Effects of Bulk Flow Pulsations on Film Cooling From Different Length Injection Holes at Different Blowing Ratios

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 542-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Seo ◽  
J. S. Lee ◽  
P. M. Ligrani
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Bulk Flow ◽  
Turbine Engines ◽  
Pulsation Frequency ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Flow Interactions ◽  
Flow Pulsations ◽  
And Behavior

Bulk flow pulsations in the form of sinusoidal variations of velocity and static pressure at injectant Strouhal numbers from 0.8 to 10.0 are investigated as they affect film cooling from a single row of simple angle holes. Similar flow variations are produced by potential flow interactions and passing shock waves near turbine surfaces in gas turbine engines. Time-averaged temperature distributions, phase-averaged temperature distributions, adiabatic film cooling effectiveness values, and iso-energetic Stanton numbers show that important alterations to film cooling protection occur as pulsation frequency, coolant Strouhal number, blowing ratio, and nondimensional injection hole length are changed. Overall, the pulsations affect film performance and behavior more significantly both as L/D decreases, and as blowing ratio decreases.

scholarly journals Effects of Bulk Flow Pulsations on Film Cooling From Different Length Injection Holes at Different Blowing Ratios

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Seo ◽  
J. S. Lee ◽  
P. M. Ligrani
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Bulk Flow ◽  
Turbine Engines ◽  
Pulsation Frequency ◽  
Gas Turbine Engines ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Flow Interactions ◽  
Flow Pulsations

Bulk flow pulsations in the form of sinusoidal variations of velocity and static pressure at injectant Strouhal numbers from 0.8 to 10.0 are investigated as they affect film cooling from a single row of simple angle holes. Similar flow variations are produced by potential flow interactions and passing shock waves near turbine surfaces in gas turbine engines. Time-averaged temperature distributions, phase-averaged temperature distributions, adiabatic film cooling effectiveness values, and iso-energetic Stanton numbers show that important alterations to film cooling protection occur as pulsation frequency, coolant Strouhal number, blowing ratio, and non-dimensional injection hole length are changed. Overall, the pulsations affect film performance end behavior more significantly both as L/D decreases, and as blowing ratio decreases.

scholarly journals The Effect of Bulk Flow Pulsations on Film Cooling From Two Rows of Holes

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Kee Sohn ◽  
Joon Sik Lee
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Bulk Flow ◽  
Phase Lag ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Freestream Velocity ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Flow Pulsations

Effect of bulk flow pulsations on film cooling from two rows of holes with inline and staggered arrangements is experimentally investigated. As a baseline study, a single row injection is also tested. Two-row injection is important because the phase lag between the two rows may cause changes in the film coolant coverage. Potential flow pulsations are generated by the rotating shutter mechanism attached downstream of the test section. Free-stream Strouhal number based on the boundary layer thickness is in the range of 0.033–0.33, and the amplitude of the phase-averaged freestream velocity due to static pressure variation about 10–20% Both the time-averaged and phase-averaged temperature distributions in the cross-sectional plane of the boundary layer are presented for four different pulsation frequencies of 0, 4, 20 and 40 Hz. Film cooling effectiveness is evaluated from the adiabatic wall temperature distributions, with time-averaged temperature measurements showing rapid diffusion of the injectant due to the free-stream pulsations. Effect of the phase lag between two rows is evidenced from the phase-averaged measurements, particularly in the case of staggered hole arrangement. All film cooling effectiveness distributions are reduced compared to no-pulsation case. Effect of pulsations appears dominantly in the case of the two-row staggered arrangement which shows more than 35% reduction in the film cooling effectiveness.

A Numerical Research on Diverse Cratered Film Cooling Hole Geometries

2016 ◽  
Vol 693 ◽  
pp. 491-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong Wei Zhang ◽  
Wei Jia Qian ◽  
Jing Min Hu
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Reynold Number ◽  
Wall Function ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Baseline Case ◽  
Cooling Hole ◽  
Numerical Research ◽  
And Behavior

The goal of this research is to investigate cratered hole geometries on film cooling performance. Five kinds of cratered holes, namely, the concentric crater, the circular crater, the downstream offset crater, the upstream offset crater, and the direct crater are being studied along with the conventional flush hole. All craters has the same depth of 0.5 hole diameter. Through numerical simulation with CFX at a single blowing ratio of 0.5 and Reynold number of 11000, we analyze and compare the performance and behavior of five kinds of cratered holes with the conventional cylindrical hole. The simulation employs k-ε turbulent model and wall function. Film cooling effectiveness is achieved for all cases. Among all cases, concentric cratered hole perform the best which increases averaged film cooling effectiveness by 64% at X/D=5.35. All cratered holes appear some performance improvement compared to the baseline case. For cratered holes, film lateral convergence and stream-wise attaching performance was both enhanced owing to the expansional configuration of the crater and the consequent backflow region.

scholarly journals Effects of Bulk Flow Pulsations on Film Cooling From Spanwise Oriented Holes

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. S. Jung ◽  
J. S. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Free Stream Velocity ◽  
Bulk Flow ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Pressure Pulsations ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Temperature Distributions

