Numerical Analysis of Impingement/Effusion Cooling Effectiveness on Flat Plates

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivin Ignatious ◽  
Jayakumar Janardanan Sarasamma
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Control Volume ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Hybrid Scheme ◽  
Flat Plates ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Adiabatic Cooling ◽  
Temperature Combustion ◽  
Cooling Air

The impingement/effusion cooling is a method of using cooling air to protect the hot combustor liner surfaces from high temperature effectively. This paper investigates the impingement/effusion cooling over two perforated flat plates and proposes a better cooling scheme for high temperature combustion liners in aircrafts and electrical power generation application. The adiabatic cooling effectiveness distribution over the liner surface is numerically studied by control volume technique in CFD. In this hybrid scheme the hydraulic diameter (d) of the hole is 1mm and impingement plate is provided with holes normal to the plate over its whole length of 250d. While effusion plate has only 20 rows of holes inclined at 30° to its surface. The effect of blowing ratio (BR) over this hybrid scheme of cooling is studied for different BR of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0. It has been found that the area averaged effectiveness increases steeply for BR 0.5 to 1.0 but further increase in BR results only in a small increase. The results also show that increasing the hole diameter increases averaged effectiveness while increasing the center-to-center spacing decreases averaged effectiveness.

SURFACE HEATER FABRICATION USING MICRO-LITHOGRAPHY FOR TRANSPIRATION COOLING HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Zheng Min ◽  
Sarwesh Narayan Parbat ◽  
Qing-Ming Wang ◽  
Minking K. Chyu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Target Surface ◽  
Transpiration Cooling ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Adiabatic Cooling

Abstract Transpiration cooling is able to provide more uniform coolant coverage than film cooling to effectively protect the component surface from contacting the hot gas. Due to numerous coolant ejection outlets within a small area at the target surface, the experimental thermo-fluid investigation on transpiration cooing becomes a significant challenge. Two classic methods to investigate film cooling, the steady-state foil heater method and the transient thermography technique, both fail for transpiration cooling because the foil heater would block numerous coolant outlets, and the semi-infinite solid conduction model no longer holds for porous plates. In this study, a micro-lithography method to fabricate a silver coil pattern on top of the additively manufactured polymer porous media as the surface heater was proposed. The circuit was deliberately designed to cover the solid surface in a combination of series connection and parallel connection to ensure the power in each unit cell area at the target surface was identical. With uniform heat flux generation, the steady-state tests were conducted to obtain distributions of a pair of parameters, adiabatic cooling effectiveness, and heat transfer coefficient (HTC). The results showed that the adiabatic cooling effectiveness could reach 0.65 with a blowing ratio lower than 0.5. Meanwhile, the heat transfer coefficient ratio (hf/h0) of transpiration cooling was close to 1 with a small blowing ratio at 0.125. A higher HTC ratio was observed for smaller pitch-to-diameter cases due to more turbulence intensity generated at the target surface.

The Influence of Rotating Speed on Film Cooling Characteristics on GE-E3 Blade Tip With Different Tip Configurations

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Zhang ◽  
M. Zeng ◽  
Q. W. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Tip Leakage Flow ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Rotating Speed ◽  
Tip Leakage ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Blade Tip ◽  
Cooling Air

The film cooling phenomenon of flat tip (with or without a trench) and squealer tip on GE-E3 blade in rotating state was numerically studied. The effect of tip configuration, rotating speed and blowing ratio on the blade tip flow and cooling performance was revealed. It was found that the squealer tip and the flat tip with trenched hole have comparability in configuration: both have a cavity at the end of the film hole. So the coolant momentum and the tip leakage flow velocity in the cavity are decreased, which contributes to the improvement of the cooling effect. Because of the bigger cavity of the squealer tip than that of the flat tip with trenched hole, the cooling air and the leakage flow mix adequately in the cavity, the squealer tip can get the highest cooling effectiveness and the lowest heat transfer coefficient value both in stationary and rotating state, and the flat tip with trenched hole follows. With the increase of rotating speed, for all the three configurations, the area-averaged cooling effectiveness decreases and the area-averaged heat transfer coefficient increases. At the same time, the tip leakage flow entraps the cooling air moving toward the leading edge. And with the increase of the blowing ratio, for all the configurations, the area-averaged cooling effectiveness increases while the area-averaged heat transfer coefficients decreases.

