Full Coverage Film Cooling for Combustor Transition Sections

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. P. W. Ling ◽  
Peter T. Ireland ◽  
Lynne Tumer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Lean Burn ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Injection Angle ◽  
Full Coverage ◽  
Density Ratios ◽  
Nozzle Guide

Concern for the environment has led to world-wide emissions legislation. Under such legislation, land based gas turbines in particular are required to meet stringent emissions levels of NOx and CO. In response, Rolls-Royce has designed and developed a retro fit dry low emission (DLE) module for the industrial RB211 aero-derivative engine. The DLE combustion system achieves low emissions through the use of staged premixed lean burn combustion. The paper reports detailed measurements of heat transfer coefficient and film cooling effectiveness for full coverage film cooling systems suitable for cooling the transition section between the combustor and the nozzle guide vanes. The experiments were performed at large scale using the transient liquid crystal method of measuring heat transfer. The film cooling data are unusual since the film injection angle is 20°. Extensive arrays with hole spacings of 16d and 10d have been investigated with air and with CO2 as the coolant. The latter tests achieved engine representative film to free-stream density ratios. The paper discusses in detail the experimental strategy and compares the data to results from the literature.

Conjugate Heat Transfer and Film Cooling of a Multi-Stage Cooling Scheme

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ghorab ◽  
S. I. Kim ◽  
I. Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Conjugate Heat Transfer ◽  
Density Ratio ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Internal Gap

Cooling techniques play a key role in improving efficiency and power output of modern gas turbines. The conjugate technique of film and impingement cooling schemes is considered in this study. The Multi-Stage Cooling Scheme (MSCS) involves coolant passing from inside to outside turbine blade through two stages. The first stage; the coolant passes through first hole to internal gap where the impinging jet cools the external layer of the blade. Finally, the coolant passes through the internal gap to the second hole which has specific designed geometry for external film cooling. The effect of design parameters, such as, offset distance between two-stage holes, gap height, and inclination angle of the first hole, on upstream conjugate heat transfer rate and downstream film cooling effectiveness performance are investigated computationally. An Inconel 617 alloy with variable properties is selected for the solid material. The conjugate heat transfer and film cooling characteristics of MSCS are analyzed across blowing ratios of Br = 1 and 2 for density ratio, 2. This study presents upstream wall temperature distributions due to conjugate heat transfer for different gap design parameters. The maximum film cooling effectiveness with upstream conjugate heat transfer is less than adiabatic film cooling effectiveness by 24–34%. However, the full coverage of cooling effectiveness in spanwise direction can be obtained using internal cooling with conjugate heat transfer, whereas adiabatic film cooling effectiveness has narrow distribution.

Prediction of Film Cooling Effectiveness and Heat Transfer due to Streamwise and Compound Angle Injection on Flat Surfaces

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Neelakantan ◽  
M. E. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Momentum Flux ◽  
Flux Ratio ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Flat Surfaces ◽  
Momentum Flux Ratio ◽  
Density Ratios

The distributed Yavuzkurt injection model is extended to predict the effectiveness and heat transfer coefficients for film cooling injection from a single row of holes, aligned both along the direction of the freestream and at an angle with it. The injection angles were 24° and 35°. The compound angles considered were 50.5° and 60°. The Yavuzkurt film cooling model is used in conjunction with a one-equation model to yield the effectiveness and heat transfer predictions. The density ratios considered were 1.6 and 0.95 for the effectiveness predictions and 1.0 and 0.95 for the heat transfer predictions. For the effectiveness predictions, the blowing ratios range from 0.5 to 2.5, and the momentum flux ratios from 0.16 until 3.9. The hole spacings were 3, 6, and 7.8 hole diameters. The Yavuzkurt model constants are seen to be definitely correlated with the momentum flux ratio. Correlations for the model constants are obtained in terms of the momentum flux ratio. For the heat transfer predictions, the blowing ratios ranged from 0.4 to 2.0, and the momentum flux ratios from 0.16 to 3.9. The spacing between the holes was 3, 6, and 7.8 hole diameters. The matching between the effectiveness correlations and the heat transfer predictions is done on the basis of the momentum flux ratio. Results indicate that the Yavuzkurt model predictions are best for the in-line round holes. Heat transfer predictions are close to the experimental results for lower blowing ratios, until the ratio exceeds 1. For higher blowing ratios, the predictions, though less accurate, follow the experimental trends.

