Recovery act research and development to develop advanced low NOX combustortechnology

Added: Mar 18, 2010 2:58 pm RECOVERY ACT - THE NASA AERONAUTICS RESEARCH MISSION DIRECTORATE (ARMD) AWARDEDUNDER THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 A COMPETITIVE NEW CONTRACT FORRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) TO GE AVIATION, NNC10CA10C. THE R&D EFFORTS WILL DEVELOPADVANCED LOW NOX COMBUSTOR TECHNOLOGY.<P>NASA Glenn Research Center has committed support for specific efforts under the AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Recovery Act funds for NASAs Aeronautics ResearchProgram will accelerate key research, enhance the state of aeronautics for the nation,and expand the viable and well-informed trade space for vehicle design decisions andenable simultaneous realization of National noise, emissions, and performance goals. Withthe NASA Research Announcement (NRA), NNH09ZEA001N, NASA sought proposals that willidentify new combustor concepts capable of meeting N+2 NOx goals.<P>The specific area of support for this work, per NASAs Recovery Act Program Plan forAeronautics Research, is to develop low emissions combustor concept capable of meetingthe LTO (landing and take-off) NOx emissions reduction goal while contributing to theachievement of the fuel burn goal and without negatively impacting other emissions. Thelow emissions combustor should be capable of meeting the N+2 LTO NOx goal of 75%reduction from the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) standard adopted atCAEP 6 (Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection).<P>This is a cost share contract awarded under a full and open competition. The contracttype of Cost share was determined based on the high complexity of the work andperformance uncertainties that cannot be sufficiently identified or their cost impactsreasonably estimated.