Local Heat Transfer and Friction Measurements in Ribbed Channel at High Reynolds Numbers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Baybuzenko
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Distribution ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Heavy Duty Gas Turbine

Abstract The power generation industry is targeting heavy duty gas turbine to increase power and efficiency. Hot gas temperature and massflow are continuously being increased. It brings new challenges for the design of cooling systems for turbine blades and vanes. Up to date most of studies of heat transfer in internal cooling channels were in the range of Reynolds numbers below 80,000 for cooling air flow, for example, experimental series done by J. Chin Han et al. since 1985. Actually the range of Reynolds numbers is increased with the increase of total massflow. Extrapolation of available data is not reliable while local distribution of heat transfer coefficients becomes critical in terms of thermal stresses. Only few recent studies deal with the range of Reynolds number above 80,000, for example, in 2009 J. Chin et. al showed results for 45° angled ribs provided only area averaged values for heat transfer coefficient over one pitch and in 2003 R. Bunker showed local distribution for 45° angled ribs only. Within current study the experimental measurements of local heat transfer and friction in ribbed cooling channel were performed for Reynolds numbers in range of 100,000 – 180,000, what fits the parameters of modern and perspective heavy duty gas turbines. Using thermochromic liquid crystal technology the following rib configurations were tested: angled 45°, 60°, 90° and chevron 45°, 60°; pitch to height ratio of 10; rib turbulator height-to-channel hydraulic diameter ratio of 0.083. Maximum averaged heat transfer value was provided by 60° angled ribs. Comparison of local distribution of heat transfer coefficients for considered configurations was performed. Minimum non-uniformness of heat transfer coefficient was provided by chevron ribs, having maximum friction factor. Conjugated thermal-hydraulic analysis for cooled vane for heavy duty gas turbine was performed in order to quantify the effect of local heat transfer coefficient distribution in ribbed cooling channel. Metal temperature calculation was performed for two cases of air side thermal boundary condition application for wall surface between rib-turbulators: averaged value of heat transfer coefficient and detailed local distribution. Comparison of calculated metal temperature for 2 cases shows that usage of locally distributed air side heat transfer coefficient is important and should increase the accuracy of temperature prediction by 50°C. Consideration of local distribution of heat transfer coefficient is important for cooling design of modern heavy duty gas turbine in order to provide acceptable thermal gradients and consequently reach lifetime targets.

Local Heat Transfer Measurements in Turbulent Flow Around a 180-deg Pipe Bend

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Baughn ◽  
H. Iacovides ◽  
D. C. Jackson ◽  
B. E. Launder
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Pipe Bend ◽  
Streamline Curvature

The paper reports extensive connective heat transfer data for turbulent flow of air around a U-bend with a ratio of bend radius:pipe diameter of 3.375:1. Experiments cover Reynolds numbers from 2 × 104 to 1.1 × 105. Measurements of local heat transfer coefficient are made at six stations and at five circumferential positions at each station. At Re = 6 × 104 a detailed mapping of the temperature field within the air is made at the same stations. The experiment duplicates the flow configuration for which Azzola and Humphrey [3] have recently reported laser-Doppler measurements of the mean and turbulent velocity field. The measurements show a strong augmentation of heat transfer coefficient on the outside of the bend and relatively low levels on the inside associated with the combined effects of secondary flow and the amplification/suppression of turbulent mixing by streamline curvature. The peak level of Nu occurs halfway around the bend at which position the heat transfer coefficient on the outside is about three times that on the inside. Another feature of interest is that a strongly nonuniform Nu persists six diameters downstream of the bend even though secondary flow and streamline curvature are negligible there. At the entry to the bend there are signs of partial laminarization on the inside of the bend, an effect that is more pronounced at lower Reynolds numbers.

Experimental Investigation on Leakage Losses and Heat Transfer in a Non Conventional Labyrinth Seal

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Bozzi ◽  
Enrico D’Angelo ◽  
Bruno Facchini ◽  
Mirko Micio ◽  
Riccardo Da Soghe
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Labyrinth Seal ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Secondary Air

Different labyrinth seal configurations are used in modern heavy-duty gas turbine such as see-through stepped or honeycomb seals. The characterization of leakage flow through the seals is one of the main tasks for secondary air system designers as well as the evaluation of increase in temperature due to heat transfer and windage effects. In high temperature turbomachinery applications, knowledge of the heat transfer characteristics of flow leaking through the seals is needed in order to accurately predict seal dimensions and performance as affected by thermal expansion. This paper deals with the influence of clearance on the leakage flow and heat transfer coefficient of a contactless labyrinth seal. A scaled-up planar model of the seal mounted in the inner shrouded vane of the Ansaldo AE94.3A gas turbine has been experimentally investigated. Five clearances were tested using a stationary test rig. The experiments covered a range of Reynolds numbers between 5000 and 40000 and pressure ratios between 1 and 3.3. Local heat transfer coefficients were calculated using a transient technique. It is shown that the clearance/pitch ratio has a significant effect upon both leakage loss and heat transfer coefficient. Hodkinson’s and Vermes’ models are used to fit experimental mass flow rate and pressure drop data. This approach shows a good agreement with experimental data.

Measurements of Local Heat Transfer Coefficient Over the Full Surface of a Bank of Pedestals With Fillet Radii

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuolan Wang ◽  
Peter Ireland ◽  
Terry Jones ◽  
S. Toby Kohler
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Transfer Method

Complete distributions of local heat transfer coefficient have been measured over the full surface of a pedestal bank at a number of Reynolds numbers. The transient heat transfer method with thermochromic liquid crystals used as the surface thermometer was used to obtain the data. The pedestal geometry included fillet radii representative of those used in engine blade cooling passages. The heat transfer coefficient distributions are compared to previously reported local measurements made on a bank of plain cylinders. Averaged values based on the local mixed bulk gas temperature are compared to established correlations. The distributions of local heat transfer coefficient show a remarkable periodicity when based on a local temperature. These patterns are discussed in terms of the interpreted flow field. Measurements of pressure drop are also reported and, for a range of engine representative Reynolds numbers, agree with an existing correlation for prismatic pedestals.

