Paper 24: Heat Transfer in Rotor Cooling Ducts

Author(s):  
R. F. Le Feuvre

This paper is concerned with heat transfer to air passing through the axial cooling ducts of rotors. The measurements have yielded data for a range of axial to rotational velocities and of duct spacing, pitch-circle diameter, and length-to-diameter ratio. The results, in terms of the ratio of rotating to stationary heat transfer coefficients, show the important parameters which govern the increase in heat transfer due to rotation. Under certain conditions, an increase in heat transfer of 100 per cent is achieved.

Vestnik MEI ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Valentin S. Shteling ◽  
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Vladimir V. Ilyin ◽  
Aleksandr T. Komov ◽  
Petr P. Shcherbakov ◽  
...  

The effectiveness of stabilizing the surface temperature by a dispersed coolant flow is experimentally studied on a bench simulating energy intensive elements of thermonuclear installations A test section in which the maximum heat flux density can be obtained when being subjected to high-frequency heating was developed, manufactured, and assembled. The test section was heated using a VCh-60AV HF generator with a frequency of not lower than 30 kHz. A hydraulic nozzle with a conical insert was used as the dispersing device. Techniques for carrying out an experiment on studying a stationary heat transfer regime and for calculating thermophysical quantities were developed. The experimental data were obtained in the stationary heat transfer regime with the following range of coolant operating parameters: water pressure equal to 0.38 MPa, water mass flow rate equal to 5.35 ml/s, and induction heating power equal to 6--19 kW. Based on the data obtained, the removed heat flux density and the heat transfer coefficients were calculated for each stationary heat transfer regime. The dependences of the heat transfer coefficient on the removed heat flux density and of the removed heat flux density on the temperature difference have been obtained. High values of heat transfer coefficients and heat flux density at a relatively low coolant flow rate were achieved in the experiments.


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.


1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 912-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-C. Han ◽  
Y.-M. Zhang ◽  
Kathrin Kalkuehler

The influence of uneven wall temperature on the local heat transfer coefficient in a rotating, two-pass, square channel with smooth walls is investigated for rotation numbers from 0.0352 to 0.352 by varying Reynolds numbers from 25,000 to 2500. The two-pass square channel, composed of 12 isolated copper sections, has a length-to-hydraulic diameter ratio of 12. The mean rotating radius to the channel hydraulic diameter ratio is kept at a constant value of 30. Three cases of thermal boundary conditions are studied: (A) four walls at the same temperature, (B) four walls at the same heat flux, and (C) trailing wall hotter than leading with side walls unheated and insulated. The results for case A of four walls at the same temperature show that the first channel (radial outward flow) heat transfer coefficients on the leading surface are much lower than that of the trailing surface due to the combined effect of Coriolis and buoyancy forces. The second channel (radial inward flow) heat transfer coefficients on the leading surface are higher than that of the trailing surface. The difference between the heat transfer coefficients for the leading and trailing surface in the second channel is smaller than that in the first channel due to the opposite effect of Coriolis and buoyancy forces in the second channel. However, the heat transfer coefficients on each wall in each channel for cases B and C are higher than case A because of interactions between rotation-induced secondary flows and uneven wall temperatures in cases B and C. The results suggest that the effect of uneven wall temperatures on local heat transfer coefficients in the second channel is greater than that in the first channel.


Author(s):  
A. M. Ai Dabagh ◽  
G. E. Andrews

The differences in the heat transfer coefficient between the pin and the wall in pin-fin heat transfer was determined for three pin length to diameter ratios. A staggered pin-fin array was used with a 50% duct flow blockage by the pins. The axial pitch-to-pin diameter ratio, X/D, was 1.5 and the transverse pitch-to-diameter ratio, S/D, was 2.0. Three pin length-to-diameter ratios, T/D, of 0.7. 1.0 and 2.2 were investigated. The mean heat transfer coefficient results were very similar to previous work for similar geometries. The axial variation of heat transfer coefficient showed this to be fairly uniform with a small peak at the fourth row. Around each pin four measurements of the heat transfer coefficients were made with four on the fin surface at each end. Thus 12 local heat transfer coefficients were made per pin-fin. These showed that for all three geometries the wall or fin heat transfer was always greater by 15–35% than the pin for the same velocity and Re.


Author(s):  
Y. M. Zhang ◽  
J. C. Han ◽  
J. A. Parsons ◽  
C. P. Lee

The influence of uneven wall temperature on the local heat transfer coefficient in a rotating, two-pass, square channel with 60° ribs on the leading and trailing walls was investigated for Reynolds numbers from 2,500 to 25,000 and rotation numbers from 0 to 0.352. Each pass, composed of six isolated copper sections, had a length-to-hydraulic diameter ratio of 12. The mean rotating radius-to-hydraulic diameter ratio was 30. Three thermal boundary condition cases were studied: (A) all four walls at the same temperature, (B) all four walls at the same heat flux, and (C) trailing wall hotter than leading with side walls unheated and insulated. Results indicate that rotating ribbed wall heat transfer coefficients increase by a factor of 2 to 3 over the rotating smooth wall data and at reduced coefficient variation from inlet to exit. As rotation number (or buoyancy parameter) increases, the first pass (outflow) trailing heat transfer coefficients increase and the first pass leading heat transfer coefficients decrease, whereas, the reverse is true for the second pass (inflow). The direction of the Coriolis force reverses from the outflow trailing wall to the inflow leading wall. Differences between the first pass leading and trailing heat transfer coefficients increase with rotation number. A similar behavior is seen for the second pass leading and trailing heat transfer coefficients, but the differences are reduced due to buoyancy changing from aiding to opposing the inertia force. The results suggest that uneven wall temperature has a significant impact on the local heat transfer coefficients. The heat transfer coefficients on the first pass leading wall for cases B and C are up to 70–100% higher than that for case A, while the heat transfer coefficients on the second pass trailing wall for cases B and C are up to 20–50% higher.


