Aero-Science May Help Trucking Industry

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is opening its Daytona doors to Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. (TTE). The agreement gives TTE complete access to its Gas Turbine Research Laboratory (GTRL) test facilities in its Aerospace Engineering Department, which boasts state-of-the-art turbine test equipment and duration test facilities.

ERAU is helping TTE commercialize a 540hp version of the Detonation Cycle Gas Turbine Engine (DCGT) for driveshaft applications. The testing is a necessary phase in the final development of the DCGT as it approaches production phase. According to TTE, the test will provide the company with the data necessary for the engineered prototype for a production engine.

ERAU's GTRL has extensive expertise in gas turbine engines and in modeling of complex geometries in Computer Aided Three dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA) and external redesign, according to TTL. The GTRL recently completed a 3D model of the DCGT prototype and partially redesigned a potential 540hp version in collaboration with TTE.

"We are very fortunate to have Embry-Riddle just down the street in Daytona," said TTE Chairman and CEO Michael Rouse. "We have developed a great relationship over the past couple of years with the GTRL headed by Dr. Magdy Attia. He has been exemplary in their cad designs. They have now offered us total access to their testing facilities and personnel at cost; this was an unexpected surprise. TTE will save time and countless thousands of dollars."

Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. is a technology company focused on the development, manufacture and testing of its New Energy and Environmental Efficient Truck Engine intended for mass market in the United States and abroad.

FMI: www.turbinetruckengines.com, www.erau.edu