Investigation of the Flow Field in a High-Pressure Turbine Stage for Two Stator-Rotor Axial Gaps—Part II: Unsteady Flow Field

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 580-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gaetani ◽  
G. Persico ◽  
V. Dossena ◽  
C. Osnaghi
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Outer Part ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Pressure Probe ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Tip Leakage Flow ◽  
Flow Measurements

An extensive experimental analysis was carried out at Politecnico di Milano on the subject of unsteady flow in high pressure (HP) turbine stages. In this paper, the unsteady flow measured downstream of a modern HP turbine stage is discussed. Traverses in two planes downstream of the rotor are considered, and, in one of them, the effects of two very different axial gaps are investigated: the maximum axial gap, equal to one stator axial chord, is chosen to “switch off” the rotor inlet unsteadiness, while the nominal gap, equal to 1/3 of the stator axial chord, is representative of actual engines. The experiments were performed by means of a fast-response pressure probe, allowing for two-dimensional phase-resolved flow measurements in a bandwidth of 80kHz. The main properties of the probe and the data processing are described. The core of the paper is the analysis of the unsteady rotor aerodynamics; for this purpose, instantaneous snapshots of the rotor flow in the relative frame are used. The rotor mean flow and its interaction with the stator wakes and vortices are also described. In the outer part of the channel, only the rotor cascade effects can be observed, with a dominant role played by the tip leakage flow and by the rotor tip passage vortex. In the hub region, where the secondary flows downstream of the stator are stronger, the persistence of stator vortices is slightly visible in the maximum stator-rotor axial gap configuration, whereas in the minimum stator-rotor axial gap configuration their interaction with the rotor vortices dominates the flow field. A good agreement with the wakes and vortices transport models has been achieved. A discussion of the interaction process is reported giving particular emphasis to the effects of the different cascade axial gaps. Some final considerations on the effects of the different axial gap over the stage performances are reported.

Investigation of the Flow Field in a HP Turbine Stage for Two Stator-Rotor Axial Gaps: Part II — Unsteady Flow Field

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gaetani ◽  
G. Persico ◽  
V. Dossena ◽  
C. Osnaghi
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Outer Part ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Pressure Probe ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Tip Leakage Flow ◽  
Flow Measurements

An extensive experimental analysis was carried out at Politecnico di Milano on the subject of unsteady flow in high pressure (HP) turbine stages. In this paper the unsteady flow measured downstream of a modern HP turbine stage is discussed. Traverses in two planes downstream of the rotor are considered and, in one of them, the effects of two very different axial gaps are investigated: the maximum axial gap, equal to one stator axial chord, is chosen to “switch off” the rotor inlet unsteadiness, while the nominal gap, equal to 1/3 of the stator axial chord, is representative of actual engines. The experiments were performed by means of a fast-response pressure probe, allowing for two-dimensional phase-resolved flow measurements in a bandwidth of 80 kHz. The main properties of the probe and the data processing are described. The core of the paper is the analysis of the unsteady rotor aerodynamics; for this purpose, instantaneous snapshots of the rotor flow in the relative frame are used. The rotor mean flow and its interaction with the stator wakes and vortices are also described. In the outer part of the channel only the rotor cascade effects can be observed, with a dominant role played by the tip-leakage flow and by the rotor tip passage vortex. In the hub region, where the secondary flows downstream of the stator are stronger, the persistence of stator vortices is slightly visible in the maximum stator-rotor axial gap configuration, while in the minimum stator-rotor axial gap configuration the interaction with the rotor vortices dominates the flow field. A fair agreement with the wakes and vortices transport models has been achieved. A discussion of the interaction process is reported giving particular emphasis to the effects of the different cascade axial gaps. Some final considerations on the effects of the different axial gap over the stage performances are reported.

The Unsteady Flow Field of a Purged High Pressure Turbine Based on Mode Detection

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Zerobin ◽  
S. Bauinger ◽  
A. Marn ◽  
A. Peters ◽  
F. Heitmeir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Pressure Probe ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
High Pressure Turbine ◽  
Low Pressure Turbine ◽  
Mode Detection

