Detached Eddy Simulation of Film Cooling Performance on the Trailing Edge Cut-Back of Gas Turbine Airfoils

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Martini ◽  
A. Schulz ◽  
H.-J. Bauer ◽  
C. F. Whitney
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Back Surface ◽  
Pressure Side ◽  
Mixing Process ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Turbine Airfoils

The present study deals with the unsteady flow simulation of trailing edge film cooling on the pressure side cut-back of gas turbine airfoils. Before being ejected tangentially on the inclined cut-back surface, the coolant air passes a partly converging passage that is equipped with turbulators such as pin fins and ribs. The film mixing process on the cut-back is complicated. In the near slot region, due to the turbulators and the blunt pressure side lip, turbulence is expected to be anisotropic. Furthermore, unsteady flow phenomena like vortex shedding from the pressure side lip might influence the mixing process (i.e. the film cooling effectiveness on the cut-back surface). In the current study, three different internal cooling designs are numerically investigated starting from the steady RaNS solution, and ending with unsteady detached eddy simulations (DES). Blowing ratios M = 0.5; 0.8; 1.1 are considered. To obtain both, film cooling effectiveness as well as heat transfer coefficients on the cut-back surface, the simulations are performed using adiabatic and diabatic wall boundary conditions. The DES simulations give a detailed insight into the unsteady film mixing process on the trailing edge cut-back, which is indeed influenced by vortex shedding from the pressure side lip. Furthermore, the time averaged DES results show very good agreement with the experimental data in terms of film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficients.

Detached Eddy Simulation of Film Cooling Performance on the Trailing Edge Cutback of Gas Turbine Airfoils

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Martini ◽  
A. Schulz ◽  
H. -J. Bauer ◽  
C. F. Whitney
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Back Surface ◽  
Pressure Side ◽  
Mixing Process ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Turbine Airfoils

The present study deals with the unsteady flow simulation of trailing edge film cooling on the pressure side cut back of gas turbine airfoils. Before being ejected tangentially on the inclined cut-back surface, the coolant air passes a partly converging passage that is equipped with turbulators such as pin fins and ribs. The film mixing process on the cut back is complicated. In the near slot region, due to the turbulators and the blunt pressure side lip, turbulence is expected to be anisotropic. Furthermore, unsteady flow phenomena like vortex shedding from the pressure side lip might influence the mixing process (i.e., the film cooling effectiveness on the cut-back surface). In the current study, three different internal cooling designs are numerically investigated starting from the steady RaNS solution, and ending with unsteady detached eddy simulations (DES). Blowing ratios M=0.5; 0.8; 1.1 are considered. To obtain both, film cooling effectiveness as well as heat transfer coefficients on the cut-back surface, the simulations are performed using adiabatic and diabatic wall boundary conditions. The DES simulations give a detailed insight into the unsteady film mixing process on the trailing edge cut back, which is indeed influenced by vortex shedding from the pressure side lip. Furthermore, the time averaged DES results show very good agreement with the experimental data in terms of film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficients.

Film Cooling Effectiveness and Heat Transfer on the Trailing Edge Cut-Back of Gas Turbine Airfoils With Various Internal Cooling Designs

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Martini ◽  
A. Schulz ◽  
H.-J. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Back Surface ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Pressure Side ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Turbine Airfoils

The present study deals with trailing edge film cooling on the pressure side cut-back of gas turbine airfoils. Before being ejected tangentially onto the inclined cut-back surface the coolant air passes a partly converging passage that is equipped with turbulators such as pin fins and ribs. The experiments are conducted in a generic set-up and cover a broad variety of internal cooling designs. A subsonic atmospheric open-loop wind tunnel is utilized for the tests. The test conditions are characterized by a constant Reynolds number of Rehg = 250,000, a turbulence intensity of Tuhg = 7%, and a hot gas temperature of Thg = 500K. Due to the ambient temperature of the coolant, engine realistic density ratios between coolant and gas can be realized. Blowing ratios cover a range of 0.20<M<1.25. The experimental data to be presented include discharge coefficients, adiabatic film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficients in the near slot region (x/H<15). The results clearly demonstrate the strong influence of the internal cooling design and the relatively thick pressure side lip (t/H = 1) on film cooling performance downstream of the ejection slot.

