| Enclosed turboprop engine test cells are needed to provide a controlled environment during engine testing. Ever increasing sophisticated engine technology, performance requirements, safety and environmental concerns continually generate the need to improve test cell designs. This paper will assist those involved in designing new enclosed turboprop engine test cells used to test propeller equipped engines by documenting design considerations compiled from a broad spectrum of industry in this field. The intent is to provide a general discussion of design features that impact the capability of the test cell to provide safe, accurate, repeatable performance test with minimum environment impact. |
