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New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras has joined hands with General Electric, GE, to set up an "Expanded Gas Turbine Combustor Testing Facility" at the National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD), an IIT Madras research centre.
Under the partnership, the American multinational firm, General Electric, GE, will assist the IIT Madras researchers in their high-pressure combustion research. This is the first such facility to be established in an academic institution globally.
The new combustor testing facility at NCCRD, IIT Madras has the ability to test combustor designs in realistic operating conditions. It will help professors and research scholars of the institute to work on high-pressure combustion.
The high-pressure testing facility will allow the users to test the new combustor designs at realistic operating conditions, which is crucial to assess its capability to reduce pollutants.
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Speaking about the establishment of the high-pressure test facility, V Kamakoti, director of IIT Madras, said that the institute has been focusing on building Atma Nirbhar Bharat projects for the last 2 decades.
The institute has requested General Electric to consider IIT Madras as their top partner in case of any academic venture which the firm is planning to have across the world, he said.
Further, the institute has visioned to train aspiring students from economically weaker backgrounds, give them access to world-class facilities, and make them competent for industry standards, Kamakoti said.
Commenting about the same, Alok Nanda, CEO of GE India Technology Centre and CTO - GE South Asia, said that the gas turbine combustion testing facility is a national asset and wherever there's collaborative work, access to funding from companies and government.
The high-pressure test facility is an example of how to undertake research in the country in a relevant manner, making India independent in solving problems.
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Chakravarthy, Coordinator, NCCRD, said the test facility has the capability to test sector/full annular combustors up to a flow rate of 3 kg/s at 10 bar, 350° C. The entire operation is automated and the experiments are operated by operators remotely from a control room.
The facility has a wide range of instrumentation and data logging capabilities. It specifically houses aviation-grade for continuous high-pressure emission measurements. The test facility has been built in compliance with environmental pollution control requirements, he said that.
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