Garching, Bavaria, Germany
Paolo Vanacore is a professional chartered mechanical engineer specialised in the field of aircraft engine environmental protection with whole engine level technical skills, achieved by numerical and analytical design expertise, coupled with experience in engine icing testing and engine rain and hail ingestion testing for both development and certification. From working on several engine programmes since 2007 he has acquired a strong expertise in anti-icing systems and engine protection from rain, hail and icing, including high altitude ice crystals and snow.
Aero-engine design, development, testing and certification with respect to inclement weather (supercooled liquid droplets icing, ice crystals, rain, hail, snow, sand, dust, etc). Aero-engine analysis method development for inclement weather. Controlled Title Holder in Operability and Inclement Weather. His deep technical knowledge and broad expertise from several engine programs play a key role in ensuring the company's commitment to safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC), always in that order, while driving continuous improvement and innovation. From the initial design phase, throughout the whole design process, development, verification until certification, I’ve been working on all inclement weather aspects of the Catalyst engine, the new centerline, clean-sheet advanced turboprop of the 21st century, first GE engine designed in Europe (Italy, Czechia, Poland and Germany) and the first turboprop engine certified to the latest standards, which include more than 20 significant new requirements. The Catalyst was certified with FAA in February 2025. The Catalyst engine family, aimed to the 1200-1400 SHP power range, includes pilot-friendly, integrated digital engine and propeller control, automatically optimizes fuel flow, prop pitch and speed, bleed valves and variable stators for maximum efficiency in all conditions. The Catalyst engine family benefits from GE Aerospace’s engineering expertise and from the largest European R&D programs devoted to decarbonization. The result is a significant reduction of CO2 emissions as well as lower fuel consumprtion of 18%. Additive technology has been used in combination with advanced alloys to enable more advanced component designs that allows more geometrical freedom in the engine design, while reducing fuel burn and weight and increasing durability and efficiency. Like every GE Aerospace and GE Aerospace partnership engines, the Catalyst is capable of using the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).
Paolo Vanacore worked at Rolls-Royce plc, Civil Aerospace, in Derby, UK, in the Engine Environmental Protection team from 2007 to 2015. In 2013 nominated Subject Matter Expert in Engine Environmental Protection for water based atmospheric threats, i.e. icing, ice crystals, snow, rain and hail. Worked on: - New Product Introduction - design, development, testing and certification with EASA & FAA: • Trent 1000 (Boeing 787) • Trent XWB (Airbus A350) • BR725 (Gulfstream G650) • BR700-710D5-21 Pearl 15 (Bombardier Global 5500/6500) - Preliminary design - Civil engines in service: • Trent 700 (Airbus A330) • Trent 800 (Boeing 777-200/200ER/300) • Trent 500 (Airbus A340-500/600) • Trent 900 Enhanced Performance (Airbus A380) - Future Programme Engineering (e.g. Open Rotor Icing), including engine demonstrators for new technologies - Computational methods for ice accretion & shedding, hail & rain ingestion - Focal point for UK gov funded R&T programmes on engine icing researches: • SAMULET 1 & 2 (Cranfield University Icing Wind Tunnel) • NADIT • SILOET 1 & 2 - Cross-industry and academia Engine Icing Working Group (EIWG) - Ice Crystal Consortium, ICC, under the Aerospace Industries Association for ice crystal researches - Supplier Management System Requirements (SABRe) and verification of GLACIER Icing Wind Tunnel, including EASA & FAA Certificate of Conformity - SAE EG-1E Gas Turbine Engine Icing Test Facilities Since 2007 he worked on the Trent XWB programme (84 & 97 variants), in 2013 he became: - Work Stream Lead for inclement weather & airborne particles, i.e. sand, dust and volcanic ash & - Integrated Product Team Leader for Engine Core Icing Protection System Conducted development and certification engine icing test campaigns at Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, supporting the successful certification of the Trent XWB-84
Independent Expert Witness for Lawyers and the Italian Law Courts of Naples and Salerno in industrial and environmental litigations related to internal combustion engines for automotive, marine and power generation applications.