This paper presents an experimental study of the unsteady flow field downstream of a high pressure turbine with ejected purge flows, with a special focus on a flow field discussion using the mode detection approach according to the theory of Tyler and Sofrin. Measurements were carried out in a product-representative one and a half stage turbine test setup, which consists of a high-pressure turbine stage followed by an intermediate turbine center frame and a low-pressure turbine vane row. Four independent purge mass flows were injected through the forward and aft cavities of the unshrouded high-pressure turbine rotor. A fast-response pressure probe was used to acquire time-resolved data at the turbine center frame duct inlet and exit. The interactions between the stator, rotor, and turbine center frame duct are identified as spinning modes, propagating in azimuthal direction. Time-space diagrams illustrate the amplitude variation of the detected modes along the span. The composition of the unsteadiness and its major contributors are of interest to determine the role of unsteadiness in the turbine center frame duct loss generation mechanisms and to avoid high levels of blade vibrations in the low-pressure turbine which can in turn result in increased acoustic emissions. This work offers new insight into the unsteady flow behavior downstream of a purged high-pressure turbine and its propagation through an engine-representative turbine center frame duct configuration.

Effects of Off-Design Operating Conditions on the Blade Row Interaction in a HP Turbine Stage

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Persico ◽  
P. Gaetani ◽  
C. Osnaghi
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Pressure Probe ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
Mixing Rate ◽  
Aerodynamic Pressure ◽  
Blade Row ◽  
Blade Row Interaction

An extensive experimental analysis on the subject of the unsteady periodic flow in a highly subsonic HP turbine stage has been carried out at the Laboratorio di Fluidodinamica delle Macchine (LFM) of the Politecnico di Milano (Italy). In this paper the blade row interaction is progressively enforced by increasing the stator and rotor blade loading and by reducing the stator-rotor axial gap from 100% (very large to smooth the rotor inlet unsteadiness) to 35% (design configuration) of the stator axial chord. The time-averaged three-dimensional flow field in the stator-rotor gap was investigated by means of a conventional five-hole probe for the nominal (0°) and an highly positive (+22°) stator incidences. The evolution of the viscous flow structures downstream of the stator is presented to characterize the rotor incoming flow. The blade row interaction was evaluated on the basis of unsteady aerodynamic measurements at the rotor exit, performed with a fast-response aerodynamic pressure probe. Results show a strong dependence of the time-averaged and phase-resolved flow field and of the stage performance on the stator incidence. The structure of the vortex-blade interaction changes significantly as the magnitude of the rotor inlet vortices increases, and very different residual traces of the stator secondary flows are found downstream of the rotor. On the contrary, the increase of rotor loading enhances the unsteadiness in the rotor secondary flows but has a little effect on the vortex-vortex interaction. For the large axial gap, a reduction of stator-related effects at the rotor exit is encountered when the stator incidence is increased as a result of the different mixing rate within the cascade gap.

Effects of Tip Clearance on Unsteady Flow Characteristics in an Axial Turbine Stage

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Sun ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Zhenping Feng
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
Tip Leakage Flow ◽  
Tip Leakage ◽  
Blade Tip

The clearance between the rotor blade tip and casing wall in turbomachinery passages induces leakage flow loss and thus degrades aerodynamic performance of the machine. The flow field in turbomachinery is significantly influenced by the rotor blade tip clearance size. To investigate the effects of tip clearance size on the rotor-stator interaction, the turbine stage profile from Matsunuma’s experimental tests was adopted, and the unsteady flow fields with two tip clearance sizes of 0.67% and 2.00% of blade span was numerical simulated based on Harmonic method using NUMECA software. By comparing with the domain scaling method, the accuracy of the harmonic method was verified. The interaction mechanism between the stator wake and the leakage flow was investigated. It is found that the recirculation induced by the stator wake is separated by a significant “interaction line” from the flow field close to the suction side in the clearance region. The trend of the pressure fluctuation is contrary on both sides of the line. When the stator wakes pass by the suction side, the pressure field fluctuates and the intensity of the tip leakage flow varies. With the clearance size increasing, the “interaction line” is more far away from the suction side and the intensity of tip leakage flow also fluctuates more strongly.

Blade Row Interaction in a One and a Half Stage Transonic Turbine Focusing on Three Dimensional Effects: Part II—Clocking Effects

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Schennach ◽  
B. Paradiso ◽  
G. Persico ◽  
P. Gaetani ◽  
J. Woisetschla¨ger
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Pressure Probe ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Aerodynamic Pressure ◽  
Transonic Turbine

The paper presents an experimental investigation of the flow field in a high-pressure transonic turbine with a downstream vane row (1.5 stage machine) concerning the airfoil indexing. The objective is a detailed analysis of the three dimensional flow field downstream of the high pressure turbine for different vane clocking positions. To give an overview of the time averaged flow field, measurements by means of a pneumatic five hole probe were performed upstream and downstream of the second stator. Furthermore in this planes additional unsteady measurements were carried out with Laser Doppler Velocimetry in order to record rotor phase resolved velocity, flow angle and turbulence distributions at two different clocking positions. In the measurement plane upstream the second vane the time resolved pressure field has been analyzed by means of a Fast Response Aerodynamic Pressure Probe. The paper shows that the secondary flows of the second vane are significantly modified for different clocking positions, in connection with the first vane modulation of the rotor secondary flows. An analysis of the performance of the second vane is also carried out.