Tripod Hole Geometry Performance for a Vane Suction Surface Near Throat Location

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sridharan Ramesh ◽  
Chris LeBlanc ◽  
Srinath V. Ekkad ◽  
Mary Anne Alvin
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Suction Surface ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Throat Region ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Hole Geometry ◽  
Film Cooling Holes ◽  
Cooling Air

Film cooling performance depends strongly on the hole exit geometry, blowing ratio, and hole location. The goal of this study is to evaluate film cooling geometries that can provide better protection over the suction surface of the airfoil beyond the throat region. This study compares the performance of standard cylindrical; fan-shaped (10° flare/laidback); tripod hole geometry (15° breakout angle); and tripod holes with shaped exits (5° flare on 15° tripod). Film cooling holes are located just upstream of the throat region on the suction side of an airfoil. The airfoil is a scaled up first stage vane from GE E3 engine and is mounted on a low speed linear cascade wind tunnel. A range of blowing ratios from 0.5 to 2.0 was covered for a cylindrical hole, while ensuring all other hole geometries run under similar mass flow rate conditions. Steady state IR (Infra-Red) technique was employed to measure adiabatic film cooling effectiveness. Results show that the tripod holes with and without shaped exits provide much higher film effectiveness than cylindrical and slightly higher effectiveness than shaped exit holes using 50% lesser cooling air while operating at the same blowing ratios. Effectiveness values up to 0.2–0.25 are seen 40-hole diameters downstream for the tripod hole configurations thus providing cooling in the important trailing edge portion of the airfoil.

Influence of Blowing Ratio on the Double-Jet Ejection of Cooling Air

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karsten Kusterer ◽  
Dieter Bohn ◽  
Takao Sugimoto ◽  
Ryozo Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Vortex Pair ◽  
Mixing Processes ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Secondary Vortices ◽  
Cooling Air ◽  
Combined Cooling

Further improvement of the thermal efficiency of modern gas turbines can be achieved by a further reduction of the cooling air amount. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the cooling effectiveness so that the available cooling air fulfils the cooling task even if the amount has been reduced. In particular, the cooling effort for the vanes and blades of the first stage in a modern gas turbine is very high. The task of the film-cooling is to protect the blade material from the hot gas attack to the surface. Unfortunately, aerodynamic mixing processes are enhanced by secondary vortices in the cooling jets and, thus, the film-cooling effectiveness is reduced shortly behind the cooling air ejection through the holes. By improvement of the hole positioning, the negative interaction effects can be reduced. One approach is the Double-jet Film-cooling (DJFC) Technology presented recently by the authors. It has been shown by numerical simulations that for a special and precise arrangement of two holes, the interaction of the secondary vortices can be used for a significant increase in film-cooling effectiveness. This is reached by establishing an anti-kidney vortex pair in a combined jet from two jets starting from two cylindrical ejection holes. The influence of the blowing ratio on the double-jet ejection is investigated numerically. The configurations of the double-hole arrangements have been investigated only for a relative high blowing ratio (M = 1.7). The present investigations focus on moderate blowing ratios (1.0 < M < 1.5) and on a higher blowing ratio of M = 2.0. It can be shown that also for moderate blowing ratios the anti-kidney vortex pair is generated in the combined cooling jet. Thus, high adiabatic film-cooling effectiveness can be reached also for the case with a moderate blowing ratio. The lateral distribution of the cooling air is reduced compared to the cases of higher blowing ratios (M = 1.7, M = 2.0).

