scholarly journals Discussion: “Unsteady Flow Interaction Caused by Stator Secondary Vortices in a Turbine Rotor” (Binder, A., Forster, W., Mach, K., and Rogge, H., 1987, ASME J. Turbomach., 109, pp. 251–256)

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-257
Author(s):  
A. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Flow Interaction ◽  
Secondary Vortices

Unsteady Flow Interaction Caused by Stator Secondary Vortices in a Turbine Rotor

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Binder ◽  
W. Forster ◽  
K. Mach ◽  
H. Rogge
Keyword(s):  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Turbulence Energy ◽  
Sudden Increase ◽  
Passage Vortex ◽  
Air Turbine ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
Turbulence Production ◽  
Secondary Vortices

Nonintrusive measurements near and within the rotor of a cold-air turbine showed a sudden increase of turbulence energy when the wake portion of the incoming fluid entered the rotor. It has been suggested that this was due to the cutting of the passage vortices and trailing-edge shed vortices which emerge from the stator row. Since these secondary vortices are located very close to the stator wakes, it was very difficult to distinguish between the effects of shed vortex and passage vortex cutting on turbulence intensification. In the present paper, a method is shown which, with the help of time–distance diagrams, made it possible to attribute the turbulence increase to the breakdown of the secondary vortices. Further, the time–distance diagrams made it possible to locate the origin of turbulence production and follow the spreading of the highly turbulent flow regions through the rotor channel.

Unsteady Flow Field of an Axial-Flow Turbine Rotor at a Low Reynolds Number

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Matsunuma
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Low Reynolds ◽  
Secondary Vortices

The unsteady flow field of an annular turbine rotor was investigated experimentally using a laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) system. Detailed measurements of the time-averaged and time-resolved distributions of the velocity, flow angle, and turbulence intensity, etc. were carried out at a very low Reynolds number condition, Reout = 3.5 × 104. The data obtained were analyzed from the viewpoints of both an absolute (stationary) frame of reference and a relative (rotating) frame of reference. The effect of the turbine nozzle wake and secondary vortices on the flow field inside the rotor passage was clearly captured. It was found that the nozzle wake and secondary vortices are suddenly distorted at the rotor inlet, because of the rotating potential field of the rotor. The nozzle flow (wake and passage vortices) and the rotor flow (boundary layer, wake, tip leakage vortex, and passage vortices) interact intensively inside the rotor passage.

Unsteady Flow Field of an Axial-Flow Turbine Rotor at a Low Reynolds Number

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 360-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Matsunuma
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Low Reynolds ◽  
Secondary Vortices

The unsteady flow field of an annular turbine rotor was investigated experimentally using a laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) system. Detailed measurements of the time-averaged and time-resolved distributions of the velocity, flow angle, turbulence intensity, etc., were carried out at a very low Reynolds number condition, Reout=3.5×104. The data obtained were analyzed from the viewpoints of both an absolute (stationary) frame of reference and a relative (rotating) frame of reference. The effect of the turbine nozzle wake and secondary vortices on the flow field inside the rotor passage was clearly captured. It was found that the nozzle wake and secondary vortices are suddenly distorted at the rotor inlet, because of the rotating potential field of the rotor. The nozzle flow (wake and passage vortices) and the rotor flow (boundary layer, wake, tip leakage vortex, and passage vortices) interact intensively inside the rotor passage.

scholarly journals Unsteady Flow Interaction Caused by Stator Secondary Vortices in a Turbine Rotor

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Binder ◽  
W. Förster ◽  
K. Mach ◽  
H. Rogge
Keyword(s):  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Turbulence Energy ◽  
Sudden Increase ◽  
Passage Vortex ◽  
Air Turbine ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
Turbulence Production ◽  
Secondary Vortices

Nonintrusive measurements near and within the rotor of a cold-air turbine showed a sudden increase of turbulence energy when the wake portion of the incoming fluid entered the rotor. It has been suggested that this was due to the cutting of the passage vortices and trailing-edge shed vortices which emerge from the stator row. Since these secondary vortices are located very close to the stator wakes, it was very difficult to distinguish between the effects of shed vortex and passage vortex cutting on turbulence intensification. In the present paper, a method is shown which, with the help of time-distance diagrams, made it possible to attribute the turbulence increase to the breakdown of the secondary vortices. Further, the time-distance diagrams made it possible to locate the origin of the turbulence production and follow the spreading of the highly turbulent flow regions through the rotor channel.