Film Cooling Effectiveness and Heat Transfer on the Trailing Edge Cutback of Gas Turbine Airfoils With Various Internal Cooling Designs

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Martini ◽  
A. Schulz ◽  
H.-J. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Pressure Side ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Hot Gas ◽  
Turbine Airfoils

The present study deals with trailing edge film cooling on the pressure side cutback of gas turbine airfoils. Before being ejected tangentially onto the inclined cut-back surface the coolant air passes a partly converging passage that is equipped with turbulators such as pin fins and ribs. The experiments are conducted in a generic setup and cover a broad variety of internal cooling designs. A subsonic atmospheric open-loop wind tunnel is utilized for the tests. The test conditions are characterized by a constant Reynolds number of Rehg=250000, a turbulence intensity of Tuhg=7%, and a hot gas temperature of Thg=500K. Due to the ambient temperature of the coolant, engine realistic density ratios between coolant and hot gas can be realized. Blowing ratios cover a range of 0.20<M<1.25. The experimental data to be presented include discharge coefficients, adiabatic film cooling effectiveness, and heat transfer coefficients in the near slot region (x∕H<15). The results clearly demonstrate the strong influence of the internal cooling design and the relatively thick pressure side lip (t∕H=1) on film cooling performance downstream of the ejection slot.

Heat Transfer Coefficients and Film Cooling Effectiveness on the Squealer Tip of a Gas Turbine Blade

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 648-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Su Kwak ◽  
Je-Chin Han
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Blowing Ratio

Experimental investigations were performed to measure the detailed heat transfer coefficients and film cooling effectiveness on the squealer tip of a gas turbine blade in a five-bladed linear cascade. The blade was a two-dimensional model of a first stage gas turbine rotor blade with a profile of the GE-E3 aircraft gas turbine engine rotor blade. The test blade had a squealer (recessed) tip with a 4.22% recess. The blade model was equipped with a single row of film cooling holes on the pressure side near the tip region and the tip surface along the camber line. Hue detection based transient liquid crystals technique was used to measure heat transfer coefficients and film cooling effectiveness. All measurements were done for the three tip gap clearances of 1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.5% of blade span at the two blowing ratios of 1.0 and 2.0. The Reynolds number based on cascade exit velocity and axial chord length was 1.1×106 and the total turning angle of the blade was 97.9 deg. The overall pressure ratio was 1.2 and the inlet and exit Mach numbers were 0.25 and 0.59, respectively. The turbulence intensity level at the cascade inlet was 9.7%. Results showed that the overall heat transfer coefficients increased with increasing tip gap clearance, but decreased with increasing blowing ratio. However, the overall film cooling effectiveness increased with increasing blowing ratio. Results also showed that the overall film cooling effectiveness increased but heat transfer coefficients decreased for the squealer tip when compared to the plane tip at the same tip gap clearance and blowing ratio conditions.

Effect of Unheated Starting Lengths on Film Cooling Experiments

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah M. Coulthard ◽  
Ralph J. Volino ◽  
Karen A. Flack
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Stanton Number ◽  
Flow Structures ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Single Row ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Film Cooling Holes