Experimental results are presented which describe the effect of bulk flow pulsations on film cooling from a single row of spanwise oriented holes. The film coolant is injected from the holes with 35 degree inclination angles and 90 degree orientation angles. Static pressure pulsations are produced by rotating vanes made of an array of six shutter blades, which are extended across the span of the exit of the wind tunnel test section. The free-stream velocity is in the form of near-sinusoidal variation and peak-to-peak amplitude is 11%. Changing two parameters which are time-averaged blowing ratio (M = 0.5, 1.0, 2.0) and frequency (f = 0, 36 Hz) gives the corresponding coolant Strouhal numbers in the range from 0 to 3.6. Time-averaged and phase-averaged temperature distributions are measured in spanwise/normal planes, and the adiabatic film cooling effectiveness is evaluated from the adiabatic wall temperature distributions. The results show that the imposed free-stream velocity pulsations generate static pressure difference variations between the plenum chamber and free-stream. These static pressure pulsations result in periodic variation of injectant flow rate and spanwise momentum which cause dramatic alterations in film coolant distributions, trajectories and corresponding adiabatic film cooling effectiveness distributions downstream of injection holes.

The Effect of Using Ramps with Trench Cylindrical Holes on Film Cooling Effectiveness

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. Imram ◽  
Humam K. Jalghef ◽  
Falah F. Hatem
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Air Injection ◽  
Baseline Model ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Cylindrical Holes

     The effect of introducing ramp with a cylindrical slot hole on the film cooling effectiveness has been investigated experimentally and numerically. The film cooling effectiveness measurements are obtained experimentally. A test study was performed at a single mainstream with Reynolds number 76600 at three different coolant to mainstream blowing ratios 1.5, 2, and 3. Numerical simulation is introduced to primarily estimate the best ramp configurations and to predict the behavior of the transport phenomena in the region linked closely to the interaction between the coolant air injection and the hot air mainstram flow. The results showed that using ramps with trench cylindrical holes would enhanced the overall film cooling effectiveness by 83.33% compared with baseline model at blowing ratio of 1.5, also  the best overall flim cooling effectevness was obtained at blowing ratio of 2 while it is reduced at blowing ratio of 3.

scholarly journals Large Eddy Simulation of Film Cooling Involving Compound Angle Holes: Comparative Study of LES and RANS

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Seung Il Baek ◽  
Joon Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Orientation Angle ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Injection Angle ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Compound Angle

A large eddy simulation (LES) was performed for film cooling in the gas turbine blade involving spanwise injection angles (orientation angles). For a streamwise coolant injection angle (inclination angle) of 35°, the effects of the orientation angle were compared considering a simple angle of 0° and 30°. Two ratios of the coolant to main flow mass flux (blowing ratio) of 0.5 and 1.0 were considered and the experimental conditions of Jung and Lee (2000) were adopted for the geometry and flow conditions. Moreover, a Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes simulation (RANS) was performed to understand the characteristics of the turbulence models compared to those in the LES and experiments. In the RANS, three turbulence models were compared, namely, the realizable k-ε, k-ω shear stress transport, and Reynolds stress models. The temperature field and flow fields predicted through the RANS were similar to those obtained through the experiment and LES. Nevertheless, at a simple angle, the point at which the counter-rotating vortex pair (CRVP) collided on the wall and rose was different from that in the experiment and LES. Under the compound angle, the point at which the CRVP changed to a single vortex was different from that in the LES. The adiabatic film cooling effectiveness could not be accurately determined through the RANS but was well reflected by the LES, even under the compound angle. The reattachment of the injectant at a blowing ratio of 1.0 was better predicted by the RANS at the compound angle than at the simple angle. The temperature fluctuation was predicted to decrease slightly when the injectant was supplied at a compound angle.

Influence of Coolant Density on Turbine Platform Film-Cooling With Stator–Rotor Purge Flow and Compound-Angle Holes

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Liu ◽  
Shang-Feng Yang ◽  
Je-Chin Han
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Density Ratio ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Fundamental Parameters ◽  
Blowing Ratio ◽  
Purge Flow ◽  
Cylindrical Holes ◽  
Exit Mach Number ◽  
Compound Angle

A detailed parametric study of film-cooling effectiveness was carried out on a turbine blade platform. The platform was cooled by purge flow from a simulated stator–rotor seal combined with discrete hole film-cooling. The cylindrical holes and laidback fan-shaped holes were accessed in terms of film-cooling effectiveness. This paper focuses on the effect of coolant-to-mainstream density ratio on platform film-cooling (DR = 1 to 2). Other fundamental parameters were also examined in this study—a fixed purge flow of 0.5%, three discrete-hole film-cooling blowing ratios between 1.0 and 2.0, and two freestream turbulence intensities of 4.2% and 10.5%. Experiments were done in a five-blade linear cascade with inlet and exit Mach number of 0.27 and 0.44, respectively. Reynolds number of the mainstream flow was 750,000 and was based on the exit velocity and chord length of the blade. The measurement technique adopted was the conduction-free pressure sensitive paint (PSP) technique. Results indicated that with the same density ratio, shaped holes present higher film-cooling effectiveness and wider film coverage than the cylindrical holes, particularly at higher blowing ratios. The optimum blowing ratio of 1.5 exists for the cylindrical holes, whereas the effectiveness for the shaped holes increases with an increase of blowing ratio. Results also indicate that the platform film-cooling effectiveness increases with density ratio but decreases with turbulence intensity.

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