Effects of High Free-Stream Turbulence on the Near-Wall Flow and Heat/Mass Transfer on the Endwall of a Linear Turbine Rotor Cascade

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Woo Lee ◽  
Sang Bae Jun ◽  
Byung-Kyu Park ◽  
Joon Sik Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Flow Structure ◽  
Heat Mass Transfer ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Free Stream Turbulence ◽  
Wall Flow ◽  
Near Wall

Experimental data are presented which describe the effects of a combustor-level high free-stream turbulence on the near-wall flow structure and heat/mass transfer in the endwall region of a linear high-turning turbine rotor cascade. The endwall flow structure is visualized by employing the partial- and total-coverage oil-film technique, and heat/mass transfer rate is measured by the naphthalene sublimation method. A turbulence generator is designed to provide a turbulent boundary layer flow which has free-stream turbulence intensity and integral length scale of 14.7% and 80 mm, respectively, at the entrance of the turbine cascade. The surface flow visualization shows that the high free-stream turbulence has little effect on the attachment line, but alters the separation line noticeably. Under high free-stream turbulence, the incoming near-wall flow upstream of the adjacent separation lines collides at a shallower angle with the suction surface. A weaker lift-up force arising from this more oblique collision results in the narrower suction-side corner vortex area in the high turbulence case. The high free-stream turbulence enhances the heat/mass transfer in the central area of the turbine passage, but only a slight augmentation is found in the endwall regions adjacent to the leading and trailing edges. Therefore, the high free-stream turbulence makes the endwall heat load more uniform. It is also observed that the heat/mass transfers along the locus of the pressure-side leg of the leading-edge horseshoe vortex and along the suction-side corner are influenced most strongly by the high free-stream turbulence. The endwall surface is classified into seven different regions based on the local heat/mass transfer distribution, and the effects of the high free-stream turbulence on the local heat/mass transfer in each region are discussed in detail.

Effect of High Free-Stream Turbulence With Large Length Scale on Blade Heat/Mass Transfer

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. P. Wang ◽  
R. J. Goldstein ◽  
S. J. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Mass Transfer ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Boundary Layer Transition ◽  
Length Scale ◽  
Free Stream Turbulence ◽  
Large Length ◽  
Large Length Scale

The naphthalene sublimation technique is used to investigate the influence of high free-stream turbulence with large length scale on the heat/mass transfer from a turbine blade in a highly accelerated linear cascade. The experiments are conducted at four exit Reynolds numbers, ranging from 2.4 × 105 to 7.8 × 105, with free-stream turbulence of 3, 8.5, and 8 percent and corresponding integral length scales of 0.9 cm, 2.6 cm, and 8 cm, respectively. On the suction surface, the heat/mass transfer rate is significantly enhanced by high free-stream turbulence due to an early boundary layer transition. By contrast, the transition occurs very late, and may not occur at very low Reynolds numbers with low free-stream turbulence. In the turbulent boundary layer, lower heat/mass transfer rates are found for the highest free-stream turbulence level with large length scale than for the moderate turbulence levels with relatively small scales. Similar phenomena also occur at the leading edge. However, the effect of turbulence is not as pronounced in the laminar boundary layer.

An Experimental Convective Heat Transfer Investigation Around a Film-Cooled Gas Turbine Blade

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Camci ◽  
T. Arts
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Free Stream Turbulence

The present paper deals with an experimental convective heat transfer investigation around a film-cooled, high-pressure gas turbine rotor blade mounted in a stationary, linear cascade arrangement. The measurements were performed in the von Karman Institute Isentropic Light Piston Compression Tube facility. The test blade was made of Macor glass ceramic and was instrumented with thin film gages. The coolant flow was ejected simultaneously through the leading edge (three rows of holes), the suction side (two rows of holes), and the pressure side (one row of holes). The effects of overall mass weight ratio, coolant to free-stream temperature ratio, and free-stream turbulence were successively investigated.

Effects of Bleed Flow on Heat/Mass Transfer in a Rotating Rib-Roughened Channel

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 636-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Heung Jeon ◽  
Suk Hwan Park ◽  
Kyung Min Kim ◽  
Dong Hyun Lee ◽  
Hyung Hee Cho
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Mass Transfer ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Main Flow ◽  
Hydraulic Diameter ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Square Channel ◽  
Rib Turbulators ◽  
Sublimation Method

The present study investigates the effects of bleed flow on heat/mass transfer and pressure drop in a rotating channel with transverse rib turbulators. The hydraulic diameter (Dh) of the square channel is 40.0mm. 20 bleed holes are midway between the rib turburators on the leading surface and the hole diameter (d) is 4.5mm. The square rib turbulators are installed on both leading and trailing surfaces. The rib-to-rib pitch (p) is 10.0 times of the rib height (e) and the rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio (e∕Dh) is 0.055. The tests were conducted at various rotation numbers (0, 0.2, 0.4), while the Reynolds number and the rate of bleed flow to main flow were fixed at 10,000 and 10%, respectively. A naphthalene sublimation method was employed to determine the detailed local heat transfer coefficients using the heat/mass transfer analogy. The results suggest that for a rotating ribbed passage with the bleed flow of BR=0.1, the heat/mass transfer on the leading surface is dominantly affected by rib turbulators and the secondary flow induced by rotation rather than bleed flow. The heat/mass transfer on the trailing surface decreases due to the diminution of main flow. The results also show that the friction factor decreases with bleed flow.

Local Heat/Mass Transfer Phenomena in Rotating Passage, Part 2: Angled Ribbed Passage

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung Min Kim ◽  
Yun Young Kim ◽  
Dong Hyun Lee ◽  
Dong Ho Rhee ◽  
Hyung Hee Cho
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Mass Transfer ◽  
Local Heat

Local Heat/Mass Transfer Characteristics on a Rotating Blade With Flat Tip in a Low-Speed Annular Cascade—Part II: Tip and Shroud

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Ho Rhee ◽  
Hyung Hee Cho
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Heat Mass Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Incoming Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Annular Cascade

The local heat/mass transfer characteristics on the tip and shroud were investigated using a low speed rotating turbine annular cascade. Time-averaged mass transfer coefficients on the tip and shroud were measured using a naphthalene sublimation technique. A low speed wind tunnel with a single stage turbine annular cascade was used. The turbine stage is composed of sixteen guide plates and blades. The chord length of blade is 150 mm and the mean tip clearance is about 2.5% of the blade chord. The tested Reynolds number based on inlet flow velocity and blade chord is 1.5×105 and the rotational speed of the blade is 255.8 rpm at design condition. The results were compared with the results for a stationary blade and the effects of incidence angle of incoming flow were examined for incidence angles ranging from −15 to +7deg. The off-design test conditions are obtained by changing the rotational speed with a fixed incoming flow velocity. Flow reattachment on the tip near the pressure side edge dominates the heat transfer on the tip surface. Consequently, the heat/mass transfer coefficients on the blade tip are about 1.7 times as high as those on the blade surface and the shroud. However, the heat transfer on the tip is about 10% lower than that for the stationary case due to reduced leakage flow with the relative motion. The peak regions due to the flow reattachment are reduced and shifted toward the trailing edge and additional peaks are formed near the leading edge region with decreasing incidence angles. But, quite uniform and high values are observed on the tip with positive incidence angles. The time-averaged heat/mass transfer on the shroud surface has a level similar to that of the stationary cases.

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