Rolls-Royce Trent 500
| Trent 500 | |
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| Type | Turbofan |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Rolls-Royce plc |
| First run | May 1999 |
| Major applications | Airbus A340 |
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The Rolls-Royce Trent 500 is a turbofan engine, developed from the RB.211 and is a member of the Trent family of engines.
Design and development
In 1995, Airbus began considering an engine for two new long-range derivatives of its four-engined A340 aircraft, designated A340-500/-600. The existing -200 and -300 models were powered by CFM International CFM56 engines (which had been selected in April 1987 before the Trent family was launched). However, the CFM56 was at the limit of its development capability, and would be unable to power the new A340-500/-600. In April 1996, Airbus signed an agreement with General Electric to develop a suitable engine, but decided not to proceed when GE demanded an exclusivity deal on the A340. After a contest with Pratt & Whitney, Airbus announced on 15 June 1997 at the Paris Air Show that it had selected the Trent 500 to power the A340-500 and -600.[1]
The Trent 500 first ran in May 1999 and achieved certification in December 2000. It entered service on the A340-600 with Virgin Atlantic Airways in July 2002 and on the ultra-long range A340-500 with Emirates in December 2003.[2] After production of the Airbus A340 ended in 2011, a total of 131 A340-500/-600 have been delivered with 524 Trent 500 engines altogether; Lufthansa is the largest operator, with 24 delivered A340-600.[3]
The Trent 500[4] powers the Airbus A340-500 and A340-600. It was certificated at 60,000 lbf (270 kN) thrust, but derated to 53,000 lbf (240 kN) as the Trent 553 to power the A340-500, and to 56,000 lbf (250 kN) as the Trent 556 for the A340-600 and A340-500HGW. However, a 60,000 lbf (270 kN) version is installed in the A340-600HGW (High Gross Weight), a higher-performance version of the A340-600. The Trent 500 has the same wide-chord fan as the Trent 700, together with a core scaled from the Trent 800.
Applications
Specifications (Trent 556)
General characteristics
- Type: Three-shaft high bypass ratio turbofan engine
- Length: 155 in (3.9 m)
- Diameter: 97.4 in (2.5 m)
- Dry weight: 10660 lb (4835 kg)
Components
- Compressor: Single-stage fan, eight-stage intermediate pressure compressor, six-stage high pressure compressor
- Combustors: Tiled annular combustor with 20 fuel injectors
- Turbine: Single-stage high pressure turbine, single-stage intermediate pressure turbine, five-stage low pressure turbine
Performance
- Maximum thrust: 56000 lbf (249 kN)
- Overall pressure ratio: 36.3:1
- Bypass ratio: 7.6:1
- Air mass flow: 1939 lb/sec (879 kg/s) (inlet mass flow)
- Specific fuel consumption: 0.54 lb/lbf-hr (at cruise)
- Thrust-to-weight ratio: 5.25:1
See also
- Related lists
References
Notes
- ↑ "Airbus A340-600". Retrieved 2007-02-04.
- ↑ Air Canada had been expected to be the launch customer for the A340-500 in May 2003, but just before this on 1 April 2003 the airline filed for bankruptcy protection which resulted in delivery of its two A340-500s being delayed. This allowed Emirates to be the first airline to operate the type.
- ↑ "Airbus Orders & deliveries" (Excel). Airbus. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ↑ "Press Packs" (PDF). [Rolls-Royce]. February 2002. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ↑ Gas Turbine Engines. Aviation Week & Space Technology 2009 Source Book. pg. 122.
- ↑ Rolls-Royce Trent 500 Brochure. Rolls-Royce Website. Accessed 28 Dec 2009.
External links
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- Rolls-Royce plc—Trent 500
- "Trent 500 Shapes Up" a 2000 Flight article