Local Heat Transfer Measurements on a Gas Turbine Blade

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Accurate Determination ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

This paper presents an experimental method for determining the variation of the local heat transfer coefficient around gas turbine blades. The method involves the accurate determination of the distribution of metal surface temperature and the heat transfer coefficient and air coolant temperature in the internal cooling passages of the blade. It is shown that from the solution of Laplace's equation and a numerical differentiation at the blade surface of the resulting two-dimensional temperature field an estimate can be made of the normal temperature gradient in the metal which can be related directly to the local heat transfer coefficient at any point of the blade periphery. The results of experiments on a cascade blade undertaken to demonstrate the method are presented. These results show a clear laminar–turbulent transition on the convex surface of the blade but no transition, as such, is indicated on the concave surface. The magnitude of turbulence in the main stream is shown to have a very marked effect both on the mean level of heat transfer to the blade and on the local variation of the heat transfer coefficient.

A Novel Microelectronics Cooling Technique Using a Pair of Unsteady Confined Impinging Air Jets

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge L. Rosales ◽  
Victor A. Chiriac
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Heat Sources ◽  
Air Jets ◽  
Target Wall

The unsteady laminar flow and heat transfer characteristics for a pair of confined impinging air jets centered in a channel were studied numerically. The time-averaged heat transfer coefficient for a pair of heat sources centered in the channel and aligned with the jets was determined as well as the oscillating jet frequency for the unsteady cases. The present study continues the authors’ previous investigation, which emphasized how single confined jets will remain steady at Reynolds numbers that make side-by-side jets highly unsteady. The nature of this unsteadiness depends on the proximity of the jet inlets, the channel dimensions and the jet Reynolds number. The jet unsteadiness causes the stagnation point locations to sweep back and forth over the impingement region, and the jets “wash” a larger surface area on the target wall. The results indicate that the dual jets become unsteady between a Reynolds number of 200 and 300. Also, in the range of Reynolds numbers studied, a fixed stagnation “bubble” was formed on the target wall between the two jets, which reduced the heat transfer removal from that region, leading in fact to a quasi-independence of the local heat transfer on flow conditions. The stagnant region contains slow moving warm air that forces the cool impinging air jets to flow to the sides of this target wall area. The oscillating frequency of the flow increases with Reynolds number for the unsteady cases. Also, the time-averaged heat transfer coefficient on the heat sources rises as the Reynolds number increases for the steady cases but there is a slight decrease when it transitions to unsteady flow, indicating again that the stagnation “bubble” occurring between the two heat sources affects the local heat transfer.

Heat Transfer Measurements to a Gas Turbine Cooling Passage With Inclined Ribs

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Wang ◽  
P. T. Ireland ◽  
S. T. Kohler ◽  
J. W. Chew
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Gas Turbine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Passage

The local heat transfer coefficient distribution over all four walls of a large-scale model of a gas turbine cooling passage have been measured in great detail. A new method of determine the heat transfer coefficient to the rib surface has been developed and the contribution of the rib, at 5 percent blockage, to the overall roughened heat transfer coefficient was found to be considerable. The vortex-dominated flow field was interpreted from the detailed form of the measured local heat transfer contours. Computational Fluid Dynamics calculations support this model of the flow and yield friction factors that agree with measured values. Advances in the heat transfer measuring technique and data analysis procedure that confirm the accuracy of the transient method are described in full.

scholarly journals Heat Transfer Measurements to a Gas Turbine Cooling Passage With Inclined Ribs

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Wang ◽  
P. T. Ireland ◽  
S. T. Kohler ◽  
J. W. Chew
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Gas Turbine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Passage

The local heat transfer coefficient distribution over all four walls of a large scale model of a gas turbine cooling passage have been measured in great detail. A new method of determining the heat transfer coefficient to the rib surface has been developed and the contribution of the rib, at 5% blockage, to the overall roughened heat transfer coefficient was found to be considerable. The vortex dominated flow field was interpreted from the detailed form of the measured local heat transfer contours. Computational Fluid Dynamics calculations support this model of the flow and yield friction factors which agree with measured values. Advances in the heat transfer measuring technique and data analysis procedure which confirm the accuracy of the transient method are described in full.

An Experimental Study of High Rayleigh Number Mixed Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure With Restricted Inlet and Outlet Openings

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 446-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Neiswanger ◽  
G. A. Johnson ◽  
V. P. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Test Fluid ◽  
Rectangular Enclosure

Measured local heat transfer data and the results of flow visualization studies are reported for cross-flow mixed convection in a rectangular enclosure with restricted inlet and outlet openings at high Rayleigh number. In this study, experiments using water as the test fluid were conducted in a small-scale test section with uniformly heated vertical side walls and an adiabatic top and bottom. As the flow rate through the enclosure increased, the enhancement of heat transfer, above that for natural convection alone, also increased. The variation of the local heat transfer coefficient over the heated surface was found to be strongly affected by the recirculation of portions of the forced flow within the enclosure. Mean heat transfer coefficients are also presented which were calculated by averaging the measured local values over the heated surface. A correlation for the mean heat transfer coefficient is also proposed which agrees very well with the experimentally determined values. A method of predicting the flow regime in this geometry for specified heating and flow conditions is also discussed.

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