Gas Turbine Laboratory

The Gas Turbine Laboratory is one of five laboratories at the NRC Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC Aerospace), located in Ottawa, Canada.

The Laboratory has unique facilities and expertise to assist industry in developing and evaluating the performance of gas turbine engines and components in compliance with increasingly stringent environmental, safety, and operational requirements.

Combustion and fluids engineering research is carried out to develop more efficient and clean industrial combustion processes for the next generation of fuels, engines and combustion devices. The Laboratory specializes in research on propulsion systems, with emphasis on overall and component performance testing of airborne gas turbines. These tests include adverse weather, bird ingestion and endurance trials, as well as complex development work. Expertise in solving issues related to lubrication, friction and wear (tribology) of mechanical equipment and rotating machinery is also available.

To support these activities, the Laboratory has air compressor/exhauster facilities that can supply up to 56 lb/s of air at 325 psi. The air can be dried and heated or refrigerated, as needed.