Validation of CFD and Coupled Fluid-Solid Modelling for a Direct Transfer Pre-Swirl System

Author(s):  
Umesh Javiya ◽  
John Chew ◽  
Nick Hills ◽  
Klaus Dullenkopf ◽  
Timothy Scanlon

The prediction of the pre-swirl cooling air delivery and disc metal temperature are important for the cooling system performance and the rotor disc thermal stresses and life assessment. In this paper, standalone 3D steady and unsteady CFD, and coupled FE-CFD calculations are presented for prediction of these temperatures. CFD results are compared with previous measurements from a direct transfer pre-swirl test rig. The predicted cooling air temperatures agree well with the measurement, but the nozzle discharge coefficients are under predicted. Results from the coupled FE-CFD analyses are compared directly with thermocouple temperature measurements and with heat transfer coefficients on the rotor disc previously obtained from a rotor disc heat conduction solution. Considering the modelling limitations, the coupled approach predicted the solid metal temperatures well. Heat transfer coefficients on the rotor disc from CFD show some effect of the temperature variations on the heat transfer coefficients. Reasonable agreement is obtained with values deduced from the previous heat conduction solution.

Author(s):  
Umesh Javiya ◽  
John Chew ◽  
Nick Hills ◽  
Klaus Dullenkopf ◽  
Timothy Scanlon

The prediction of the preswirl cooling air delivery and disk metal temperature are important for the cooling system performance and the rotor disk thermal stresses and life assessment. In this paper, standalone 3D steady and unsteady computation fluid dynamics (CFD), and coupled FE-CFD calculations are presented for prediction of these temperatures. CFD results are compared with previous measurements from a direct transfer preswirl test rig. The predicted cooling air temperatures agree well with the measurement, but the nozzle discharge coefficients are under predicted. Results from the coupled FE-CFD analyses are compared directly with thermocouple temperature measurements and with heat transfer coefficients on the rotor disk previously obtained from a rotor disk heat conduction solution. Considering the modeling limitations, the coupled approach predicted the solid metal temperatures well. Heat transfer coefficients on the rotor disk from CFD show some effect of the temperature variations on the heat transfer coefficients. Reasonable agreement is obtained with values deduced from the previous heat conduction solution.


Author(s):  
Nicola Bianco ◽  
Oronzio Manca

A thermal analysis of the cooling of an extruded aluminum alloy by means of water sprays is carried out. The heat conduction problem has been solved numerically by means of a finite volume method. The heat transfer coefficients used in the boundary conditions has been evaluated by means of spray heat transfer correlations, which relate these coefficients to the spray hydrodynamic parameters. The influence of the number of sprays and of the solid velocity has been investigated. Results show that the efficiency of the cooling system decreases as the number of jets increases. The efficiency of each spray increases with the velocity for the same number of sprays. As the workpiece velocity increases it needs to increase the number of sprays to obtain the same temperature difference between the entry and the exit of the cooling system. The greater the number of sprays related to the case with lower velocity, the smaller the increase of the number of sprays.


Author(s):  
Jun Su Park ◽  
Namgeon Yun ◽  
Hokyu Moon ◽  
Kyung Min Kim ◽  
Sin-Ho Kang ◽  
...  

This paper presents thermal analyses of the cooling system of a transition piece, which is one of the primary hot components in a gas turbine engine. The thermal analyses include heat transfer distributions induced by heat and fluid flow, temperature, and thermal stresses. The purpose of this study is to provide basic thermal and structural information on transition piece, to facilitate their maintenance and repair. The study is carried out primarily by numerical methods, using the commercial software, Fluent and ANSYS. First, the combustion field in a combustion liner with nine fuel nozzles is analyzed to determine the inlet conditions of a transition piece. Using the results of this analysis, pressure distributions inside a transition piece are calculated. The outside of the transition piece in a dump diffuser system is also analyzed. Information on the pressure differences is then used to obtain data on cooling channel flow (one of the methods for cooling a transition piece). The cooling channels have exit holes that function as film-cooling holes. Thermal and flow analyses are carried out on the inside of a film-cooled transition piece. The results are used to investigate the adjacent temperatures and wall heat transfer coefficients inside the transition piece. Overall temperature and thermal stress distributions of the transition piece are obtained. These results will provide a direction to improve thermal design of transition piece.


