The Effects of Turning Angle on Particle Deposition in Turbine Cooling Holes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Whitaker ◽  
Jeffrey P. Bons ◽  
Rory A. Blunt
Keyword(s):  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Turning Angle ◽  
Turbine Cooling

Simulations of Multi-Phase Particle Deposition on a Showerhead With Staggered Film-Cooling Holes

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth A. Lawson ◽  
Karen A. Thole ◽  
Yoji Okita ◽  
Chiyuki Nakamata
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Phase Particle ◽  
Particle Temperature ◽  
Sand Particle ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Multi Phase

The demand for cleaner, more efficient energy has driven the motivation for improving the performance standards for gas turbines. Increasing the combustion temperature is one way to get the best possible performance from a gas turbine. One problem associated with increased combustion temperatures is that particles ingested in the fuel and air become more prone to deposition with an increase in turbine inlet temperature. Deposition on aero-engine turbine components caused by sand particle ingestion can impair turbine cooling methods and lead to reduced component life. It is necessary to understand the extent to which particle deposition affects turbine cooling in the leading edge region of the nozzle guide vane where intricate showerhead cooling geometries are utilized. For the current study, wax was used to dynamically simulate multi-phase particle deposition on a large scale showerhead cooling geometry. The effects of deposition development, coolant blowing ratio, and particle temperature were tested. Infrared thermography was used to quantify the effects of deposition on cooling effectiveness. Although deposition decreased with an increase in coolant blowing ratio, results showed that reductions in cooling effectiveness caused by deposition increased with an increase in blowing ratio. Results also showed that effectiveness reduction increased with an increase in particle temperature. Reductions in cooling effectiveness reached as high as 36% at M = 1.0.

Simulations of Multiphase Particle Deposition on a Showerhead With Staggered Film-Cooling Holes

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth A. Lawson ◽  
Karen A. Thole ◽  
Yoji Okita ◽  
Chiyuki Nakamata
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Guide Vane ◽  
Particle Temperature ◽  
Sand Particle ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Blowing Ratio

The demand for cleaner, more efficient energy has driven the motivation for improving the performance standards for gas turbines. Increasing the combustion temperature is one way to get the best possible performance from a gas turbine. One problem associated with increased combustion temperatures is that particles ingested in the fuel and air become more prone to deposition with an increase in turbine inlet temperature. Deposition on aero-engine turbine components caused by sand particle ingestion can impair turbine cooling methods and lead to reduced component life. It is necessary to understand the extent to which particle deposition affects turbine cooling in the leading edge region of the nozzle guide vane where intricate showerhead cooling geometries are utilized. For the current study, wax was used to dynamically simulate multiphase particle deposition on a large scale showerhead cooling geometry. The effects of deposition development, coolant blowing ratio, and particle temperature were tested. Infrared thermography was used to quantify the effects of deposition on cooling effectiveness. Although deposition decreased with an increase in coolant blowing ratio, results showed that reductions in cooling effectiveness caused by deposition increased with an increase in blowing ratio. Results also showed that effectiveness reduction increased with an increase in particle temperature. Reductions in cooling effectiveness reached as high as 36% at M = 1.0.

Turbine Cooling: an Overview and Some Focus Topics

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 640-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Metzger ◽  
Y. W. Kim ◽  
Y. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Turbine Cooling

Soot Particle Deposition within Porous Structures using a Method-of-Moments-Lattice-Boltzmann Approach

2006 ◽  
Vol v4 (i2) ◽  
pp. 221-232
Author(s):  
Bernhard F.W. Gschaider ◽  
Claudia C. Honeger ◽  
Christian E. P. Redl ◽  
Johannes Leixnering
Keyword(s):  
Method Of Moments ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Soot Particle ◽  
Porous Structures

Near Wall Turbulence Effects on Particle Transport and Deposition in Human Tracheobronchial Multi-Level Bifurcation Model

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir A. Mofakham ◽  
Lin Tian ◽  
Goodarz Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Tracheobronchial Tree ◽  
Lung Model ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Nano Particles ◽  
Turbulent Regime ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Multi Level

Transport and deposition of micro and nano-particles in the upper tracheobronchial tree were analyzed using a multi-level asymmetric lung bifurcation model. The multi-level lung model is flexible and computationally efficient by fusing sequence of individual bifurcations with proper boundary conditions. Trachea and the first two generations of the tracheobronchial airway were included in the analysis. In these regions, the airflow is in turbulent regime due to the disturbances induced by the laryngeal jet. Anisotropic Reynolds stress transport turbulence model (RSTM) was used for mean the flow simulation, together with the enhanced two-layer model boundary conditions. Particular attention is given to evaluate the importance of the “quadratic variation of the turbulent fluctuations perpendicular to the wall” on particle deposition in the upper tracheobroncial airways.

scholarly journals A Numerical Study of the Effect of Particle Size on Particle Deposition on Turbine Vanes and Blades

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 168781402110178
Author(s):  
Zhengang Liu ◽  
Weinan Diao ◽  
Zhenxia Liu ◽  
Fei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Stokes Number ◽  
Capture Efficiency ◽  
Particle Capture ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Pressure Surface ◽  
Deposition Area ◽  
Turbine Vanes

Particle deposition could decrease the aerodynamic performance and cooling efficiency of turbine vanes and blades. The particle motion in the flow and its temperature are two important factors affecting its deposition. The size of the particle influences both its motion and temperature. In this study, the motion of particles with the sizes from 1 to 20 μm in the first stage of a turbine are firstly numerically simulated with the steady method, then the particle deposition on the vanes and blades are numerically simulated with the unsteady method based on the critical viscosity model. It is discovered that the particle deposition on vanes mainly formed near the leading and trailing edge on the pressure surface, and the deposition area expands slowly to the whole pressure surface with the particle size increasing. For the particle deposition on blades, the deposition area moves from the entire pressure surface toward the tip with the particle size increasing due to the effect of rotation. For vanes, the particle capture efficiency increases with the particle size increasing since Stokes number and temperature of the particle both increase with its size. For blades, the particle capture efficiency increases firstly and then decreases with the particle size increasing.

Numerical assessment of natural respiration and particles deposition in the computed tomography scan airway with a glomus tumour

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440892110240
Author(s):  
Digamber Singh
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Glomus Tumour ◽  
Computed Tomography Scan ◽  
Human Respiratory Tract ◽  
Airflow Pattern ◽  
Human Airways ◽  
Tomography Scan

The human respiratory tract has a complex airflow pattern. If any obstruction is present in the airways, it will change the airflow pattern and deposit particles inside the airways. This is the concern of breath quality (inspired air), and it is decreasing due to the unplanned production of material goods. This is a primary cause of respiratory illness (asthma, cancer, etc.). Therefore, it is important to identify the flow characteristics in the human airways and airways with a glomus tumour with particle deposition. A numerical diagnosis is presented with an asymmetric unsteady-state light breathing condition (10 l/min). An in vitro human respiratory tract model has been reconstructed using computed tomography scan techniques and an artificial glomus tumour developed 2 cm above a carina on the posterior wall of the trachea. The transient flow characteristics are numerically simulated with a realizable (low Reynolds number) k–ɛ turbulence model. The flow disturbance is captured around the tumour, which influenced the upstream and downstream of the flow. The flow velocity pattern, wall shear stress and probable area of inflammation (hotspot) due to suspended particle deposition are determined, which may assist doctors more effectively in aerosol therapy and prosthetics of human airways illness.

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