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- El-Gabry, Lamyaa, et al.
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Measurements of Hub Flow Interaction on Film Cooled Nozzle Guide Vane in Transonic Annular Cascade
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of turbomachinery. - : ASME International. - 0889-504X .- 1528-8900. ; 137:8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An experimental study has been performed in a transonic annular sector cascade of nozzle guide vanes (NGVs) to investigate the aerodynamic performance and the interaction between hub film cooling and mainstream flow. The focus of the study is on the endwalls, specifically the interaction between the hub film cooling and the mainstream. Carbon dioxide (CO2) has been supplied to the coolant holes to serve as tracer gas. Measurements of CO2 concentration downstream of the vane trailing edge (TE) can be used to visualize the mixing of the coolant flow with the mainstream. Flow field measurements are performed in the downstream plane with a five-hole probe to characterize the aerodynamics in the vane. Results are presented for the fully cooled and partially cooled vane (only hub cooling) configurations. Data presented at the downstream plane include concentration contour, axial vorticity, velocity vectors, and yaw and pitch angles. From these investigations, secondary flow structures such as the horseshoe vortex, passage vortex, can be identified and show the cooling flow significantly impacts the secondary flow and downstream flow field. The results suggest that there is a region on the pressure side (PS) of the vane TE where the coolant concentrations are very low suggesting that the cooling air introduced at the platform upstream of the leading edge (LE) does not reach the PS endwall, potentially creating a local hotspot.
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- Mamaev, Boris, et al.
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Aerodynamic investigation of turbine cooled vane block
- 2015
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Ingår i: Thermal Engineering. - 0040-6015. ; 62:2, s. 97-102
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The vane block (VB) has been investigated and it gives several important results related to test methods and calculation procedures. The vane block is characterized by a developed film and convective cooling system. Blowing tests demonstrate that there is a weak correlation between cooling type and energy loss. Superposition of these effects is true for the central part over VB height without secondary flows. Coolant discharge increases profile loss and it rises if coolant flow rate is increased. Discharge onto profile convex side through the trailing edge slot influences the most considerably. The discharge through perforation decreases the vane flow capacity and insufficiently influences onto the flow outlet angle, but the trailing edge discharge increases this angle according to loss and mixture flow rate growth. The secondary flows reduce the effect of coolant discharge, which insufficiently changes losses distribution at turbine blades tips and even decreases the secondary losses. The flow outlet angle rises significantly and we are able to calculate it only if we correct the ordinary flow model. In the area of secondary flows, the outlet angle varies insufficiently under any type of cooling. This area should be investigated additionally.
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- Saha, Ranjan, et al.
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Aerodynamic implications of reduced vane count
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. - : ASME Press. - 9780791856635
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Given the shortage of fossil fuels and the growing greenhouse effect, one strive in modern gas turbines is to make maximum usage of the burnt fuel. By reducing the number of vanes or blades and thereby increasing the loading per vane (or blade) it is possible to spend less cooling air, which will have a positive impact on the combined cycle efficiency. It also reduces the number of components and usage of metal and thereby also the cost of the engine. These savings should be achieved without any efficiency deficit in aerodynamic efficiency. Based on the fact, aerodynamic investigations were performed to see the aerodynamic implications of reduced vane number in a transonic annular sector cascade. The number of new nozzle guide vane was reduced with 24% compared to a previous design with higher vane count. The investigated vanes were two typical high pressure gas turbine vanes. Results regarding the loading indicated an expected increase with the reduced vane case. The minimum static pressure at the suction side is lower and at an earlier location for the reduced vane case and therefore, an extension of the trailing edge deceleration zone is observed for the reduced vane case. Results regarding losses indicate that even though the losses produced per vane significantly increases for the reduced vane case, a comparison of mass averaged losses between the reduced vane case and previous vane case show similar spanwise loss distributions. Assessing results leads to a conclusion that the reduction of the number of vanes in the first stage seems to be a useful method to save cooling flow as well as material costs without any significant deficit in overall efficiency.
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- Saha, Ranjan, 1984-, et al.
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Aerodynamic Investigation of External Cooling and Applicability of Superposition
- 2015
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Ingår i: 11th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TURBOMACHINERY FLUID DYNAMICS AND THERMODYNAMICS. - : EUROPEAN TURBOMACHINERY SOC-EUROTURBO.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- An experimental investigation of the overall external cooling on a cooled nozzle guide vanehas been conducted in a transonic annular sector cascade. The investigated vane is a typicaltransonic high pressure gas turbine vane, geometrically similar to a real engine component.The investigations are performed for various coolant-to-mainstream mass-flux ratios. Resultsindicate that the aerodynamic loss is influenced substantially with the change of the coolingflow. Area-averaged exit flow angles in midspan region are unaffected at moderate filmcoolant flows, for all cooling configurations except for trailing edge cooling. The trailing edgecooling decreases the turning in all investigated cases. Results lead to a conclusion that bothtrailing edge and suction side cooling have significant influence on the aerodynamic losswhereas the shower head cooling is less sensitive to the loss. Investigations with individualcooling features essentially lead to the applicability of the superposition technique regardingthe aerodynamic loss for film cooled vanes, which is this paper’s contribution to the researchfield. Results show that the superposition technique can be used for the profile loss but not forthe secondary loss.
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- Aad, G, et al.
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- 2015
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