High-pressure Compressor (HPC)

High Pressure Compressor (HPC)
The High Pressure Compressor (HPC)
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Connection and intermediate piping
Connection and intermediate piping of the HPC, seen from below.
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Connection and intermediate piping
Connection and intermediate piping of the HPC.
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The high-pressure compressor at the DLR Institute of Propulsion Technology in Göttingen is used as the drive system for the continuous operation of the Next Generation Turbine Test Facility (NG-Turb) and alternatively for the Straight Cascade Tunnel (EGG) in a closed circuit with dry air as the flow medium. The high-pressure compressor at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) enables the operation of turbine test rigs over a range of volumes and mass flows, at high pressure ratios and with high performance; it can only be operated in conjunction with the two test rigs mentioned above.

Contact

Volker Speelmann

Head of Research Infrastructures
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Executive Board department for Innovation, Transfer and Research Infrastructure
Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne

Frank Kocian

Head of Department
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Propulsion Technology
Turbine Department
Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne

Hans-Jürgen Rehder

German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Propulsion Technology
Turbines
Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne