor and a centrifugal compressor. The turbine and nozzles are made from advanced nickel alloys using a vacuum casting process at the Turbine Technologies facility.

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S.T. Turbomeca Marbore II Turbojet C Medium Size Jet Engine test Bench (3,000Nt)

Marbore is a small turbojet designed in 1950 for training aircrafts. It was produced under license by Allison (J69), production department of Beijing (WP11) and by ENMASA (M21).

Standard specifications

  • 1st rev 1950
  • Weight 140 kg
  • Power 4000 to 4800 Nt
  • Production period 1950-1979 Marbore II
  • 1962-1979 Marbore VI
  • Engines Produced 4353 Marbore II 1194 Marbore VI

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Olympus Engine of AMT Netherlands

“The Olympus engine has been constructed from a single radial compressor and an axial turbine.. The time required for the turbine to spool up and down is influenced by the low mass of its axial turbine wheel – from min. RPM to max. RPM in less than 4 seconds and from max. RPM to min. RPM in less than 2 seconds. The combustion chamber is of the annular type, which is provided with a unique, “low pressure” fuel system, developed by AMT. From this same fuel system both hybrid bearings are also lubricated. A separate oil supply for lubrication is therefore no longer necessary. The turbine is protected by means of a microprocessor controller (ECU) that regulates the maximum turbine performance within the software limits. The ECU is fully automatic and needs no adjustment”.

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Olympus Technical Data

Technical data of AMT Olympus micro-turbojet
PropertyMetric ValueBritish Value
Ambient280K and sea level
Diameter130mm5.1 inch
Length270 mm10.6 inch
Weight turbine2400 gr5.3 Lbs
Thrust max RPM190 N42 Lbf
Thrust min RPM7 N1.5 Lbf
Pressure ratio max. RPM4:14:1
Mass flow max. RPM400 gr/sec0.9 Lb/sec
Maximum RPM110,000110,000
Exhaust temperature650 C1200 F
Maximum exhaust temperature700 C1290 F
Fuel usage max. RPM550 gr/min19 oz/min
Fuel typeKerosene/paraffin/A-1/white spirit

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Olympus Test Rig (Planned)

Diagnostics EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE (itemized list):

  1. Fully instrumented 50 KW pulsating spray combustion experimental facility
  2. 2 systems of AEROMETRICS PDPA (Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer, Digital Signal Analyzer)
  3. 1 D DANTEC LDV (Laser Doppler Velocimeter) system (frequency counter based)
  4. 1 (self made) LDV system for the Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustor
  5. 1 (self made) LDV system (for blood flow measurements)
  6. PIV (self made) System (for simultaneous whole field flow measurements)
  7. Two (combined & synchronized) Nd Yag 750 mJ lasers
  8. 1K x 1K thermoelectrically cooled (16 bits) PRINCETON CCD camera
  9. High Speed Sony CCD camera
  10. 500 mm f.l. ACTON RESEARCH spectrometer
  11. 7W Ar Ion laser, 25mW Ar-Ion lasers, 5 mW HeNe lasers.
  12. 400 MS/S LeCroy digital oscilloscope
  13. About 15 Pentium III and IV PC’s
  14. Ancillary electro & optical equipment

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Picture of SR30 laboratory micro turbojet engine test rig
Small Jet Engine Test Bench
(150 Nt)
Picture of SR30 micro turbojet engine - front view
SR 30 Engine,
View from Compressor Side
A picture of Marbore II C Turbojet at test rig
Marbore II C Turbojet
A picture of the control room of the jet engines test rigs
Control Panel of
Marbore II C Turbojet
A picture of AMT Olympus micro-turbojet
Olympus Engine of AMT
(The Netherlands)
3D model of micro-turbojet test rig
3D model of micro-turbojet test rig
Planned Olympus Test Rig