Experimental Investigation of Conjugate Heat Transfer in a Rib-Roughened Trailing Edge Channel With Crossing Jets

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Coletti ◽  
Manfredi Scialanga ◽  
Tony Arts

The present contribution is devoted to the experimental study of the conjugate heat transfer in a turbine blade cooling cavity located near the trailing edge. The cooling scheme is characterized by a trapezoidal cross-section, one rib-roughened wall, and slots along two opposite walls. The Reynolds number, defined at the inlet of the test section, is set at 67,500 for all the experiments. The values of all the important nondimensional parameters characterizing the experiment, including the solid-to-fluid conductivity ratio, are engine-representative. Uniform heat flux is imposed along the outer side of the rib-roughened wall. The measurements are performed using three different ribbed walls, with thermal conductivities ranging from 1 W m−1 K−1 to 18 W m−1 K−1. Highly resolved distributions of nondimensional temperature and Nusselt number over the rib-roughened wall are obtained by means of infrared thermography and finite element analysis. The impact of the conduction through the wall on the thermal performance is demonstrated by comparison with purely convective results, previously published by the authors on the same configuration.

Author(s):  
Filippo Coletti ◽  
Manfredi Scialanga ◽  
Tony Arts

The present contribution is devoted to the experimental study of the conjugate heat transfer in a turbine blade cooling cavity located near the trailing edge. The cooling scheme is characterized by a trapezoidal cross-section, one rib-roughened wall and slots along two opposite walls. The Reynolds number, defined at the inlet of the test section, is set at 67500 for all the experiments. The values of all the important non-dimensional parameters characterizing the experiment, including the solid-to-fluid conductivity ratio, are engine-representative. Uniform heat flux is imposed along the outer side of the rib-roughened wall. The measurements are performed using three different ribbed walls, with thermal conductivities ranging from 1 to 18 Wm−1K−1. Highly resolved distributions of non-dimensional temperature and Nusselt number over the rib-roughened wall are obtained by means of infrared thermography and finite element analysis. The impact of the conduction through the wall on the thermal performance is demonstrated by comparison with purely convective results, previously published by the authors on the same configuration.


Author(s):  
Filippo Coletti ◽  
Alessandro Armellini ◽  
Tony Arts ◽  
Christophe Scholtes

The present contribution addresses the aero-thermal experimental and computational study of a trapezoidal cross-section model simulating a trailing edge cooling cavity with one rib-roughened wall and slots along two opposite walls. Highly resolved heat transfer distributions for the geometry with and without ribs are achieved using a steady state liquid crystals method in part II of this paper. The reference Reynolds number, defined at the entrance of the test section, is set at 67500 for all the experiments. Comparisons are made with the flow field visualizations presented in part I of the paper. The results show the dramatic impact of the flow structures on the local and global heat transfer coefficients along the cavity walls. Of particular importance is the jet deflected by the rib-roughened wall and impinging on the opposite smooth wall. The experimental results are compared with the numerical predictions obtained using the finite volume, Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solver CEDRE.


2010 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Coletti ◽  
Alessandro Armellini ◽  
Tony Arts ◽  
Christophe Scholtes

The present contribution addresses the aerothermal experimental and computational study of a trapezoidal cross-section model simulating a trailing edge cooling cavity with one rib-roughened wall and slots along two opposite walls. Highly resolved heat transfer distributions for the geometry with and without ribs are achieved using a steady state liquid crystals method in part II of this paper. The reference Reynolds number defined at the entrance of the test section is set at 67,500 for all the experiments. Comparisons are made with the flow field visualizations presented in part I of this paper. The results show the dramatic impact of the flow structures on the local and global heat transfer coefficients along the cavity walls. Of particular importance is the jet deflected by the rib-roughened wall and impinging on the opposite smooth wall. The experimental results are compared with the numerical predictions obtained using the finite volume, Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes solver Calcul d'Écoulements Diphasiques Réactifs pour l'Énergétique (CEDRE).


2009 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Armellini ◽  
Filippo Coletti ◽  
Tony Arts ◽  
Christophe Scholtes

The present contribution addresses the aerothermal, experimental, and computational studies of a trapezoidal cross-sectional model simulating a trailing edge cooling cavity with one rib-roughened wall. The flow is fed through tilted slots on one side wall and exits through straight slots on the opposite side wall. The flow field aerodynamics is investigated in Part I of the paper. The reference Reynolds number is defined at the entrance of the test section and set at 67,500 for all the experiments. A qualitative flow model is deduced from surface-streamline flow visualizations. Two-dimensional particle image velocimetry measurements are performed in several planes around midspan of the channel and recombined to visualize and quantify three-dimensional flow features. The crossing-jets issued from the tilted slots are characterized and the jet-rib interaction is analyzed. Attention is drawn to the motion of the flow deflected by the rib-roughened wall and impinging on the opposite smooth wall. The experimental results are compared with the numerical predictions obtained from the finite volume Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes solver, CEDRE.


