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5.4.2 The Impact of Environmental Issues on Rolls‐Royce Design Systems and Solutions
Author(s) -
Beasley Richard,
Clifton Andrew
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2008.tb00833.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , environmental impact assessment , gas turbines , aerospace , function (biology) , subject (documents) , power (physics) , computer science , systems engineering , prime (order theory) , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , architectural engineering , mechanical engineering , business , aerospace engineering , political science , physics , mathematics , combinatorics , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , library science , law , biology , operating system
The prime function of a Power System (e.g. a gas turbine) is to produce power. However, an important side effect of producing and operating such a system is an impact upon the environment. Noise has long been a significant factor, and has been made the subject of firm regulation in Civil Aerospace. More general environmental impact is increasingly becoming the subject of similar concern and regulation. This paper describes how Rolls‐Royce is translating environmental issues into understood and quantifiable requirements, and creating design systems to allow environmental attributes to be assessed. This approach is enabling Rolls‐Royce to organise itself (in terms of process, tools and understanding) to take proper account of environmental issues during the creation of Power Systems.