Heat Transfer and Film Cooling Following Normal Injection Through a Round Hole

1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. L. Eriksen ◽  
R. J. Goldstein

Heat transfer is measured downstream of perpendicular injection of an air jet through a single hole into a turbulent mainstream boundary layer. The heat transfer coefficient, calculated from wall temperature measurements with a constant heat flux from the test surface, is determined with injection of both heated and unheated jets. The heat transfer coefficient near the hole is as much as 45 percent larger than the value without injection for a blowing rate (mass flux ratio) of 2.0. Even far downstream, the heat transfer coefficient is 10–15 percent greater than the flat plate value for blowing rates greater than 0.2. The increased value of the heat transfer coefficient near the point of injection is due to the high turbulence levels that arise from interaction between the jet and main flow near the point of injection. Significant variations of the heat transfer coefficient with Reynolds number or wall heat flux are not observed.

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Heidmann ◽  
Srinath Ekkad

A novel turbine film-cooling hole shape has been conceived and designed at NASA Glenn Research Center. This “antivortex” design is unique in that it requires only easily machinable round holes, unlike shaped film-cooling holes and other advanced concepts. The hole design is intended to counteract the detrimental vorticity associated with standard circular cross-section film-cooling holes. This vorticity typically entrains hot freestream gas and is associated with jet separation from the turbine blade surface. The antivortex film-cooling hole concept has been modeled computationally for a single row of 30 deg angled holes on a flat surface using the 3D Navier–Stokes solver GLENN-HT. A blowing ratio of 1.0 and density ratios of 1.05 and 2.0 are studied. Both film effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient values are computed and compared to standard round hole cases for the same blowing rates. A net heat flux reduction is also determined using both the film effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient values to ascertain the overall effectiveness of the concept. An improvement in film effectiveness of about 0.2 and in net heat flux reduction of about 0.2 is demonstrated for the antivortex concept compared to the standard round hole for both blowing ratios. Detailed flow visualization shows that as expected, the design counteracts the detrimental vorticity of the round hole flow, allowing it to remain attached to the surface.


2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schreivogel ◽  
Michael Pfitzner

A new approach for steady-state heat transfer measurements is proposed. Temperature distributions are measured at the surface and a defined depth inside the wall to provide boundary conditions for a three-dimensional heat flux calculation. The practical application of the technique is demonstrated by employing a superposition method to measure heat transfer and film cooling effectiveness downstream of two different 0.75D deep narrow trench geometries and cylindrical holes. Compared to the cylindrical holes, both trench geometries lead to an augmentation of the heat transfer coefficient supposedly caused by the highly turbulent attached cooling film emanating from the trenches. Areas of high heat transfer are visible, where recirculation bubbles or large amounts of coolant are expected. Increasing the density ratio from 1.33 to 1.60 led to a slight reduction of the heat transfer coefficient and an increased cooling effectiveness. Both trenches provide a net heat flux reduction (NHFR) superior to that of cylindrical holes, especially at the highest momentum flux ratios.


Author(s):  
S. Baldauf ◽  
M. Scheurlen ◽  
A. Schulz ◽  
S. Wittig

Heat transfer coefficients and the resulting heat flux reduction due to film cooling on a flat plate downstream a row of cylindrical holes are investigated. Highly resolved two dimensional heat transfer coefficient distributions were measured by means of infrared thermography and carefully corrected for local internal testplate conduction and radiation effects [1]. These locally acquired data are processed to lateral average heat transfer coefficients for a quantitative assessment. A wide range variation of the flow parameters blowing rate and density ratio as well as the geometrical parameters streamwise ejection angle and hole spacing is examined. The effects of these dominating parameters on the heat transfer augmentation from film cooling are discussed and interpreted with the help of highly resolved surface results of effectiveness and heat transfer coefficients presented earlier [2]. A new method of evaluating the heat flux reduction from film cooling is presented. From a combination of the lateral average of both the adiabatic effectiveness and the heat transfer coefficient, the lateral average heat flux reduction is processed according to the new method. The discussion of the total effect of film cooling by means of the heat flux reduction reveals important characteristics and constraints of discrete hole ejection. The complete heat transfer data of all measurements are used as basis for a new correlation of lateral average heat transfer coefficients. This correlation combines the effects of all the dominating parameters. It yields a prediction of the heat transfer coefficient from the ejection position to far downstream, including effects of extreme blowing angles and hole spacing. The new correlation has a modular structure to allow for future inclusion of additional parameters. Together with the correlation of the adiabatic effectiveness it provides an immediate determination of the streamwise heat flux reduction distribution of cylindrical hole film cooling configurations.