Investigation of the Unsteady Rotor Flow Field in a Single HP Turbine Stage

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich Kost ◽  
Frank Hummel ◽  
Maik Tiedemann
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Blade Surface ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
Numerical Work ◽  
Pressure Transducers ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Flow Vectors

Within a European project a high-pressure turbine stage was investigated at DLR, Göttingen. The investigations consisted primarily of experiments carried out in the windtunnel for Rotating Cascades (RGG), but some numerical work was also performed. Detailed measurements were carried out at mid section of a turbine rotor using a Laser-2-Focus device which served as a velocimeter measuring 2D-velocity vectors and turbulence quantities and as a tool to determine the concentration of coolant ejected at the trailing edge of the stator blades. The measurement of coolant concentration downstream of the stator and inside the rotor provided a detailed picture of the stator wake development and its interaction with the moving rotor. Axial measurement locations reached from the stator exit through the rotor to a downstream measurement plane. Measurement results are presented as instantaneous flow values. Unsteady flow vectors and turbulence intensities could be related at 16 time instants representing one rotor blade passsing period to the wake development made visible by the coolant concentration. The measured unsteady flow vectors and unsteady pressures, measured with semi-conductor pressure transducers, are compared with results from a numerical calculation using the Navier-Stokes code “TRACE-U” which allows the computation of the unsteady flow field. The measured steady and unsteady flow quantities served to validate the Navier-Stokes code. A comparison of the wake entropy trajectories outside the blade boundary layers and at the wall gives an impression of the lag between the arrival time of the wake in the freestream near the blade surface and the time the boundary layer quantities at the blade surface itself are affected.

scholarly journals Unsteady Flow Field Due to Nozzle Wake Interaction With the Rotor in an Axial Flow Turbine: Part II—Rotor Exit Flow Field

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Zaccaria ◽  
B. Lakshminarayana
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Velocity Component ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Edge Region ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Rotor Wake ◽  
Cross Correlations ◽  
Far Wake

The two-dimensional steady and unsteady flow field at midspan in a turbine rotor has been investigated experimentally using an LDV with an emphasis on the interaction of the nozzle wake with the rotor flow field. The velocity measurements are decomposed into a time-averaged velocity, a periodic velocity component, and an unresolved velocity component. The results in the rotor passage were presented in Part I. The flow field downstream of the rotor is presented in this paper. The rotor wake profiles and their decay characteristics were analyzed. Correlations are presented that match the decay of the various wake properties. The rotor wake velocity defect decays rapidly in the trailing edge region, becoming less rapid in the near and far wake regions. The rotor wake semi-wake width increases rapidly in the trailing edge region and then grows more gradually in the near and far wake regions. The decay of the maximum unresolved unsteadiness and maximum unresolved velocity cross correlations is very rapid in the trailing edge region and this trend slows in the far wake region. In the trailing edge region, the maximum periodic velocity correlations are much larger than the maximum unresolved velocity correlations. But the periodic velocity correlations decay much faster than the unresolved velocity correlations. The interactions of the nozzle and rotor wakes are also studied. While the interaction of the nozzle wake with the rotor wake does not influence the decay rate of the various wake properties, it does change the magnitude of the properties. These and other results are presented in this paper.

scholarly journals Unsteady Flow Field due to Nozzle Wake Interaction With the Rotor in an Axial Flow Turbine: Part I — Rotor Passage Flow Field

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Zaccaria ◽  
Budugur Lakshminarayana
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Suction Surface ◽  
Pressure Surface ◽  
Aerodynamic Interaction ◽  
Flow Gradients ◽  
Rotor Flow

The flow field in turbine rotor passages is complex with unsteadiness caused by the aerodynamic interaction of the nozzle and rotor flow fields. The two-dimensional steady and unsteady flow field at midspan in an axial flow turbine rotor has been investigated experimentally using an LDV with emphasis on the interaction of the nozzle wake with the rotor flow field. The flow field in the rotor passage is presented in Part I, while the flow field downstream of the rotor is presented in Part II. Measurements were acquired at 37 axial locations from just upstream of the rotor to one chord downstream of the rotor. The time average flow field and the unsteadiness caused by the wake has been captured. As the nozzle wake travels through the rotor flow field, the nozzle wake becomes distorted with the region of the nozzle wake near the rotor suction surface moving faster than the region near the rotor pressure surface, resulting in a highly distorted wake. The wake is found to be spread out along the rotor pressure surface, as it convects downstream of midchord. The magnitude of the nozzle wake velocity defect grows until close to midchord, after which it decreases. High values of unresolved unsteadiness were observed at the rotor leading edge. This is due to the large flow gradients near the leading edge and the interaction of the nozzle wake with the rotor leading edge. High values of unresolved unsteadiness were also observed near the rotor pressure surface. This increase in unresolved unsteadiness is caused by the interaction of the nozzle wake with the flow near the rotor pressure surface.

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