Selection of a Turbine Cooling System Applying Multi-Disciplinary Design Considerations

2006 ◽  
Vol 934 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
BORIS GLEZER
Keyword(s):  
Cooling System ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals Design Considerations and Selection of Cost-Effective Switched Reluctance Drive for Radiator Cooling Fans

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 917
Author(s):  
Ickjin Son ◽  
Grace Firsta Lukman ◽  
Mazahir Hussain Shah ◽  
Kwang-Il Jeong ◽  
Jin-Woo Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Magnetic Characteristics ◽  
Switched Reluctance Motors ◽  
Switched Reluctance ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Cooling Fan ◽  
Cooling Fans ◽  
Power Switches ◽  
Selection Of

Switched reluctance motors (SRMs) are simple in structure, easy to manufacture, magnet-less, brushless, and highly robust compared to other AC motors which makes them a good option for applications that operate in harsh environment. However, the motor has non-linear magnetic characteristics, and it comes with various pole-phase combinations and circuit topologies that causes many difficulties in deciding on which type to choose. In this paper, the viability of SRM as a low-cost, rugged machine for vehicle radiator cooling fan is considered. First, necessary design considerations are presented, then three commonly use types of SRM are analyzed: A 3-phase 6/4, 3-phase 12/8, and a 4-phase 8/6 to find their static and dynamic characteristics so the most suitable type can be selected. Simulation results show that the 8/6 SRM produces the highest efficiency with less phase current which reduces the converter burden. However, with asymmetric half bridge converter, eight power switches are required for 8/6 SRM and thus put a burden on the overall drive cost. As a solution, the Miller converter with only six switches for four phase SRM. To verify the proposed idea, the 8/6 SRM was manufactured and tested. The results show that Miller converter can be used for the proposed SRM with slightly reduced efficiency at 80.4%.

Combined Experimental and CFD Study of a HP Blade Multi-Pass Cooling System

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Jackson ◽  
P. Ireland ◽  
B. Cheong
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Bulk Temperature ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Hole ◽  
The Difference

Progress in the computing power available for CFD predictions now means that full geometry, 3 dimensional predictions are now routinely used in internal cooling system design. This paper reports recent work at Rolls-Royce which has compared the flow and htc predictions in a modern HP turbine cooling system to experiments. The triple pass cooling system includes film cooling vents and inclined ribs. The high resolution heat transfer experiments show that different cooling performance features are predicted with different levels of fidelity by the CFD. The research also revealed the sensitivity of the prediction to accurate modelling of the film cooling hole discharge coefficients and a detailed comparison of the authors’ computer predictions to data available in the literature is reported. Mixed bulk temperature is frequently used in the determination of heat transfer coefficient from experimental data. The current CFD data is used to compare the mixed bulk temperature to the duct centreline temperature. The latter is measured experimentally and the effect of the difference between mixed bulk and centreline temperature is considered in detail.

Selection of Manufacturing Processes and Design Considerations

2014 ◽  
pp. 133-158
Author(s):  
Anil Mital ◽  
Anoop Desai ◽  
Anand Subramanian ◽  
Aashi Mital
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Selection Of

Tension-Leg Platform Design: Interaction of Naval Architectural and Structural Design Considerations

1979 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 343-352
Author(s):  
Cuneyt Capanoglu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Tension Leg Platform ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Anchoring System ◽  
Successful Design ◽  
Exciting Forces ◽  
Platform System ◽  
Selection Of

As oil exploration and production move into water depths over 1000 ft (305 m), several companies are investigating compliant structures as possible solutions to the economic and engineering problems involved. This paper focuses on the tension-leg type of platform, a positively buoyant structure kept on location by a pretensioned anchoring system. The basic approach to design of a tension-leg platform system, the various components of the system and the interaction between naval architectural and structural design considerations are presented. The author points out that planning for a successful design must include:preparation of good design criteria,determination of variables,evaluation of variables for sensitivity and interaction,accurate and timely engineering decisions in selection of a set of parameters, andparallel studies covering fabrication, transportation and installation requirements. Appendices give the mathematical bases for computing motions of the tenslon-leg platform and graphic illustrations of platform characteristics and the effects of typical exciting forces.

Selection of the cooling system configuration for an ultra-critical coal-fired power plant

2013 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 554-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Wróblewski ◽  
Sławomir Dykas ◽  
Sebastian Rulik
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
System Configuration ◽  
Selection Of

Conjugate Heat Transfer Optimization of the Nonuniform Impingement Cooling Structure of a HPT 2nd Stage Vane

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongran Chi ◽  
Haiqing Liu ◽  
Shusheng Zang ◽  
Guangyun Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Conjugate Heat Transfer ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Constant Pressure ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Impingement Cooling ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Heat Transfer Optimization ◽  
Pin Fin Array

This paper discusses the methodology of impingement cooling optimization of a gas turbine 2nd stage vane with 3D conjugate heat transfer (CHT) CFD analysis applied. The vane is installed with a novel impingement cooling structure in the leading cavity and a pin-fin array in the trailing edge. This study involves the optimization of the impingement cooling structure, including the location of the jet holes and the diameter of each hole. The generation of 3D model and CHT mesh was realized using an in-house code developed specifically for turbine cooling optimization. A constant pressure drop was assumed within the cooling system during optimization. To make the optimization computationally faster, a metamodel which can predict the detailed distribution of metal temperature on the vane surface was used in the second-level search together with a genetic algorithm. An optimal nonuniform impingement cooling structure in the leading cavity was automatically designed by the optimization process costing only dozens of CFD runs, which provided a more uniform temperature distribution on the vane surface and required no more coolant amount compared with the initial impingement cooling structure.

Application of Genetic Algorithms to Design of an Internal Turbine Cooling System

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. F. F. Favaretto ◽  
K. Funazaki
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Target Function ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Impingement Cooling ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Optimum Configuration ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Wetted Area

This paper deals with the development of an optimizing technique based on Genetic Algorithms (GA), which can be applied to the optimization of an internal cooling system of turbine nozzles. An impingement cooling system with pins and air-discharging holes is selected as target cooling system to be optimized using a single-objective GA code developed in this study. The optimization is performed for several design parameters such as the impingement and discharging hole diameters, pin diameter and pin height. The computational grid is automatically generated and boundary conditions prescribed. A commercial CFD code is used to evaluate the target function, which is in the present case simply defined as the ratio between the averaged heat transfer coefficient multiplied by the wetted area and the pressure loss. A hybrid FORTRAN/UNIX shell script program controls the whole process of the optimization, leading to the successful achievement for finding an optimum configuration of the cooling system concerned.

GMT refrigerant-based cooling system and design considerations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver McIrwin ◽  
David S. Ashby ◽  
Mark Fraser ◽  
José Terán
Keyword(s):  
Cooling System ◽  
Design Considerations
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