A Parametric Study of the Blade Row Interaction in a High Pressure Turbine Stage

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Persico ◽  
P. Gaetani ◽  
C. Osnaghi
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Pressure Probe ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
Mixing Rate ◽  
Aerodynamic Pressure ◽  
Blade Row ◽  
Blade Row Interaction

An extensive experimental analysis on the subject of the unsteady periodic flow in a high subsonic high pressure (HP) turbine stage has been carried out at the Laboratorio di Fluidodinamica delle Macchine of the Politecnico di Milano (Italy). In this paper the aerodynamic blade row interaction in HP turbines, enforced by increasing the stator and rotor blade loading and by reducing the stator-rotor axial gap, is studied in detail. The time-averaged three-dimensional flowfield in the stator-rotor gap was investigated by means of a conventional five-hole probe for the nominal (0 deg) and highly positive (+22 deg) stator incidences. The evolution of the viscous flow structures downstream of the stator is presented to characterize the rotor incoming flow. The blade row interaction was evaluated on the basis of unsteady aerodynamic measurements at the rotor exit, performed with a fast-response aerodynamic pressure probe. Results show a strong dependence of the time-averaged and phase-resolved flowfield and of the stage performance on the stator incidence. The structure of the vortex-blade interaction changes significantly as the magnitude of the rotor-inlet vortices increases, and very different residual traces of the stator secondary flows are found downstream of the rotor. On the contrary, the increase in rotor loading enhances the unsteadiness in the rotor secondary flows but has a little effect on the vortex-vortex interaction. For the large axial gap, a reduction of stator-related effects at the rotor exit is encountered when the stator incidence is increased as a result of the different mixing rate within the cascade gap.

Investigation of the Flow Field in a High-Pressure Turbine Stage for Two Stator-Rotor Axial Gaps—Part I: Three-Dimensional Time-Averaged Flow Field

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gaetani ◽  
G. Persico ◽  
V. Dossena ◽  
C. Osnaghi
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Fields ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Flow Structures ◽  
Axial Distance ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
High Pressure Turbine

An extensive experimental analysis on the subject of unsteady flow field in high-pressure turbine stages was carried out at the Laboratorio di Fluidodinamica delle Macchine (LFM) of Politecnico di Milano. The research stage represents a typical modern HP gas turbine stage designed by means of three-dimensional (3D) techniques, characterized by a leaned stator and a bowed rotor and operating in high subsonic regime. The first part of the program concerns the analysis of the steady flow field in the stator-rotor axial gap by means of a conventional five-hole probe and a temperature sensor. Measurements were carried out on eight planes located at different axial positions, allowing the complete definition of the three-dimensional flow field both in absolute and relative frame of reference. The evolution of the main flow structures, such as secondary flows and vane wakes, downstream of the stator are here presented and discussed in order to evidence the stator aerodynamic performance and, in particular, the different flow field approaching the rotor blade row for the two axial gaps. This results set will support the discussion of the unsteady stator-rotor effects presented in Part II (Gaetani, P., Persico, G., Dossena, V., and Osnaghi, C., 2007, ASME J. Turbomach., 129(3), pp. 580–590). Furthermore, 3D time-averaged measurements downstream of the rotor were carried out at one axial distance and for two stator-rotor axial gaps. The position of the probe with respect to the stator blades is changed by rotating the stator in circumferential direction, in order to describe possible effects of the nonuniformity of the stator exit flow field downstream of the stage. Both flow fields, measured for the nominal and for a very large stator-rotor axial gap, are discussed, and results show the persistence of some stator flow structures downstream of the rotor, in particular, for the minimum axial gap. Finally, the flow fields are compared to evidence the effect of the stator-rotor axial gap on the stage performance from a time-averaged point of view.

