Instead of simplified steady-state models, with modern computers, one can solve the complete aero-thermodynamics happening in gas turbine engines. In the present article, we describe a mathematical model and numerical procedure to represent the transient response of a PT6A gas turbine engine operating at off-design conditions. The aero-thermal model consists of a set of algebraic and ordinary differential equations that arise from the application of the mass, linear momentum, angular momentum and energy balances in each engine’s component. The solution code has been developed in Matlab-Simulink® using a block-oriented approach. Transient simulations of the PT6A engine start-up have been carried out by changing the original Jet-A1 fuel with biodiesel blends. Time plots of the main thermodynamic variables are shown, especially those regarding the structural integrity of the burner. Numerical results have been validated against reported experimental measurements and GasTurb® simulations. The computer model has been capable to predict acceptable fuel blends, such that the real PT6A engine can be substituted to avoid the risk of damaging it.

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We present an analytic strategy to find the electric field generated by surface electrode SE with angular dependent potential. This system is a planar region A kept at a fixed but non-uniform electric potential V (φ) with an arbitrary angular dependence. We show that the generated electric field is due to the contribution of two fields: one that depends on the circulation on the contour of the planar region -in a Biot-Savart-Like (BSL) term-, and another one that accounts for the angular variations of the potential in A. This approach can be used to find exact solutions of the BSL electric field for circular or polygonal contours of the planar region with periodic distributions of the electric potential. Analytic results are validated with numerical computations and the Finite Element Method.

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