Heat Transfer in a Rib and Pin Roughened Rotating Multi-Pass Channel With Hub Turning Vane and Trailing-Edge Slot Ejection

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

A multipassage internal cooling test model with a 180 deg U-bend at the hub was investigated. The flow is radially inward at the inlet passage while it is radially outward at the trailing edge passage. The aspect ratio (AR) of the inlet passage is 2:1 (AR = 2) while the trailing edge passage is wedge-shaped with side wall slot ejections. The squared ribs with P/e = 8, e/Dh = 0.1, α = 45 deg, were configured on both leading surface (LE) and trailing surface (TR) along the inlet passage, and also at the inner half of the trailing edge passage. Three rows of cylinder-shaped pin fins with a diameter of 3 mm were placed at both LE and TR at the outer half of the trailing edge passage. For without turning vane case, heat transfer on LE at hub turn region is increased by rotation while it is decreased on the TR. The presence of turning vane reduces the effect of rotation on hub turn portion. The combination of ribs, pin-fin array, and mass loss of cooling air through side wall slot ejection results in the heat transfer coefficient gradually decreased along the trailing edge passage. Correlation between regional heat transfer coefficients and rotation numbers is presented for with and without turning vane cases, and with channel orientation angle β at 90 deg and 45 deg.


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):  
Fabio Pagnacco ◽  
Luca Furlani ◽  
Alessandro Armellini ◽  
Luca Casarsa ◽  
Anthony Davis

The present contribution is focused on heat transfer measurements on internal cooling channels of a high pressure gas turbine blade in static and rotating conditions. A novel rig designed for the specific purpose was used to assess the heat transfer coefficients on a full internal cooling scheme of an idealized blade. The channel has a multi-pass design. Coolant enters at the blade hub in the leading edge region and move radially outwards inside a two-sided ribbed channel. The second passage is again a two-sided ribbed channel with a trapezoidal cross section of high aspect ratio, while inside the third leg low aspect-ratio cylindrical pin fins are arranged in a staggered configuration to promote flow turbulence. Inside the third passage, the coolant is progressively discharged at the blade trailing edge and finally at the blade tip. The test model differs with respect to the real design only because there is no curvature due to the blade camber. Conversely, the correct stagger angle of the real blade with respect to the rotation axis is preserved. Experiments were performed for static and rotating conditions with engine similar conditions of Re=21000 and Ro=0.074, both defined at the channel inlet. Transient liquid crystal technique was used for the measurement of the heat transfer coefficient (HTC) on both pressure and suction sides internal surfaces of the channel. From the spatially resolved HTC maps available, it is possible to characterize the thermal performances of the whole passage and to highlight the effect of rotation.


Author(s):  
Ali Kosar ◽  
Yoav Peles

An experimental study has been performed on single-phase heat transfer of de-ionized water over a bank of shrouded micro pin fins 243-μm long with hydraulic diameter of 99.5-μm. Heat transfer coefficients and Nusselt numbers have been obtained over effective heat fluxes ranging from 3.8 to 167 W/cm2 and Reynolds numbers from 14 to 112. The results were used to derive the Nusselt numbers and total thermal resistances. It has been found that endwalls effects are significant at low Reynolds numbers and diminish at higher Reynolds numbers.


Author(s):  
S. B. Chiang ◽  
C. C. Wang

In this study, the concept of the thermal module of LEDs cooling by use of drilled hole to entrain air flow was examined. It is found that the drilled hole does not necessarily improve the overall performance. It depends on the size of the drilled hole, the number of drilled holes, and the locations. The heat transfer coefficients are generally increased with the number of drilled holes and the diameter of the drilled hole. In this paper, the plate fin heat sink has a higher heat transfer coefficients than pin fins, but the overall performance of the LED panel having pin fin outperforms that of plate fin. This is because the pin fin provides much larger surface area. For decrease the maximum temperature of the LED panel, placement of the drilled holes along the hot region will be more effective.


1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Brigham ◽  
G. J. VanFossen

Recently, several experiments concerning heat transfer from short pin fins have been conducted with the results indicating lower heat transfer from short pin fins than from longer pin fins found in tube banks and other similar configurations. Assessments of the effect of the number of pin rows and row geometry have also been made. It was felt that there was a need to determine the relative contribution of pin length to diameter ratio and pin row geometry on the heat transfer. Array-averaged heat transfer coefficients on pin and endwall surfaces were measured for two configurations of staggered arrays of short pin fins (length to diameter ratio of 4). One configuration contained eight streamwise rows of pins, while the other contained only four rows. Results showed that both the eight-row and the four-row configurations for an Lp/D of 4 exhibit higher heat transfer than in similar tests on shorter pin fins (Lp/D of 1/2 and 2). It was also found that for this Lp/D ratio the array-averaged heat transfer was slightly higher with eight rows of staggered pins than with only four rows.