Computational Analysis on Gas Turbine Blade by Hole Modified for Optimization the Effectiveness

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 157-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farouk Kebir
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Sst Turbulence Model ◽  
Numerical Research ◽  
Cooling Air

In order to reduce the operating costs of the engine, turbine designers must also increase the life of their components. However, high gas temperatures throughout the engine require more cooling air or better cooling efficiency to protect the parts from thermal damage. This study presents numerical research on cooling holes. Research focused on aerodynamics and thermal aspects of shallow whole angle. The numerical simulation is performed based on Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with SST turbulence model by using CFX. A modification has been done in the normal injection hole of 35°, by injecting the cold fluid at different blowing ratio, providing a significant change in the shape of holes which later we found in our numerical investigation giving good quality of film cooling effectiveness.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Trailing Edge Film Cooling by Circular Coolant Wall Jets Ejected From a Slot With Internal Rib Arrays

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Martini ◽  
A. Schulz ◽  
S. Wittig
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Adiabatic Wall ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Edge Features ◽  
Cooling Air

The present study concentrates on the experimental and computational investigation of a cooled trailing edge in a modern turbine blade. The trailing edge features a pressure side cutback and a slot, stiffened by two rows of evenly spaced ribs in an inline configuration. Cooling air is ejected through the slot and forms a cooling film on the trailing edge cutback region. In the present configuration the lateral spacing of the ribs equals two times their width. The height of the ribs, i.e. the height of the slot equals their width. Since the ribs are provided with fillet radii of half the slot height in size, circular coolant jets are exiting the slot tangentially to the trailing edge cutback. The adiabatic wall temperature mappings on the trailing edge cutback indicate that strong three-dimensional flow interaction between the coolant jets and the hot main flow takes place in such a way that two or more coolant jets coalesce depending on the blowing ratio. Experimental and numerical data to be presented in the present study include adiabatic film cooling effectiveness on the trailing edge cutback, the pressure distribution along the internal ribbed passage as well as slot discharge coefficients for different blowing ratios ranging from M = 0.35 to 1.1.

Effect of Inlet Mach Number on Aerothermodynamics of Sealing Leakage Flow Cooling on Endwall

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyu Gao ◽  
Xueying Li ◽  
Jing Ren ◽  
Hongde Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Mach Number ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Cooling Effect ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Low Mach Number ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Passage Vortex ◽  
Adiabatic Cooling ◽  
Cooling Design

Abstract The gas turbine has an assembly gap between the combustion chamber and the first stage vane. The coolant air discharge from the gap can prevent the ingestion of the high temperature gas. This leakage flow also provides a cooling coverage on the vane endwall. Taking the cooling effect of the leakage flow on the endwall into consideration is very important for an efficient cooling design. In this paper, the cooling effect of leakage flow on endwall is studied by means of experimental and numerical methods. The study included slots at 30°, 45°, and 60° angles, and six blowing ratios of 0.3, 0.6, 1.0, 1.4, 1.7, and 2.0. The experiment and numerical calculation are conducted under the condition that the inlet Mach number is 0.125 and the outlet Mach number is 0.72, which is close to the working Mach number of the real gas turbine. Under the same slot inclination and blowing ratio, the distribution of endwall adiabatic cooling effectiveness is more nonuniform under the condition of near-real engine Mach number. This is because the passage vortex is weaker under the low Mach number condition, and the leakage flow has a better wall attachment effect. In terms of the spanwise average of endwall adiabatic cooling effectiveness, when the blowing ratio is small, the adiabatic cooling effectiveness is lower under the condition of near-real engine Mach number than that under the condition of low Mach number, but the opposite is true under the condition of large blowing ratio. This is because under the condition of large blowing ratio, the turbulence is stronger under the condition of Mach number of near-real engine. With the reduction of blowing ratio, the turbulent kinetic energy weakens more strongly. In the studied cases, there is a critical blowing ratio of 1.0, and the total endwall cooling adiabatic cooling effectiveness is not significantly affected by the Mach number when it is smaller than M1.0. The average adiabatic cooling effectiveness of the endwall under the condition of near-real engine Mach number is about 7% lower than that under the condition of low Mach number. It means that the experimental results of leakage flow cooling obtained under the condition of low inlet Mach number need to be corrected by a correction factor, which may be less than 1 to make it engine relevant.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Trailing Edge Film Cooling by Circular Coolant Wall Jets Ejected From a Slot With Internal Rib Arrays

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Martini ◽  
A. Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Adiabatic Wall ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Edge Features ◽  
Cooling Air