The effect of an unheated starting length upstream of a row of film cooling holes was studied experimentally to determine its effect on heat transfer coefficients downstream of the holes. Cases with a single row of cylindrical film cooling holes inclined at 35deg to the surface of a flat plate were considered at blowing ratios of 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5. For each case, experiments were conducted to determine the film-cooling effectiveness and the Stanton number distributions in cases with the surface upstream of the holes heated and unheated. Measurements were made using an infrared camera, thermocouples, and hot and cold-wire anemometry. Ratios were computed of the Stanton number with film cooling (Stf) to corresponding Stanton numbers in cases without film cooling (Sto), but the same surface heating conditions. Contours of these ratios were qualitatively the same regardless of the upstream heating conditions, but the ratios were larger for the cases with a heating starting length. Differences were most pronounced just downstream of the holes and for the lower blowing rate cases. Even 12 diameters downstream of the holes, the Stanton number ratios were 10–15% higher with a heated starting length. At higher blowing rates the differences between the heated and unheated starting length cases were not significant. The differences in Stanton number distributions are related to jet flow structures, which vary with blowing rate.

Pressure Side and Cutback Trailing Edge Film Cooling in a Linear Nozzle Vane Cascade at Different Mach Numbers

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Barigozzi ◽  
Antonio Perdichizzi ◽  
Silvia Ravelli
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Guide Vane ◽  
Pressure Side ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Mach Numbers ◽  
Nozzle Guide ◽  
Cooling Air ◽  
Momentum Boundary Layer

Tests on a specifically designed linear nozzle guide vane cascade with trailing edge coolant ejection were carried out to investigate the influence of trailing edge bleeding on both aerodynamic and thermal performance. The cascade is composed of six vanes with a profile typical of a high pressure turbine stage. The trailing edge cooling features a pressure side cutback with film cooling slots, stiffened by evenly spaced ribs in an inline configuration. Cooling air is ejected not only through the slots but also through two rows of cooling holes placed on the pressure side, upstream of the cutback. The cascade was tested for different isentropic exit Mach numbers, ranging from M2is = 0.2 to M2is = 0.6, while varying the coolant to mainstream mass flow ratio MFR up to 2.8%. The momentum boundary layer behavior at a location close to the trailing edge, on the pressure side, was assessed by means of laser Doppler measurements. Cases with and without coolant ejection allowed us to identify the contribution of the coolant to the off the wall velocity profile. Thermochromic liquid crystals (TLC) were used to map the adiabatic film cooling effectiveness on the pressure side cooled region. As expected, the cutback effect on cooling effectiveness, compared to the other cooling rows, was dominant.

Heat (Mass) Transfer and Film Cooling Effectiveness With Injection Through Discrete Holes: Part II—On the Exposed Surface

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. Cho ◽  
R. J. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Heat Mass Transfer ◽  
Saturated Vapor ◽  
Back Surface ◽  
Exposed Surface ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Lateral Direction ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness

The heat (mass) transfer coefficient and the film cooling effectiveness are obtained from separate tests using pure air and naphthalene-saturated vapor injected through circular holes into a crossflow of air. The experiments indicate that Sherwood numbers around the injection hole are up to four times those on a flat plate (without injection holes) due to the interaction of the jets and the mainstream. The mass transfer around the injection holes is dominated by formations of horseshoe, side, and kidney vortices, which are generated by the jet and crossflow interaction. For an in-line array of holes, the effectiveness is high and uniform in the streamwise direction but has a large variation in the lateral direction. The key parameters, including transfer coefficients on the back surface (Part I), inside the hole (Part I), and on the exposed surfaces, and the effectiveness on the exposed surface, are obtained so that the wall temperature distribution near the injection holes can be determined for a given heat flux condition. This detailed information will also aid the numerical modeling of flow and mass/heat transfer around film cooling holes.

