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ULg leads programme for testing cryogenic seal on rocket engine's liquid oxygen tubopump
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EVENTS CALENDAR 6 August 2014
23–24 September 2014
6–7 October 2014
‘Grease and Oil Lubricant Failure Analysis’ (Webinar)
‘Introduction to Rubber Technology’ (short course)
12th European Fluid Machinery Congress
Contact: Kara Sniegowski, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, 840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2302, USA Tel: +1 847 825 5536, Fax: +1 847 825 1456 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stle.org/university/webinars.aspx
26–28 August 2014 Fluid Leak Management Users’ Group (FLMUG)/Valve Team Users’ Group (VTUG) Summer Meeting 2014 Oak Brook, Illinois, USA Contact: Karen Miller, Coordinator,FLMUG, 306 Coves End Point,Seneca, SC 29678, USA Tel: +1 864 882 7406, Fax: +1 866 882 8890 Email: [email protected] Web: www.fluidleak.com
9–12 September 2014 HERVICON + PUMPS 2014 Sumy, Ukraine Contact: Organizing Committee, HERVICON + PUMPS 2014,Sumy State University, 2 Rimsky-Korsakov str., Sumy 40007, Ukraine Tel: +380542 333594, Fax: +380542 333594 Email: [email protected] Web: http://hervicon.sumdu.edu.ua
22–25 September 2014 43rd Turbomachinery & 30th International Pump Users Symposia Houston, Texas, USA Contact: LaDonna O’Hara, Registrar,Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 3254 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3254, USA Tel: +1 979 862 1012 Email: [email protected] Web: http://turbolab.tamu.edu
Shawbury, Shropshire, UK Contact: Gill Tunnicliffe, Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK Tel: +44 1939 250383, Fax: +44 1939 251118 Email: [email protected] Web: http://info.smithersrapra.com/short-courses Web: www.rapratraining.com
25 September 2014 ‘Designing with Fluoropolymers’ (one-day seminar) Mannheim, Germany Contact: Stefanie Wüst – Project Management Academy, International Sealing and Gasket Technology (ISGATEC), Am Exerzierplatz 1A, 68167 Mannheim, Germany Tel: +49 621 717 68880, Fax: +49 621 717 68888 Email: [email protected] Web: www.isgatec.com/index.php/de/Akademie/Seminare/ 2014-09/Designing-with-Fluoropolymers
2 October 2014 13th EDF–Pprime workshop: ‘Energy Saving in Seals’ Futuroscope Chasseneuil, France Contact: Nöel Brunetière, Institut P’, CNRS – Université de Poitiers – ENSMA UPR 3346, Département GMSC, SP2MI, Bd Marie et Pierre Curie, BP 30179, F86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France Tel: +33 5 49 49 65 31 Email: [email protected] or Email: [email protected] Web: htp://edf-pprime-2014.sciencesconf.org
Edinburgh, Scotland Contact: Amelia Brunt, Institution ofMechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk,London SW1H 9JJ, UK Tel: +4420 7973 1294, Fax: +44 20 7222 9881 Email: [email protected] Web: http://events.imeche.org
8–9 October 2014 18th International Sealing Conference (18th ISC) Stuttgart, Germany Contact: Dr Christian Geis, Fachverband Fluidtechnik im VDMA, 18th ISC, Postfach 71 08 64, 60498 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Tel: +49 69 66 031318, Fax: +49 69 66 032318 Email: [email protected] Web: www.sealing-conference.com
14–16 October 2014 2014 International Elastomer Conference Nashville, Tennessee, USA Contact: Rubber Division,American Chemical Society,411 Wolf Ledges, Suite 201, Akron, OH 44311, USA Tel: +1 3309727814 Web: www.rubberiec.org
21–23 October 2014 Element Oilfield Engineering with Polymers 2014 London, UK Contact: Jenny Skinner, Senior Conference Organiser, Applied Market Information Ltd, AMI House, 45–47 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QP, UK Tel: +44 117 924 9442, Fax: +44 117 989 2128 Email: [email protected] Web: www.amiplastics.com