scholarly journals Aspects of Vane Film Cooling With High Turbulence: Part I — Heat Transfer

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Forrest E. Ames
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Velocity Ratio ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Suction Surface ◽  
Stagnation Region ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
High Turbulence

A four vane subsonic cascade was used to investigate the influence of film injection on vane heat transfer distributions in the presence of high turbulence. The influence of high turbulence on vane film cooling effectiveness and boundary layer development was also examined in part II of this paper. A high level, large scale inlet turbulence was generated for this study with a mock combustor (12 %) and was used to contrast results with a low level (1 %) of inlet turbulence. The three geometries chosen to study in this investigation were one row and two staggered rows of downstream cooling on both the suction and pressure surfaces in addition to a showerhead array. Film cooling was found to have only a moderate influence on the heat transfer coefficients downstream from arrays on the suction surface where the boundary layer was turbulent. However, film cooling was found to have a substantial influence on heat transfer downstream from arrays in laminar regions of the vane such as the pressure surface, the stagnation region, and the near suction surface. Generally, heat transfer augmentation was found to scale on velocity ratio. In relative terms, the augmentation in the laminar regions for the low turbulence case was found to be higher than the augmentation for the high turbulence case. The absolute levels of heat transfer were always found to be the highest for the high turbulence case.

Aerodynamics of a Letterbox Trailing Edge: Effects of Blowing Rate, Reynolds Number, and External Turbulence on Aerodynamic Losses and Pressure Distribution

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Fiala ◽  
J. D. Johnson ◽  
F. E. Ames
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Design Flow ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Aerodynamic Loss ◽  
External Turbulence

A letterbox trailing edge configuration is formed by adding flow partitions to a gill slot or pressure side cutback. Letterbox partitions are a common trailing edge configuration for vanes and blades, and the aerodynamics of these configurations are consequently of interest. Exit surveys detailing total pressure loss, turning angle, and secondary velocities have been acquired for a vane with letterbox partitions in a large-scale low speed cascade facility. These measurements are compared with exit surveys of both the base (solid) and gill slot vane configurations. Exit surveys have been taken over a four to one range in chord Reynolds numbers (500,000, 1,000,000, and 2,000,000) based on exit conditions and for low (0.7%), grid (8.5%), and aerocombustor (13.5%) turbulence conditions with varying blowing rate (50%, 100%, 150%, and 200% design flow). Exit loss, angle, and secondary velocity measurements were acquired in the facility using a five-hole cone probe at a measuring station representing an axial chord spacing of 0.25 from the vane trailing edge plane. Differences between losses with the base vane, gill slot vane, and letterbox vane for a given turbulence condition and Reynolds number are compared providing evidence of coolant ejection losses, and losses due to the separation off the exit slot lip and partitions. Additionally, differences in the level of losses, distribution of losses, and secondary flow vectors are presented for the different turbulence conditions at the different Reynolds numbers. The letterbox configuration has been found to have slightly reduced losses at a given flow rate compared with the gill slot. However, the letterbox requires an increased pressure drop for the same ejection flow. The present paper together with a related paper (2008, “Letterbox Trailing Edge Heat Transfer—Effects of Blowing Rate, Reynolds Number, and External Turbulence on Heat Transfer and Film Cooling Effectiveness,” ASME, Paper No. GT2008-50474), which documents letterbox heat transfer, is intended to provide designers with aerodynamic loss and heat transfer information needed for design evaluation and comparison with competing trailing edge designs.

