IIT Madras collaborates with GE to establish expanded gas turbine combustor testing facility

This state-of-the-art facility is among the few such facilities globally that can test combustor designs in realistic operating conditions.

IIT Madras collaborates with GE to establish expanded gas turbine combustor testing facility

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in collaboration with the General Electric (GE), the American Multinational firm, has established an ‘Expanded Gas Turbine Combustor Testing Facility at National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD). This is the first such facility to come up in an academic institution globally.

This state-of-the-art facility is among the few such facilities globally that can test combustor designs in realistic operating conditions. The NCCRD is an IIT Madras Research Centre that undertakes research on automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, fire research and microgravity combustion.

The ‘Expanded Gas Turbine Combustor Testing Facility was inaugurated today; i.e March 31, 2022 in the presence of Mr. Alok Nanda, CEO, GE India Technology Centre and CTO - GE South Asia, Mr. Vikram Reddy, General Manager, Engineering, India, GE Aviation, Prof. V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, Prof. S.R. Chakravarthy, Coordinator, NCCRD, IIT Madras, other Faculty and Researchers.

Addressing the inaugural event, Mr. Alok Nanda, CEO, GE India Technology Centre and CTO - GE South Asia, said, “I look at this gas turbine combustion testing facility as a National asset. Best research work happens wherever there is collaborative work, and access to funding from companies and government. This facility is an example of how to undertake research in India in a manner that makes India independent in solving problems.”

The facility will enable IIT Madras Researchers to further their research in high-pressure combustion research. It will help professors and research scholars to work on high-pressure combustion. This facility will lead to further understanding the combustion physics and cultivation of a talent pool in the field of gas turbine research.

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