1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. D. Annand ◽  
R. S. Lanary

There exists no published information from which the heat transfer between the exhaust gases of a reciprocating engine and the exhaust valve may be calculated with reasonable confidence. Such information is needed for the application of cycle synthesis calculations to the analysis and prediction of the thermal loading of the valve, which is a critical component in that respect. Measurements obtained on a simplified poppet valve model in steady flow are presented. The heat transfer coefficients measured are shown to be at variance with the empirical pipe-flow equations which have previously been employed in such calculations. They can be represented by Nu = aRe0.58 where the factor a is a function of lift/diameter ratio.


2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weihong Li ◽  
Xueying Li ◽  
Jing Ren ◽  
Hongde Jiang

An experimental investigation of the geometrical parameter effects on the film cooling performance of a fan-shaped hole was conducted on a low speed flat-plate facility. The pressure sensitive paint (PSP) technique and steady liquid crystal (SLC) technique were employed to determine the adiabatic film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficients, respectively, for a blowing ratio ranging from 0.3 to 3 and a density ratio of DR = 1.5. Several geometrical parameters were investigated, including lateral expansion angle, length-to-diameter ratio, and hole entrance shape. Local, laterally averaged, and area-averaged adiabatic film cooling effectiveness, heat transfer coefficients, and net heat flux reduction (NHFR) were shown to provide a comprehensive understanding on the geometrical parameter effects on the thermal performance. A novel method was proposed for designing a fan-shaped hole with short length-to-diameter ratio to design to achieve high film cooling performance. The original and optimized fan-shaped holes were compared in terms of adiabatic film cooling effectiveness, heat transfer coefficients, and NHFR. Results showed that the optimized fan-shaped hole with short length-to-diameter ratio, large lateral diffusion angle, and slot hole entrance shape obtained highest overall thermal performance. It demonstrated the feasibility of adopting the proposed design method to design fan-shaped holes applied in thin wall gas turbine blades.


1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-343
Author(s):  
G. S. H. Lock ◽  
J. D. Kirchner

The paper reports an experimental investigation of heat transfer in the closed-tube aerosyphon (aerated-thermosyphon) for a range of conditions representative of northern field applications. In particular, attention is focused on the effect of using tubes with heated lengths not only greater than the cooled lengths, but very much greater than the tube diameter. Using three heated sections and one cooled section, the geometry of the device has been varied systematically with 10 < LH/d < 50 and 1 < LH/LC < 20. For any given geometry, the effect of air bubbling rate has been studied in the range of 0 < V˙ < 5 × 10−5 m3/S. Using these ranges it has been possible to make comparisons with other thermosyphon and aerosyphon data. The results indicate that heat transfer coefficients are reduced by increasing either length-diameter ratio or heated-cooled length ratio. They also reveal that, in general terms, the aerosyphon is almost an order-of-magnitude more effective than the single-phase thermosyphon. Some obervations on the flow regimes are offered, and an empirical correlation is presented.


2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhu ◽  
Enci Lin ◽  
Terrence Simon ◽  
Gongnan Xie

Abstract For increased specific thrust and efficiency, more effective film-cooling schemes are developed with each successive gas turbine design. Adding secondary film-cooling holes to each primary film-cooling hole represents such improvement without significantly increasing cost. Presented is an experimental investigation on the effects of secondary-to-primary hole diameter ratio on film-cooling performance and flow structure in the coolant-to-passage flow merge zone. Film-cooling effectiveness values and heat transfer coefficients are measured in the vicinity of the hole by the thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) technique. Measured in-flow temperature fields in the coolant emerging zone identify flow makeup, whether coolant or passage. Furthermore, complementary flow and thermal fields are numerically documented. The Reynolds number based on mainstream velocity and primary hole diameter is 20,300, a representative value. Performance features are compared at three blowing ratios (0.5, 1.0, and 1.5) and two mass flow ratios (3.43% and 5.15%). Secondary holes improve film-cooling effectiveness, especially when blowing rate is high. Secondary holes create an “antikidney vortex structure” that weakens the main kidney vortex pair which helps keep coolant attached to the surface, allowing more effective laterally spreading. However, adding secondary holes increases heat transfer coefficients, especially at high blowing rates. The secondary-to-primary hole diameter ratio is an important parameter. Larger secondary holes can counteract the detrimental effects of having higher blowing ratios, but with increased blowing ratios this improvement subsides. An optimum diameter ratio is sought.


Author(s):  
V. Scherer ◽  
S. Wittig ◽  
K. Morad ◽  
N. Mikhael

Detailed measurements of local heat transfer coefficients are presented for air injection through a row of holes into a crossflow. Pitch-to-diameter ratios of 2,4, and 6 are realized and the momentum flux ratio is varied in the range from 0.25 to 4.0. The injection angle of the jets is fixed at 90°. The experimental technique developed uses an Infrared Camera to measure the temperature distribution on the constant heat flux test surface. This measurement technique allows detailed spatial resolution of the heat transfer and gives information about the three-dimensional mixing process of the jets with the mainstream. The experimental results indicate a large influence of the hole spacing to diameter ratio, (s/d), on the heat transfer coefficient. With s/d = 2.0, the spanwise heat transfer coefficients in the vicinity of the injection holes are noticed to be highly uniform. For momentum flux ratios, J, greater than 1, two regions of high heat transfer coefficient exist. The first region occurs in the vicinity of the injection holes. The second region observed some distance downstream is due to the reattachment of the jets to the surface.


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