The present study concentrates on the experimental and computational investigation of a cooled trailing edge in a modern turbine blade. The trailing edge features a pressure side cutback and a slot, stiffened by two rows of evenly spaced ribs in an inline configuration. Cooling air is ejected through the slot and forms a cooling film on the trailing edge cutback region. In the present configuration the lateral spacing of the ribs equals two times their width. The height of the ribs, i.e., the height of the slot equals their width. Since the ribs are provided with fillet radii of half the slot height in size, circular coolant jets are exiting the slot tangentially to the trailing edge cutback. The adiabatic wall temperature mappings on the trailing edge cutback indicate that strong three-dimensional flow interaction between the coolant jets and the hot main flow takes place in such a way that two or more coolant jets coalesce depending on the blowing ratio. Experimental and numerical data to be presented in the present study include adiabatic film cooling effectiveness on the trailing edge cutback, the pressure distribution along the internal ribbed passage as well as slot discharge coefficients for different blowing ratios ranging from M=0.35 to 1.1.

Surface Heater Fabrication Using Micro-Lithography for Transpiration Cooling Heat Transfer Coefficient Measurements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Min ◽  
Sarwesh Parbat ◽  
Qing-Ming Wang ◽  
Minking K. Chyu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Target Surface ◽  
Transpiration Cooling ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Adiabatic Cooling

Abstract Transpiration cooling is able to provide more uniform coolant coverage than film cooling to effectively protect the component surface from contacting the hot gas. Due to numerous coolant ejection outlets within a small area at the target surface, the experimental thermo-fluid investigation on transpiration cooing becomes a significant challenge. Two classic methods to investigate film cooling, the steady-state foil heater method and the transient thermography technique, both fail for transpiration cooling because the foil heater would block numerous coolant outlets, and the semi-infinite solid conduction model no longer holds for porous plates. In this study, a micro-lithography method to fabricate a silver coil pattern on top of the additively manufactured polymer porous media as the surface heater was proposed. The circuit was deliberately designed to cover the solid surface in a combination of series connection and parallel connection to ensure the power in each unit cell area at the target surface was identical. With uniform heat flux generation, the steady-state tests were conducted to obtain distributions of a pair of parameters, adiabatic cooling effectiveness, and heat transfer coefficient (HTC). The results showed that the adiabatic cooling effectiveness could reach 0.65 with a blowing ratio lower than 0.5. Meanwhile, the heat transfer coefficient ratio (hf/h0) of transpiration cooling was close to 1 with a small blowing ratio at 0.125. A higher HTC ratio was observed for smaller pitch-to-diameter cases due to more turbulence intensity generated at the target surface.

Investigation on the Accuracy of Superposition Predictions of Film Cooling Effectiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-192
Author(s):  
Tong Meng ◽  
Hui-ren Zhu ◽  
Cun-liang Liu ◽  
Jian-sheng Wei
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Superposition Method ◽  
Flat Plates ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Staggered Arrangement ◽  
Infrared Measurement ◽  
Experimental Values

Abstract Film cooling effectiveness on flat plates with double rows of holes has been studied experimentally and numerically in this paper. This configuration is widely used to simulate the multi-row film cooling on turbine vane. Film cooling effectiveness of double rows of holes and each single row was used to study the accuracy of superposition predictions. Method of stable infrared measurement technique was used to measure the surface temperature on the flat plate. This paper analyzed the factors that affect the film cooling effectiveness including hole shape, hole arrangement, row-to-row spacing and blowing ratio. Numerical simulations were performed to analyze the flow structure and film cooling mechanisms between each film cooling row. Results show that the blowing ratio within the range of 0.5 to 2 has a significant influence on the accuracy of superposition predictions. At low blowing ratios, results obtained by superposition method agree well with the experimental data. While at high blowing ratios, the accuracy of superposition prediction decreases. Another significant factor is hole arrangement. Results obtained by superposition prediction are nearly the same as experimental values of staggered arrangement structures. For in-line configurations, the superposition values of film cooling effectiveness are much higher than experimental data. For different hole shapes, the accuracy of superposition predictions on converging-expanding holes is better than cylinder holes and compound angle holes. For two different hole spacing structures in this paper, predictions show good agreement with the experiment results.

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