ELUBSYS

Exploitation

The ELUBSYS innovations and results will lead to new designs for lubrication systems that will:

• Enable future engine architectures with higher cooling demands (Power Gearboxes, More Electrical Engines).
• Reduce the DOC related to fuel burn and engine maintenance: fewer expensive non-programmed visits to maintenance shops; increase in average number of engine availability hours thanks to longer time on-wing and extended component life.
• Reduce emissions of oil and fuel.
• Ensure the safety of the passengers by maintaining the reliability figures to the highest level from the EIS (Entry In Service) of mature technologies and architectures.
• Reach the ambitious target of mass and cost reduction of the externals compared to previous generation engines.

The objectives and results targeted for the ELUBSYS project will produce significant technological advances in the area of lubrication for aircraft engines which will fully support the needs of future engine generations (e.g. geared turbofan engines with a highly loaded core, higher by-pass and high speed LPT and LPC). These advances will also increase the competitiveness of Europe's aviation industry and airlines because of the improved technologies and savings on operating costs that they will enable. Last but not least, the project will enable Europe to sustain the lead in providing innovative technologies that will benefit air travellers worldwide in terms of more reliable and safer aircraft engines and cheaper air travel (because of reduced fuel consumption and lower maintenance cost).