ULg leads programme for testing cryogenic seal on rocket engine’s liquid oxygen tubopump
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he European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Université de Liège (ULg), Belgium, to conduct tests on the dynamic seal on the liquid oxygen turbopump that is being used in the newgeneration cryogenic VINCI engine, which will equip the top stage of future versions of the Ariane launcher. The ESA test-bench, located at the ULg cryogenic site, represents an investment of more than E3 million. Operational and certified since the beginning of 2014, this bench now enables an important test campaign to begin, in partnership with the Italian company Avio, which is responsible for developing the seal on the VINCI engine turbopump. The ULg’s industrial chemistry laboratories, located at the university’s Sart Tilman campus, are equipped with a secure area used to conduct certain high-risk tests – involving high pressures, and the use of pure liquid oxygen or oxygen gas. The area, which is entirely enclosed, covers around 4000 m2. The 100-m2 test-bench is based in this area. For more than 30 years several hundred tests have been carried out on different elements, for example, turbopump valves, seal casings and 16
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liquid oxygen injectors that are part of HM7B and Vulcain cryogenic engines, which are used in the various Ariane launcher models. Contacts: European Space Agency, 8–10 Rue Mario Nikis, 75015 Paris, France. Tel: +33 1 53 69 76 54, Web: www.esa.int
Université de Liège, Laboratoire de Chimie Industrielle, Prof. A. Germain Allée de la Chimie, Bât B6, B-4000 Liège (Sart Tilman), Belgium. Tel: +32 4 366 3548, Fax: +32 4 366 4435, Web: www.ulg.ac.be Avio Spa, via Ariana KM 5,2, 00034 Colleferro (RM), Italy. Tel: +39 6 9728 5111, Fax: +39 6 9728 5824, Web: www.aviogroup.it
The Université de Liège is performing tests for the European Space Agency on a cryogenic seal used in a liquid oxygen turbopump – a vital component of the new-generation cryogenic VINCI rocket engine.
July 2014
EVENTS CALENDAR 6 August 2014
23–24 September 2014
6–7 October 2014
‘Grease and Oil Lubricant Failure Analysis’ (Webinar)
‘Introduction to Rubber Technology’ (short course)
12th European Fluid Machinery Congress
Contact: Kara Sniegowski, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, 840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2302, USA Tel: +1 847 825 5536, Fax: +1 847 825 1456 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stle.org/university/webinars.aspx
26–28 August 2014 Fluid Leak Management Users’ Group (FLMUG)/Valve Team Users’ Group (VTUG) Summer Meeting 2014 Oak Brook, Illinois, USA Contact: Karen Miller, Coordinator,FLMUG, 306 Coves End Point,Seneca, SC 29678, USA Tel: +1 864 882 7406, Fax: +1 866 882 8890 Email: [email protected] Web: www.fluidleak.com
9–12 September 2014 HERVICON + PUMPS 2014 Sumy, Ukraine Contact: Organizing Committee, HERVICON + PUMPS 2014,Sumy State University, 2 Rimsky-Korsakov str., Sumy 40007, Ukraine Tel: +380542 333594, Fax: +380542 333594 Email: [email protected] Web: http://hervicon.sumdu.edu.ua
22–25 September 2014 43rd Turbomachinery & 30th International Pump Users Symposia Houston, Texas, USA Contact: LaDonna O’Hara, Registrar,Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 3254 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3254, USA Tel: +1 979 862 1012 Email: [email protected] Web: http://turbolab.tamu.edu
Shawbury, Shropshire, UK Contact: Gill Tunnicliffe, Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK Tel: +44 1939 250383, Fax: +44 1939 251118 Email: [email protected] Web: http://info.smithersrapra.com/short-courses Web: www.rapratraining.com