Author(s):  
James D. Heidmann ◽  
Srinath Ekkad

A novel turbine film cooling hole shape has been conceived and designed at NASA Glenn Research Center. This “anti-vortex” design is unique in that it requires only easily machinable round holes, unlike shaped film cooling holes and other advanced concepts. The hole design is intended to counteract the detrimental vorticity associated with standard circular cross-section film cooling holes. This vorticity typically entrains hot freestream gas and is associated with jet separation from the turbine blade surface. The anti-vortex film cooling hole concept has been modeled computationally for a single row of 30 degree angled holes on a flat surface using the 3D Navier-Stokes solver Glenn-HT. A blowing ratio of 1.0 and density ratios of 1.05 and 2.0 are studied. Both film effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient values are computed and compared to standard round hole cases for the same blowing rates. A net heat flux reduction is also determined using both the film effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient values to ascertain the overall effectiveness of the concept. An improvement in film effectiveness of about 0.2 and in net heat flux reduction of about 0.2 is demonstrated for the anti-vortex concept compared to the standard round hole for both blowing ratios. Detailed flow visualization shows that as expected, the design counteracts the detrimental vorticity of the round hole flow, allowing it to remain attached to the surface.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Baldauf ◽  
M. Scheurlen ◽  
A. Schulz ◽  
S. Wittig

Heat transfer coefficients and the resulting heat flux reduction due to film cooling on a flat plate downstream a row of cylindrical holes are investigated. Highly resolved two-dimensional heat transfer coefficient distributions were measured by means of infrared thermography and carefully corrected for local internal testplate conduction and radiation effects. These locally acquired data are processed to lateral average heat transfer coefficients for a quantitative assessment. A wide range variation of the flow parameters blowing rate and density ratio as well as the geometrical parameters streamwise ejection angle and hole spacing is examined. The effects of these dominating parameters on the heat transfer augmentation from film cooling are discussed and interpreted with the help of highly resolved surface results of effectiveness and heat transfer coefficients presented earlier. A new method of evaluating the heat flux reduction from film cooling is presented. From a combination of the lateral average of both the adiabatic effectiveness and the heat transfer coefficient, the lateral average heat flux reduction is processed according to the new method. The discussion of the total effect of film cooling by means of the heat flux reduction reveals important characteristics and constraints of discrete hole ejection. The complete heat transfer data of all measurements are used as basis for a new correlation of lateral average heat transfer coefficients. This correlation combines the effects of all the dominating parameters. It yields a prediction of the heat transfer coefficient from the ejection position to far downstream, including effects of extreme blowing angles and hole spacing. The new correlation has a modular structure to allow for future inclusion of additional parameters. Together with the correlation of the adiabatic effectiveness it provides an immediate determination of the streamwise heat flux reduction distribution of cylindrical hole film-cooling configurations.


Author(s):  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Cunliang Liu ◽  
Shuaiqi Zhang ◽  
Lin Ye ◽  
Bingran Li

Abstract To study the film cooling performance of impingement-effusion structures, it is important to study their adiabatic film cooling effectiveness. To improve the adiabatic film cooling effectiveness on a vane, some rows of cylindrical effusion holes are changed into fan-shaped holes. This experiment measured the adiabatic film cooling effectiveness of the double-walled system on the suction surface via the pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) technique. The film cooling effectiveness obtained by the PSP technique is coupled with the transient liquid crystal (TLC) technique to determine the heat transfer coefficient. This combination of techniques reduces the time required for the experiment and improves the efficiency of the experiment. The heat transfer coefficient ratio is used to evaluate the level of heating transfer. The net heat flux reduction (NHFR) is used to quantify the net benefit of film cooling. Two experimental vanes’ (A and B) film holes are both arranged in 6 rows of holes. There are 15 holes in each row. Only the positions of the fan-shaped holes are different. The experimental conditions include the mainstream Reynolds number (Re = 151,000) based on the chord length and inlet velocity, the turbulence intensities (Tu = 0.77%, 16.9%), and the mass flux ratios (ṁc/ṁg = 0.4%, 0.8%, 1.6%). The findings show that when the mass flux ratio increases to a point, the film cooling effectiveness does not improve. Increasing the turbulence intensity leads to a decrease in the film cooling effectiveness except for the region after Row 6 on Vane B. Using the coupling of PSP and TLC to determine the heat transfer coefficient can yield credible results. The turbulence intensity and the arrangement of the film holes have obvious effects on the distribution of the heat transfer coefficient ratio. The effects of turbulence intensity, mass flux ratio and hole arrangement on NHFR were studied.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Shane Haydt ◽  
Stephen Lynch

Abstract Film cooling holes with shaped diffusers are used to efficiently deliver coolant to the surface of a gas turbine part to keep metal temperatures low. Reducing the heat flux into a component, relative to a case with no coolant injection, is the ultimate goal of film cooling. This reduction in heat flux is primarily achieved via a lower driving temperature at the wall for convection, represented by the adiabatic effectiveness. Another important consideration, however, is how the disturbance to the flowfield and thermal field caused by the injection of coolant augments the heat transfer coefficient. The present study examines the spatially-resolved heat transfer coefficient augmentation, measured using a constant heat flux foil and IR thermography, for a shaped film cooling hole at a range of compound angles. Results show that the heat transfer coefficient increases with compound angle and with blowing ratio. Due to the unique asymmetric flowfield of a compound angle hole, a significant amount of augmentation occurs to the side of the film cooling jet, where very little coolant is present. This causes local regions of increased heat flux, which is counter to the goal of film cooling. Heat transfer results are compared with adiabatic effectiveness and flowfield measurements from a previous study.


