Hey people. I'm am undergraduate student studying Aeronautical Engineering and currently have an aerospace design project to undertake. We are working in groups of 4 people each with our areas of expertise. I have been seleted for the propulsion and apu sections. We have to do market research into the aviation industry and work to a given technical specification. This specification is for a regional airliner. We can tweak the specification a little, but our group has choose to stick with regional flight, something similar to Flybe and the Dash 8Q-400.
For the project, I have been weighing up the option for either a turboprop or turbofan configuration and decided to go for the former. I have got various dimensions, weights, SHP and costs (for cost analysis at the end of the project). I have shortlisted various turboprop engines but would like to make a comparison between each to include in my report. I have the details to do power/weight ratio but can't seem to find any data about emissions from the engines nor can I get my hands on specific fuel consumption data. I have emailed the likes of Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce but no reply and this was late January when I emailed them.
If anyone could supply a website(s) with this kind of information on emissions and fuel consumption it would be greatly appreciated. You will be appropriatly referenced. Thanks.