Experimental Investigation of the Unsteady Flow Field Downstream of a Counter-Rotating Two-Spool Turbine Rig

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Lengani ◽  
Cornelia Santner ◽  
Rosario Spataro ◽  
Berardo Paradiso ◽  
Emil Göttlich
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Pressure Probe ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Aerodynamic Pressure

The paper presents an experimental investigation of the unsteady flow field in the two-spool counter-rotating transonic turbine at Graz University of Technology. The test setup consists of a high pressure (HP) stage, a diffusing mid turbine frame with turning struts (TMTF) and a shrouded low pressure (LP) rotor. The two rotors are mounted on mechanically independent shafts in order to provide engine-representative operating conditions. The rig was designed in cooperation with MTU Aero Engines and Volvo Aero within the EU project DREAM (ValiDation of Radical Engine Architecture SysteMs). A two-sensor fast response aerodynamic pressure probe (2S-FRAP) has been employed to provide time-resolved aerodynamic area traverses downstream of the LP turbine. Such measurement allows estimating the total deterministic unsteadiness transported through the duct. In particular, it has been possible to isolate the structures induced by each rotor by means of the encoders mounted on the two shafts. A global ensemble averaged field, which takes into account the rotor-rotor interactions, is also provided. The time resolved distributions of the flow quantities are then discussed in details. The perturbations due to the HP rotor in terms of velocity and flow angle are negligible in this downstream plane. Indeed, the largest fluctuations of velocity are due to the TMTF-LP rotor interaction, they occur in the wake and secondary flows of the TMTF. Large fluctuations of static and total pressure are instead due to both rotors to the same extent.

On the Influence of an Acoustically Optimized Turbine Exit Casing Onto the Unsteady Flow Field Downstream of a Low Pressure Turbine Rotor

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Loris Simonassi ◽  
Manuel Zenz ◽  
Stefan Zerobin ◽  
Thorsten Selic ◽  
Franz Heitmeir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Pressure Probe ◽  
Guide Vanes ◽  
Aerodynamic Pressure

Modern low pressure turbines (LPT) are designed in order to fulfil a various number of requirements such as high endurance, low noise, high efficiency, low weight, and low fuel consumption. Regarding the reduction of the emitted noise, different designs of LPT exit guide vanes (aerodynamically and/or acoustically optimized) of the turbine exit casing (TEC) were tested, and their noise reduction capabilities and aerodynamic performance were evaluated. In particular, measurements of TEC-losses were performed, and differences in the losses were reported. Measurements were carried out in a one and a half stage subsonic turbine test facility at the engine relevant operating point approach. This work focuses on the study of the unsteady flow field downstream of an unshrouded LPT rotor. The influence on the upstream flow field of a TEC design including acoustically optimized vanes (inverse cut-off TEC) is investigated and compared with a second TEC configuration without vanes (Vaneless TEC), by means of fast response aerodynamic pressure probe (FRAPP) measurements. The second configuration served as a reference concerning the influence of turbine exit guide vanes (TEGVs) onto the upstream located LPT rotor. The interactions between the stator and rotor wakes, secondary flows, and the TEGVs potential effect are identified via modal decomposition according to the theory of Tyler and Sofrin. The main structures constituting the unsteady flow field are detected, and the role of the major interaction effects in the loss generation mechanism and in the acoustic emission is analyzed. This study based on the modal analysis of the unsteady flow field offers new insight into the main interaction mechanisms and their importance in the assessment of the aerodynamic and aeroelastic performance of modern LPT exit casings.

Study of the Standard k-ε Model for Tip Leakage Flow in an Axial Compressor Rotor

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanfei Gao ◽  
Yangwei Liu ◽  
Luyang Zhong ◽  
Jiexuan Hou ◽  
Lipeng Lu
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Turbulent Viscosity ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Tip Leakage Flow ◽  
Tip Leakage ◽  
Compressor Rotor

AbstractThe standard k-ε model (SKE) and the Reynolds stress model (RSM) are employed to predict the tip leakage flow (TLF) in a low-speed large-scale axial compressor rotor. Then, a new research method is adopted to “freeze” the turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation rate of the flow field derived from the RSM, and obtain the turbulent viscosity using the Boussinesq hypothesis. The Reynolds stresses and mean flow field computed on the basis of the frozen viscosity are compared with the results of the SKE and the RSM. The flow field in the tip region based on the frozen viscosity is more similar to the results of the RSM than those of the SKE, although certain differences can be observed. This finding indicates that the non-equilibrium turbulence transport nature plays an important role in predicting the TLF, as well as the turbulence anisotropy.

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