ROLLS-ROYCE TRENT IS TRENDING
Rolls-Royce is at the forefront of aero-engine design. The Trent world’s most efficient large aero-engine. It’s the latest in RollsRoyce’s Trent engine series which has involved Loughborough in a research partnership lasting over 20 years.
Loughborough’s aeronautical engineers have helped RollsRoyce develop patented technology making their fleet of engines increasingly more fuel efficient and reducing their environmental impact. The work and technology transfer has been driven by the Loughborough-based Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Combustion System Aerothermal Processes.
The Loughborough team established novel ways to study complex flow physics, developed test methods used to support the Rolls-Royce engine design processes, and contributed analysis and fundamental understanding to guide engine concepts.
Rolls-Royce and Loughborough University continue to work together to improve aero-engine efficiencies reducing fuel burn and environmental impact, whilst maintaining world-class levels of reliability and cost of ownership.
Loughborough research has contributed five Trent engine variants, operating on more than 900 aircraft. The latest, the Trent XWB, has a 10 per cent fuel burn advantage over the engines it is designed to replace. It is estimated that the Trent year in fuel costs alone.
The engine manufacturers in particular and the aviation industry in general understand environmental concerns and are continuously looking at collaborative efforts with universities, industry organisations and experts to further improvements in engine technology and in turn work towards sustainable aviation sector.