Author(s):  
Jun Su Park ◽  
Kyung Min Kim ◽  
Dong Hyun Lee ◽  
Hyung Hee Cho ◽  
Minking K. Chyu

Pin-fins have been used to enhance the heat transfer near the trailing edge of a turbine airfoil. Previous pin-fin heat transfer studies focused mainly on the array geometry of pin height-to-diameter equal to unity in a stationary frame. This study experimentally examines the effects of pin height-to-diameter ratio (Hp/Dp) from 2 to 4 and rotation number (Ro) from 0 to 0.2. The tested model used a staggered pin-fin array with an inter-pin spacing of 2.5 times the pin-diameter (S/D = 2.5) in both longitudinal and transverse directions. Detailed heat/mass transfer coefficients were measured using the naphthalene sublimation technique with a heat-mass transfer analogy. The data measured suggest that an increase in Hp/Dp increases the level of array heat/mass transfer. Array averaged Sherwood numbers for Hp/Dp = 3 and Hp/Dp = 4 are approximately 10% and 35% higher than that of Hp/Dp = 2. The effect of rotation induces notable difference in heat/mass transfer between the leading surface and the trailing surface. The heat transfer coefficients change a little although the rotating number increases in the tested range because the pin-fins break the rotation-induced vortices.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izzet Sahin ◽  
I-Lun Chen ◽  
Lesley M. Wright ◽  
Je-Chin Han ◽  
Hongzhou Xu ◽  
...  

Abstract A wide variety of pin-fins have been used to enhance heat transfer in internal cooling channels. However, due to their large blockage in the flow direction, they result in an undesirable high pressure drop. This experimental study aims to reduce pressure drop while increasing the heat transfer surface area by utilizing strip-fins in converging internal cooling channels. The channel is designed with a trapezoidal cross-section, converges in both transverse and longitudinal directions, and is also skewed β = 120° with respect to the direction of rotation in order to model a trailing edge cooling channel. Only the leading and trailing surfaces of the channel are instrumented, and each surface is divided into eighteen isolated copper plates to measure the regionally averaged heat transfer coefficient. Utilizing pressure taps at the inlet and outlet of the channel, the pressure drop is obtained. Three staggered arrays of strip-fins are investigated: one full height configuration and two partial fin height arrangements (Sz = 2mm and 1mm). In all cases, the strip fins are 2mm wide (W) and 10mm long (Lf) in the flow direction. The fins are spaced such that Sy/Lf = 1 in the streamwise direction. However, due to the convergence the spanwise spacing Sx/W, was varied from 8 to 6.2 along the channel. The rotation number of the channel varied up to 0.21 by ranging the inlet Reynolds number from 10,000 to 40,000 and rotation speed from 0 to 300rpm. It is found that the full height strip-fin channel results in a more non-uniform spanwise heat transfer distribution than the partial height strip-fin channel. Both trailing and leading surface heat transfer coefficients are enhanced under rotation conditions. The 2mm height partial strip-fin channel provided the best thermal performance, and it is comparable to the performance of the converging channels with partial length circular pins. The strip-fin channel can be a design option when the pressure drop penalty is a major concern.


2021 ◽  
Vol 143 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Izzet Sahin ◽  
I-Lun Chen ◽  
Lesley M. Wright ◽  
Je-Chin Han ◽  
Hongzhou Xu ◽  
...  

Abstract In the current study, the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a rotating, partial pin-finned, cooling channel that has a trapezoidal cross section and converges from the hub to tip in both the streamwise and spanwise directions are experimentally investigated. To model the geometry of an internal trailing edge cooling passage, the channel is oriented with respect to the direction of rotation (β = 120 deg). Isolated copper plates are used to obtain regionally averaged heat transfer coefficients on the leading and trailing surfaces. Pressure drop is measured using pressure taps placed at the inlet and outlet of the channel. Utilizing Dp = 5 mm diameter pins, a staggered array is created. For this array, the streamwise pin-spacing, Sy/Dp = 2.1, was kept constant; however, the spanwise pin-spacing, Sx/Dp, was varied from the hub to tip between 3 and 2.6 due to the channel convergence. Experiments were conducted for two partial pin-fin sets having pin length-to-diameter ratios of Sz/Dp = 0.4 and 0.2. The rotation number was varied from 0 to 0.21 by ranging the inlet Reynolds number from 10,000 to 40,000 and rotation speed from 0 to 300 rpm. A significant decrease in pressure loss and a slight reduction in heat transfer enhancement are observed with the use of partial pin-fins compared with the previously reported full pin-fin converging channel study. This provides better thermal performances of the partial pin-fin arrays compared with the full pin-fin array, in the converging channels.


Author(s):  
Rui Kan ◽  
Jing Ren ◽  
Hongde Jiang

Pin fin arrays and perforated blockages are both important methods for gas turbine trailing edge cooling. Perforated blockages result in higher heat transfer coefficients with larger pressure loss penalty. For enhanced heat transfer with medium pressure loss, we installed a perforated blockage at the inlet of pin fin arrays and studied the combined effects between impingement and pin fin. Heat transfer coefficients were measured with the transient liquid crystal method and the lumped capacitance model. Flow field was investigated using the RNG k-ε model. Six configurations with different flow area ratio, hole distribution and hole aspect ratio were examined at duct Reynolds number between 9,000 and 20,000. The results reveal that under impingement condition, Nusselt number for the first two rows of pin fins near the stagnation point is 2∼3 times larger than the baseline case without impingement. The most important parameter for heat transfer and friction loss is the area ratio. The average Nusselt number increases 20%∼50% with impingement, and the friction factor increases 4∼20 times. Heat transfer and friction loss for the combined configurations satisfy the correlation Nu = 0.1766Re0.702f0.188.


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