Author(s):  
Joshua B. Anderson ◽  
David G. Bogard ◽  
Thomas E. Dyson ◽  
Zachary Webster

The injection of film cooling can have a strong impact on the heat transfer coefficient (HTC) between the overflowing freestream gas and the cooled surface. This study investigated the influence of approach flow characteristics, including the boundary layer thickness and character (laminar and turbulent), as well as the approach flow Reynolds number, on the HTC. The influence of these parameters was previously unreported in the open film cooling literature. The figure of merit for this study was the HTC augmentation, that is the ratio of heat transfer coefficients for a cooled vs. uncooled surface. For this work, a direct measurement of the heat transfer coefficient was made, using a heated foil surface which provided a known wall heat flux. Generally for this type of measurement, a flux foil is placed downstream of the coolant hole. However, for this experimental program a heat flux foil was also placed upstream of the film cooling holes, in order to generate an upstream thermal boundary layer which would be more representative of actual engine conditions. Such a configuration has rarely been seen in published studies. An open-literature shaped-hole design was used, known as the 7-7-7 hole, in order to compare with existing results in the literature. A variety of blowing conditions were tested from M = 0.5–3.0. Two elevated density ratios of DR = 1.20 and DR = 1.80 were used. High-resolution IR thermography was used for these measurements, providing a highly-accurate and spatially-resolved measurement of HTC augmentation. The results indicated that turbulent boundary layer thickness had a modest effect on HTC augmentation, whereas a very high level of augmentation was observed for a laminar approach boundary layer. The presence of upstream heating greatly increased the HTC augmentation in the near-hole region, although these effects died out by 10–15 diameters from the holes.


Author(s):  
Emily J. Boyd ◽  
John W. McClintic ◽  
Kyle F. Chavez ◽  
David G. Bogard

Knowing the heat transfer coefficient augmentation is imperative to predicting film cooling performance on turbine components. In the past, heat transfer coefficient augmentation was generally measured at unit density ratio to keep measurements simple and uncertainty low. Some researchers have measured heat transfer coefficient augmentation while taking density ratio effects into account, but none have made direct temperature measurements of the wall and adiabatic wall to calculate hf/h0 at higher density ratios. This work presents results from measuring the heat transfer coefficient augmentation downstream of shaped holes with a 7° forward and lateral expansion at DR = 1.0, 1.2, and 1.5 on a flat plate using a constant heat flux surface. The results showed that the heat transfer coefficient augmentation was low while the jets were attached to the surface and increased when the jets started to separate. At DR = 1.0, hf/h0 was higher for a given blowing ratio than at DR = 1.2 and DR = 1.5. However, when velocity ratios are matched, better correspondence was found at the different density ratios. Surface contours of hf/h0 showed that the heat transfer was initially increased along the centerline of the jet, but was reduced along the centerline at distances farther downstream. The decrease along the centerline may be due to counter-rotating vortices sweeping warm air next to the heat flux plate toward the center of the jet, where they sweep upward and thicken the thermal boundary layer. This warming of the core of the coolant jet over the heated surface was confirmed with thermal field measurements.


Author(s):  
Yiping Lu ◽  
Hasan Nasir ◽  
Srinath V. Ekkad

Film cooling performance for a row of cylindrical holes can be enhanced by embedding the row in transverse slots. The geometry of the transverse slot greatly affects the cooling performance downstream of injection. The effect of the slot exit area and edge shape is investigated. Detailed heat transfer coefficient and film effectiveness measurements are obtained simultaneously using a single test transient IR thermography technique. The study is performed at a single mainstream Reynolds number based on free-stream velocity and film hole diameter of 7150 at three different coolant-to-mainstream blowing ratios of 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5. The results show that the film cooling holes provide higher film effectiveness when embedded in a slot. However, in some geometries when the slot begins at the upstream edge of the hole, the film effectiveness diminishes. The heat transfer coefficient enhancement due to the embedding is not significantly higher compared to the typical unembedded cylindrical hole. The overall heat flux ratio comparing film cooling with embedded holes to unembedded holes shows that the full slot and downstream slot spacing after the hole exit produce the highest heat flux reduction. The holes-in-slot geometry is certainly very promising.


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