Author(s):  
Alessandro Armellini ◽  
Filippo Coletti ◽  
Tony Arts ◽  
Christophe Scholtes

The present contribution addresses the aero-thermal experimental and computational study of a trapezoidal cross-section model simulating a trailing edge cooling cavity with one rib-roughened wall. The flow is fed through tilted slots on one side wall and exits through straight slots on the opposite side wall. The flow field aerodynamics is investigated in part I of the paper. The reference Reynolds number is defined at the entrance of the test section and set at 67500 for all the experiments. A qualitative flow model is deduced from surface-streamline flow visualizations. Two-dimensional Particle Image Velocimetry measurements are performed in several planes around mid-span of the channel and recombined to visualize and quantify three-dimensional flow features. The jets issued from the tilted slots are characterized and the jet-rib interaction is analyzed. Attention is drawn to the motion of the flow deflected by the rib-roughened wall and impinging on the opposite smooth wall. The experimental results are compared with the numerical predictions obtained from the finite volume, RANS solver CEDRE.


2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1888-1905 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Rahman ◽  
Hakan Oztop ◽  
S. Mekhilef ◽  
R. Saidur ◽  
A. Chamkha ◽  
...  

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of thick wall parameters of a cavity on combined convection in a channel. In other words, conjugate heat transfer is solved. Design/methodology/approach – Galerkin weighted residual finite element method is used to solve the governing equations of mixed convection. Findings – The streamlines, isotherms, local and average Nusselt numbers are obtained and presented for different parameters. It is found heat transfer is an increasing function of dimensionless thermal conductivity ratio. Originality/value – The literature does not have mixed convection and conjugate heat transfer problem in a channel with thick walled cavity.


Author(s):  
Xingyun Jia ◽  
Liguo Wang ◽  
Qun Zheng ◽  
Hai Zhang ◽  
Yuting Jiang

Performance of generic rim seal configurations, axial-clearance rim seal (ACS), radial-clearance rim seal (RCS), radial-axial clearance rim seal (RACS) are compared under realistic working conditions. Conjugate heat transfer analysis on rim seal is performed in this paper to understand the impact of ingestion on disc temperature. Results show that seal effectiveness and cooling effectiveness of RACS are the best when compared with ACS and RCS, the minimum mass flow rate for seal of RACS is 75% of that of RCS, and 34.6% of ACS. Authors compare the disc temperature distribution between different generic rim seal configurations where the RACS seems to be favorable in terms of low disc temperature. In addition, RACS has higher air-cooled aerodynamic efficiency, minimizing the mainstream performance penalty when compared with ACS and RCS. Corresponding to the respective minimum mass flow rate for seal, the air-cooled aerodynamic efficiency of RACS is 23.71% higher than that of ACS, and 12.79% higher than the RCS.


Author(s):  
Mohammad Taslim ◽  
Joseph S. Halabi

Local and average heat transfer coefficients and friction factors were measured in a test section simulating the trailing edge cooling cavity of a turbine airfoil. The test rig with a trapezoidal cross sectional area was rib-roughened on two opposite sides of the trapezoid (airfoil pressure and suction sides) with tapered ribs to conform to the cooling cavity shape and had a 22-degree tilt in the flow direction upstream of the ribs that affected the heat transfer coefficients on the two rib-roughened surfaces. The radial cooling flow traveled from the airfoil root to the tip while exiting through 22 cooling holes along the airfoil trailing edge. Two rib geometries, with and without the presence of the trailing-edge cooling holes, were examined. The numerical model contained the entire trailing-edge channel, ribs and trailing-edge cooling holes to simulate exactly the tested geometry. A pressure-correction based, multi-block, multi-grid, unstructured/adaptive commercial software was used in this investigation. Realizable k–ε turbulence model in conjunction with enhanced wall treatment approach for the near wall regions, was used for turbulence closure. The applied thermal boundary conditions to the CFD models matched the test boundary conditions. Comparisons are made between the experimental and numerical results.


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