Heat Transfer and Film Cooling on a Contoured Blade Endwall With Platform Gap Leakage

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Lynch ◽  
Karen A. Thole
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Vortical Flow ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Manufacturing Assembly

Turbine blade components in an engine are typically designed with gaps between parts due to manufacturing, assembly, and operational considerations. Coolant is provided to these gaps to limit the ingestion of hot combustion gases. The interaction of the gaps, their leakage flows, and the complex vortical flow at the endwall of a turbine blade can significantly impact endwall heat transfer coefficients and the effectiveness of the leakage flow in providing localized cooling. In particular, a platform gap through the passage, representing the mating interface between adjacent blades in a wheel, has been shown to have a significant effect. Other important turbine blade features present in the engine environment are nonaxisymmetric contouring of the endwall, and an upstream rim seal with a gaspath cavity, which can reduce and increase endwall vortical flow, respectively. To understand the platform gap leakage effect in this environment, measurements of endwall heat transfer, and film cooling effectiveness were performed in a scaled blade cascade with a nonaxisymmetric contour in the passage. A rim seal with a cavity, representing the overlap interface between a stator and rotor, was included upstream of the blades and a nominal purge flowrate of 0.75% of the mainstream was supplied to the rim seal. The results indicated that the endwall heat transfer coefficients increased as the platform gap net leakage increased from 0% to 0.6% of the mainstream flowrate, but net heat flux to the endwall was reduced due to high cooling effectiveness of the leakage flow.

Effect of Surface Roughness on Local Heat Transfer and Film Cooling Effectiveness

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas N. Barlow ◽  
Yong W. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

An experimental investigation of film cooling on rough surfaces has been accomplished at a Reynolds number and dimensionless boundary layer momentum thickness found in current high performance first stage turbine vanes. A transient experimental method using thermochromic liquid crystals is employed to determine both local heat transfer coefficients and film cooling effectiveness values on planar rough surfaces. Two surface roughness configurations are investigated with a single row of cooling holes spaced three diameters apart and inclined 30° to the mainstream flow. The mainstream turbulence level at the point of film injection is 8.5% and the density ratio considered is approximately 1.0. The influence of roughness on the centerline film cooling effectiveness, laterally averaged film cooling effectiveness, laterally averaged heat transfer coefficients, as well as area averaged values are presented. It is found that the presence of roughness causes a decrease in the film cooling effectiveness over that of the smooth surface for the range of experimental parameters considered in this study. In addition, significant lateral smoothing in film cooling effectiveness distribution is observed for the rougher surfaces. Measured heat transfer coefficients on rough surfaces show a trend of monotonic increase with blowing ratio. However, such increase is not as great as that for the case of smooth surface.

Film Cooling From a Row of Holes With Both Ends Embedded in Transverse Slots

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Zhang ◽  
L. Sun ◽  
Q. Y. Chen ◽  
M. Lin ◽  
M. Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Cooling Performance ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Discharge Coefficients ◽  
Cylindrical Holes

Embedding a row of typical cylindrical holes in a transverse slot can improve the cooling performance. Rectangular slots can increase the cooling effectiveness but is at the cost of decreasing of discharge coefficients. An experiment is conducted to examine the effects of an overlying transverse inclined trench on the film cooling performance of axial holes. Four different trench configurations are tested including the baseline inclined cylindrical holes. The influence of the geometry of the upstream lip of the exit trench and the geometry of the inlet trench on cooling performance is examined. Detailed film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficients are obtained separately using the steady state IR thermography technique. The discharge coefficients are also acquired to evaluate the aerodynamic performance of different hole configurations. The results show that the film cooling holes with both ends embedded in slots can provide higher film cooling effectiveness and lower heat transfer coefficients; it also can provide higher discharge coefficients whilst retaining the mechanical strength of a row of discrete holes. The cooling performance and the aerodynamic performance of the holes with both ends embedded in inclined slots are superior to the holes with only exit trenched. To a certain extent, the configuration of the upstream lip of the exit trench affects the cooling performance of the downstream of the trench. The filleting for the film hole inlet avail the improvement of the cooling effect, but not for the film hole outlet. Comparing film cooling with embedded holes to unembedded holes, the overall heat flux ratio shows that the film holes with both ends embedded in slots and filleting for the film hole inlet can produce the highest heat flux reduction.

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