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The time period of a jet engines full acceleration (from idle run rotating speed to full thrust) is a very important operational parameter. Minimization of this period is an important problem to be solved during the design of the fuel supply and control system. There are many methods of acceleration process control, especially in the case of engines with complicated design configurations. This work presents the problem of acceleration of a simple, single spool turbine jet engine with a so-called stable geometry, in which only one input (control) signal exists - fuel flow rate. Two methods of acceleration control consisting of limitation of the maximum allowable temperature of working medium in front of and behind the turbine in transient states were analyzed. In order to avoid difficulties associated with the direct measurement of actual temperatures, the so-called nonlinear engine observer was applied. With the use of the computer simulation method it was proven that the control algorithm with the limited maximum temperature in front of the turbine makes it possible the shortening of the acceleration time period significantly in comparison with a similar algorithm, that realizes the limitation of temperature behind the turbine.
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Wojciech I. Pawlak
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The present-day methods of supervising the operational use of jet engines are based, among other things, on computerised procedures of monitoring and recording various failure modes, including the surge. This dangerous mode of operation of a turbojet engine occurs quite commonly while operating it. In some cases, it could result even in the engine destruction. What has been presented in this study is the way of applying a non-linear observer of a one-spool single-flow turbojet to generate a computer algorithm to detect the surging. An exemplary application of such an algorithm to monitor the surging that occurs in the K-15 engine has also been shown.
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Wojciech I. Pawlak
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The effect of processes of accumulating mass and enthalpy of the working medium on the dynamics of transient processes thereof is often discussed in scientific publications on the mathematical modelling of turbine engines (treated as systems that undergo control and automatic adjustment). The paper is intended to make a comparison between findings gained from simulation carried out with two alternative models of an aircraft turbine engine (of the S0-3 type). The first model takes account of the dynamics of the processes of accumulating mass and energy of the working medium within the combustion-chamber volume and that of the convergent nozzle. The second, simplified model, neglects the dynamics of the processes of accumulating mass and energy of the working medium, since it has been assumed that it is the dynamics of the kinetic-energy accumulation in the rotor mass that predominates in various representations of transient processes. To conduct simulation-based experiments, each of the alternative models of an engine was connected to a special simulation unit, which simulated operation of fuel supply and control systems. Two rounds of experiments were carried out. The first one was intended to facilitate observations of transient processes effected with quick shifting of a control lever from the idle position to that of full thrust, and back. In the second round observed were processes resulting from changes in the critical jet area. The second, alternative model was used to investigate the effect of ever-greater hypothetical volumes of the nozzle on how the transient processes proceeded. It has been found that in the case of the S0-3 engine, low nozzle capacity remains of only slight effect on how the transient processes proceed. Hence, simplified modelling methodology is fully justified.
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Wojciech I. Pawlak
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Results of mathematical modelling and computer simulation of transient processes in the turbine jet engine SO-3 have been presented. The transient processes result from two different fault conditions. In the first case, the transient process has been induced with a rapid fuel shut-off. In the second case, the transient process follows some failure to the shaft that connects the turbine rotor to that of the compressor. The failure occurred in the area of the middle engine bearing support.

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Wojciech Pawlak
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Layers of silver particles are used in the studies on pathophysiology and treatment of diseases, both in pre-clinical and clinical conditions. Silver layers can be formed using different techniques and on different substrates. Deposition by magnetron sputtering on glass beads was used in this study. Silver absorption by the body was estimated by calculating the difference in thickness of the silver nanolayer deposited on a bead and measured before and after application of the bead in an animal model of gastrointestinal inflammation. Recommendations for the minimal thickness of silver nanolayer deposited on glass beads were worked out for further studies.

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Krzysztof Siczek
Wojciech Pawlak
Hubert Zatorski
Jakub Fichna

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