Author(s):  
Christian Egger ◽  
Jens von Wolfersdorf ◽  
Martin Schnieder

In this paper a transient method for measuring heat transfer coefficients in internal cooling systems using infrared thermography is applied. The experiments are performed with a two-pass internal cooling channel connected by a 180° bend. The leading edge and the trailing edge consist of trapezoidal and nearly rectangular cross sections, respectively, to achieve an engine-similar configuration. Within the channels rib arrangements are considered for heat transfer enhancement. The test model is made of metallic material. During the experiment the cooling channels are heated by the internal flow. The surface temperature response of the cooling channel walls is measured on the outer surface by infrared thermography. Additionally, fluid temperatures as well as fluid and solid properties are determined for the data analysis. The method for determining the distribution of internal heat transfer coefficients is based on a lumped capacitance approach which considers lateral conduction in the cooling system walls as well as natural convection and radiation heat transfer on the outer surface. Because of time-dependent effects a sensitivity analysis is performed to identify optimal time periods for data analysis. Results are compared with available literature data.


Author(s):  
Hao-Wei Wu ◽  
Hootan Zirakzadeh ◽  
Je-Chin Han ◽  
Luzeng Zhang ◽  
Hee-Koo Moon

A three-passage internal cooling test model with a 180° U-bend at the hub turn portion was used to perform the investigation. The flow is radially inward at the second passage, while it is radially outward at the third passage after the U-bend. Measurement was conducted at the second and the third passages. Aspect ratio of the second passage is 2:1 (AR=2), while the third passage is wedge-shaped with side wall slot ejections. The squared ribs with P/e = 8, e/Dh = 0.1, α = 45°, were configured on both leading and trailing surfaces along the second passage, and also the inner half of the third passage. Three rows of cylinder-shaped pin-fins with diameter of 3 mm were placed at both leading and trailing surfaces of the outer half of the third passage. The results showed that the rotating effects on radial inward flow and radial outward flow are consistent with previous studies. When there is no turning vane, heat transfer on the leading surface at hub turn region is increased by rotation, while it is decreased on the trailing surface. The presence of turning vane reduces the effect of rotation on hub turn portion. Ejection and pin-fin array enhance heat transfer at the third passage. Even though there is mass loss of cooling air along the third passage with side wall slot ejection, the heat transfer coefficient remains high until the end of the passage. Correlation between regional heat transfer coefficients and rotation numbers is presented for both cases of with and without turning vane.


Author(s):  
A. O. Ol’shanskii ◽  
A. M. Gusarov ◽  
S. V. Zhernosek

In the work, the authors investigated the possibility of using the results of analytical solutions of the linear differential equations of unsteady heat conduction with constant heat transfer coefficients to calculate the temperature of the material during heat treatment of leathers. Heat treatment of natural leathers as heat-sensitive materials is carried out under mild temperature conditions and high air moisture contents, the temperature does not undergo significant changes, and the heat transfer coefficients change almost linearly. When using analytical solutions, the authors made the assumptions that for small temperature gradients over the cross section of a thin body, the thermal transfer of matter can be neglected and for values of the heat and mass transfer Biot criteria less than unity, the main factor, limiting heat and mass transfer, is the interaction of the evaporation surface of the body with the environment; so, in solving the differential heat equation we can restrict ourselves to one first member of an infinite series. In this case, a piecewise stepwise approximation of all thermophysical characteristics with constant values of these coefficients at the calculated time intervals was applied, which made it possible to take into account the change in the transfer coefficients throughout the entire heat treatment process. Processing of experimental data showed that in low-intensity processes with reliable values of the transfer coefficients, it is possible to use the results of solutions of differential equations of unsteady heat conduction in heat transfer calculations. The results of the study of heat transfer during drying of leather confirm the laws of temperature change established experimentally. Together with experimental studies of drying processes, analytical studies are of great practical importance in the development of new methods for calculating heat and mass transfer in wet bodies.


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