Comparison of Film Effectiveness and Cooling Uniformity of Conical and Cylindrical-Shaped Film Hole With Coolant-Exit Temperature Correction

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuong Q. Nguyen ◽  
Perry L. Johnson ◽  
Bryan C. Bernier ◽  
Son H. Ho ◽  
Jayanta S. Kapat
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Conjugate Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Correction ◽  
Coolant Temperature ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Injection Angle ◽  
Film Cooling Holes

Data from conical-shaped film cooling holes is extremely sparse in open literature, especially the cooling uniformity characteristic, an important criterion for evaluating any film cooling design. The authors will compare the performance of conical-shaped holes to cylindrical-shaped holes. Cylindrical-shaped holes are often considered a baseline in terms of film cooling effectiveness and cooling uniformity coefficient. The authors will study two coupons with conical-shaped holes, which have 3° and 6° diffusion angles, named CON3 and CON6 respectively. A conjugate heat transfer computational fluid dynamics model and an experimental wind tunnel will be used to study these coupons. The three configurations: cylindrical baseline, CON3, and CON6, have a single row of holes with an inlet metering diameter of 3mm, length-to-nominal diameter of 4.3, and an injection angle of 30°. In this study, the authors will also take into account the heat transfer into the coolant flow from the coolant channel. In other words, coolant temperature at the exit of the coolant hole will be different than that measured at the inlet, and the conjugate heat transfer model will be used to correct for this difference. For the numerical model, the realizable k-ε turbulent model will be applied with a second order of discretization and enhanced wall treatment to provide the highest accuracy available. Grid independent studies for both cylindrical-shaped film cooling holes and conical-shaped holes will be performed and the results will be compared to data in open literature as well as in-house experimental data. Results show that conical-shaped holes considerably outperform cylindrical-shaped holes in film cooling effectiveness at all blowing ratios. In terms of cooling uniformity, conical-shaped holes perform better than cylindrical-shaped holes for low and mid-range blowing ratios, but not at higher levels.

An Experimental Study of Heat Transfer and Film Cooling on Large-Scale Turbine Endwalls

1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Blair
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Test Models ◽  
Turbine Vane ◽  
Flow Vortex

Experiments were conducted to determine the film cooling effectiveness and convective heat transfer coefficient distributions on the endwall of a large-scale turbine vane passage. The vane test models employed simulated the passage geometry and upstream cooling slot geometry of a typical first stage turbine. The test models were constructed of low thermal conductivity foam and foil heaters. The tests were conducted at a typical engine Reynolds number but at lower than typical Mach numbers. The film cooling effectiveness distribution for the entire endwall and the heat transfer distribution for the downstream one-half of the endwall were characterized by large gapwise variations which were attributed to a secondary flow vortex.

scholarly journals Recent Studies in Turbine Blade Cooling

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 443-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Je-Chin Han
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Moment Closure ◽  
Image Method ◽  
Blade Surface ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Free Stream Turbulence

Gas turbines are used extensively for aircraft propulsion, land-based power generation, and industrial applications. Developments in turbine cooling technology play a critical role in increasing the thermal efficiency and power output of advanced gas turbines. Gas turbine blades are cooled internally by passing the coolant through several rib-enhanced serpentine passages to remove heat conducted from the outside surface. External cooling of turbine blades by film cooling is achieved by injecting relatively cooler air from the internal coolant passages out of the blade surface in order to form a protective layer between the blade surface and hot gas-path flow. For internal cooling, this presentation focuses on the effect of rotation on rotor blade coolant passage heat transfer with rib turbulators and impinging jets. The computational flow and heat transfer results are also presented and compared to experimental data using the RANS method with various turbulence models such as k-ε, and second-moment closure models. This presentation includes unsteady high free-stream turbulence effects on film cooling performance with a discussion of detailed heat transfer coef- ficient and film-cooling effectiveness distributions for standard and shaped film-hole geometry using the newly developed transient liquid crystal image method.

scholarly journals Full Coverage Discrete Hole Wall Cooling: Cooling Effectiveness

