Unsteady Flow Analysis of a Highly Loaded High-Pressure Turbine of a Gas Turbine Engine

2020 ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Vishal Tandon ◽  
S. N. Dileep Bushan Reddy ◽  
R. D. Bharathan ◽  
S. V. Ramana Murthy
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
High Pressure Turbine ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Unsteady Flow Analysis ◽  
Highly Loaded

Investigation of the Transient Response of a Dual-Rotor System With Intershaft Squeeze Film Damper

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qihan Li ◽  
James F. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Transient Response ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Rotor System ◽  
Squeeze Film ◽  
High Pressure Turbine ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Squeeze Film Damper

A method is presented for calculating the dynamics of a dual-rotor gas turbine engine equipped with a flexible intershaft squeeze-film damper. The method is based on the functional expansion component synthesis method. The transient response of the rotor due to a suddenly applied unbalance in the high-pressure turbine under different steady-speed operations is calculated. The damping effects of the intershaft damper and stability of the rotor system are investigated.

Investigation of the Transient Response of a Dual-Rotor System With Intershaft Squeeze-Film Damper

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qihan Li ◽  
J. F. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Transient Response ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Rotor System ◽  
Squeeze Film ◽  
High Pressure Turbine ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Squeeze Film Damper

A method is presented for calculating the dynamics of a dual-rotor gas turbine engine equipped with a flexible intershaft squeeze-film damper. The method is based on the functional expansion component synthesis method. The transient response of the rotor due to a suddenly applied imbalance in the high-pressure turbine under different steady-speed operations is calculated. The damping effects of the intershaft damper and stability of the rotor system are investigated.

The ultra-high efficiency gas turbine engine, UHEGT, part I: Design and numerical analysis of the multistage system

2020 ◽  
pp. 095765092095166
Author(s):  
Seyed M Ghoreyshi ◽  
Meinhard T Schobeiri
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
High Pressure Turbine ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Gaseous Fuels ◽  
Multi Stage

The Ultra-High Efficiency Gas Turbine Engine (UHEGT) was introduced in our previous studies. In UHEGT, the combustion process is no longer contained in isolation between the compressor and turbine. It is rather distributed in multiple stages and integrated within the high-pressure turbine stator rows. Compared to the current most advanced conventional gas turbines, UHEGT considerably improves the efficiency and output power of the engine while reducing its emissions and size. In this study, a six-stage UHEGT turbine with three stages of stator internal combustion is designed and analyzed. The design represents a single spool turboshaft system for power generation using gaseous fuels. The preliminary flow path for each turbine stage is designed by the meanline approach and modified using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Unsteady CFD calculation (via commercial software ANSYS CFX) is used to simulate and optimize the flow and combustion process through high-pressure turbine stages. The results show a base thermal efficiency of above 45% is achieved. It shows a successful integration of the multi-stage combustion process into the high-pressure turbine stages and a highly uniform temperature distribution at the inlet of each rotor row. High temperatures in some areas on the stator blade surfaces are controlled using indexing of fuel injectors and stator blades.

Design and Analysis of a High Pressure Turbine Using Computational Methods for Small Gas Turbine Application

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kishor Kumar ◽  
R. Prathapanayaka ◽  
S. V. Ramana Murthy ◽  
S. Kishore Kumar ◽  
T. M. Ajay Krishna
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Computational Methods ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Flow Coefficient ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Convergence Criterion ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Design Point ◽  
Ansys Cfx

This paper describes the aerodynamic design and analysis of a high-pressure, single-stage axial flow turbine suitable for small gas turbine engine application using computational methods. The specifications of turbine were based on the need of a typical high-pressure compressor and geometric restrictions of small gas turbine engine. Baseline design parameters such as flow coefficient, stage loading coefficient are close to 0.23 and 1.22 respectively with maximum flow expansion in the NGV rows. In the preliminary design mode, the meanline approach is used to generate the turbine flow path and the design point performance is achieved by considering three blade sections at hub, mean and tip using the AMDC+KO+MK+BSM loss models to meet the design constraints. An average exit swirl angle of less than 5 degrees is achieved leading to minimum losses in the stage. Also, NGV and rotor blade numbers were chosen based on the optimum blade solidity. Blade profile is redesigned using the results from blade-to-blade analysis and through-flow analysis based on an enhanced Dawes BTOB3D flow solver. Using PbCFD (Pushbutton CFD) and commercially available CFD software ANSYS-CFX, aero-thermodynamic parameters like pressure ratios, aerodynamic power, and efficiencies are computed and these results are compared with one another. The boundary conditions, convergence criterion, and turbulence model used in CFD computations are set uniform for comparison with 8 per cent turbulence intensity. Grid independence study is performed at design point to optimize the grid density for off-design performance predictions. ANSYS-CFX and PbCFD have predicted higher efficiency of 3.4% and 1.2% respectively with respect to targeted efficiency of 89 per cent.

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