25 September 2014 ‘Designing with Fluoropolymers’ (one-day seminar) Mannheim, Germany Contact: Stefanie Wüst – Project Management Academy, International Sealing and Gasket Technology (ISGATEC), Am Exerzierplatz 1A, 68167 Mannheim, Germany Tel: +49 621 717 68880, Fax: +49 621 717 68888 Email: [email protected] Web: www.isgatec.com/index.php/de/Akademie/Seminare/ 2014-09/Designing-with-Fluoropolymers
2 October 2014 13th EDF–Pprime workshop: ‘Energy Saving in Seals’ Futuroscope Chasseneuil, France Contact: Nöel Brunetière, Institut P’, CNRS – Université de Poitiers – ENSMA UPR 3346, Département GMSC, SP2MI, Bd Marie et Pierre Curie, BP 30179, F86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France Tel: +33 5 49 49 65 31 Email: [email protected] or Email: [email protected] Web: htp://edf-pprime-2014.sciencesconf.org
Edinburgh, Scotland Contact: Amelia Brunt, Institution ofMechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk,London SW1H 9JJ, UK Tel: +4420 7973 1294, Fax: +44 20 7222 9881 Email: [email protected] Web: http://events.imeche.org
8–9 October 2014 18th International Sealing Conference (18th ISC) Stuttgart, Germany Contact: Dr Christian Geis, Fachverband Fluidtechnik im VDMA, 18th ISC, Postfach 71 08 64, 60498 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Tel: +49 69 66 031318, Fax: +49 69 66 032318 Email: [email protected] Web: www.sealing-conference.com
14–16 October 2014 2014 International Elastomer Conference Nashville, Tennessee, USA Contact: Rubber Division,American Chemical Society,411 Wolf Ledges, Suite 201, Akron, OH 44311, USA Tel: +1 3309727814 Web: www.rubberiec.org
21–23 October 2014 Element Oilfield Engineering with Polymers 2014 London, UK Contact: Jenny Skinner, Senior Conference Organiser, Applied Market Information Ltd, AMI House, 45–47 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QP, UK Tel: +44 117 924 9442, Fax: +44 117 989 2128 Email: [email protected] Web: www.amiplastics.com
ULg leads programme for testing cryogenic seal on rocket engine’s liquid oxygen tubopump
T
he European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Université de Liège (ULg), Belgium, to conduct tests on the dynamic seal on the liquid oxygen turbopump that is being used in the newgeneration cryogenic VINCI engine, which will equip the top stage of future versions of the Ariane launcher. The ESA test-bench, located at the ULg cryogenic site, represents an investment of more than E3 million. Operational and certified since the beginning of 2014, this bench now enables an important test campaign to begin, in partnership with the Italian company Avio, which is responsible for developing the seal on the VINCI engine turbopump. The ULg’s industrial chemistry laboratories, located at the university’s Sart Tilman campus, are equipped with a secure area used to conduct certain high-risk tests – involving high pressures, and the use of pure liquid oxygen or oxygen gas. The area, which is entirely enclosed, covers around 4000 m2. The 100-m2 test-bench is based in this area. For more than 30 years several hundred tests have been carried out on different elements, for example, turbopump valves, seal casings and 16
Sealing Technology
liquid oxygen injectors that are part of HM7B and Vulcain cryogenic engines, which are used in the various Ariane launcher models. Contacts: European Space Agency, 8–10 Rue Mario Nikis, 75015 Paris, France. Tel: +33 1 53 69 76 54, Web: www.esa.int
Université de Liège, Laboratoire de Chimie Industrielle, Prof. A. Germain Allée de la Chimie, Bât B6, B-4000 Liège (Sart Tilman), Belgium. Tel: +32 4 366 3548, Fax: +32 4 366 4435, Web: www.ulg.ac.be Avio Spa, via Ariana KM 5,2, 00034 Colleferro (RM), Italy. Tel: +39 6 9728 5111, Fax: +39 6 9728 5824, Web: www.aviogroup.it
The Université de Liège is performing tests for the European Space Agency on a cryogenic seal used in a liquid oxygen turbopump – a vital component of the new-generation cryogenic VINCI rocket engine.
July 2014