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Andrews ◽  
M. L. Gupta ◽  
M. C. Mkpadi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Coolant Temperature ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Full Coverage ◽  
Hole Wall

The development of a test facility for investigating full coverage discrete hole wall cooling for gas turbine combustion chamber wall cooling is described. A low temperature test condition of 750K mainstream temperature and 300K coolant temperature was used to investigate the influence of coolant flow rate at a constant cross flow Mach number. Practical combustion conditions of 2100K combustor temperature and 700K coolant temperature are investigated to establish the validity of applying the low temperature results to practical conditions. For both situations a heat balance programme, taking into account the heat transfer within the wall was used to compute the film heat transfer coefficients. The mixing of the coolant air with the mainstream gases was studied through boundary layer temperature and CO2 profiles. It was shown that entrainment of hot flame gases between the injection holes resulted in a very low ‘adiabatic’ film cooling effectiveness.

Effect of Injection Angle on Performance of Full Coverage Film Cooling with Opposite Injection Holes

2018 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Prakash Mishra ◽  
A K Sahani ◽  
Sunil Chandel ◽  
R K Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Velocity Ratio ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Density Ratio ◽  
Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Cooling Performance ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Injection Angle ◽  
Full Coverage ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract Characteristics of full coverage film cooling of an adiabatic flat plate are studied for opposite injection of coolant at different angles. Two in-line adjacent rows of cooling holes injecting in opposite directions are considered in this study. The cooling performance is compared with the configurations having forward and reverse injecting holes at similar injection angles. The holes are arranged in an array of 20 rows with equal spacing both span-wise and stream-wise. Computational analyses are carried out over a wide range of velocity ratios (VR) of practical importance ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 at density ratio of about 1.0. Injection angle and velocity ratio are found to have strong influence on film cooling effectiveness of opposite injection. At low velocity ratio of VR=0.5, film cooling performance of opposite injection at 45° is found better than at other angles, i. e. 30° and 60°. At higher velocity ratios, injection at 30° is found superior. Film cooling effectiveness becomes insensitive to velocity ratios at higher range for 45° and 60° injections. Evolution of effusion film layer and interaction between coolant and primary flow is also studied in this paper.

Assessment of Various Film Cooling Configurations Including Shaped and Compound Angle Holes Based on Large Scale Experiments

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dittmar ◽  
A. Schulz ◽  
S. Wittig
Keyword(s):  
Film Cooling ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Calibration Procedure ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Double Row ◽  
Test Plate ◽  
Film Cooling Effectiveness ◽  
Injection Angle ◽  
Cooling Hole ◽  
Cooling Air

The demand of improved thermal efficiency and high power output of modern gas turbine engines leads to extremely high turbine inlet temperatures and pressure ratios. Sophisticated cooling schemes including film cooling are widely used to protect vanes and blades from failure and to achieve high component life-times. Besides standard cylindrical cooling hole geometry, shaped injection holes are used in modern film cooling applications in order to improve cooling performance and to reduce the necessary cooling air flow. However, complex hole shapes may lead to manufacturing constraints and high costs. This paper evaluates some film cooling injection geometry with different complexity. The comparison is based on measurements of the adiabatic film cooling effectiveness and the heat transfer coefficient downstream of the injection location. In total, 4 different film cooling hole configurations are investigated: A single row of fanshaped holes with and without a compound injection angle, a double row of cylindrical holes and a double row of discrete slots, both in staggered arrangement. All holes are inclined 45° with respect to the model’s surface. During the measurements, the influence of coolant blowing ratio is determined. Additionally, the influence of cooling air feeding direction into the fanshaped holes with the compound injection angle is investigated. An infrared thermography measurement system is used for highly resolved mappings of the model’s surface temperature. Accurate local temperature data is achieved by an In-Situ calibration procedure with the help of single thermocouples embedded in the test plate. A subsequent finite elements heat conduction analysis takes three-dimensional heat fluxes inside the test plate into account.

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