scholarly journals Comparison between Hot and Cold Flow Conditions of Turbine Cascade

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (181) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud M. EL-GENDI ◽  
Katsunori DOI ◽  
Mohammed K. IBRAHIM ◽  
Koichi MORI ◽  
Yoshiaki NAKAMURA
Keyword(s):  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Cold Flow

Numerical Studies on Trapped-Vortex Concepts for Stable Combustion

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. R. Katta ◽  
W. M. Roquemore
Keyword(s):  
Drag Coefficient ◽  
Reacting Flow ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Cold Flow ◽  
Flow Simulations ◽  
Numerical Studies ◽  
Dynamic Flows ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
Trapped Vortex

Spatially locked vortices in the cavities of a combustor aid in stabilizing the flames. On the other hand, these stationary vortices also restrict the entrainment of the main air into the cavity. For obtaining good performance characteristics in a trapped-vortex combustor, a sufficient amount of fuel and air must be injected directly into the cavity. This paper describes a numerical investigation performed to understand better the entrainment and residence-time characteristics of cavity flows for different cavity and spindle sizes. A third-order-accurate time-dependent Computational Fluid Dynamics with Chemistry (CFDC) code was used for simulating the dynamic flows associated with forebody-spindle-disk geometry. It was found from the nonreacting flow simulations that the drag coefficient decreases with cavity length and that an optimum size exists for achieving a minimum value. These observations support the earlier experimental findings of Little and Whipkey (1979). At the optimum disk location, the vortices inside the cavity and behind the disk are spatially locked. It was also found that for cavity sizes slightly larger than the optimum, even though the vortices are spatially locked, the drag coefficient increases significantly. Entrainment of the main flow was observed to be greater into the smaller-than-optimum cavities. The reacting-flow calculations indicate that the dynamic vortices developed inside the cavity with the injection of fuel and air do not shed, even though the cavity size was determined based on cold-flow conditions.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Flow In Cold Condition at the Exit of a Supersonic Combustor Test Bench

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jefte da Silva Guimarães ◽  
Valéria Serrano Faillace Oliveira Leite ◽  
Dermeval Carinhana Junior ◽  
Marco Antônio Sala Minucci
Keyword(s):  
Nozzle Exit ◽  
Test Bench ◽  
Supersonic Combustion ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Circular Section ◽  
Cold Flow ◽  
Ground Test ◽  
Cold Condition ◽  
Transition Piece ◽  
Generator Unit

For studies of hypersonic flows and supersonic combustion in ground test facilities, three devices can be used as ram accelerators, shock tunnels and supersonic combustor test benches. These devices can reproduce, on the ground, similar conditions to those in real flight at a certain altitude and speed. In the case of the supersonic combustor test bench (SCTB), it simulates the same flow conditions inside the combustor of a scramjet. The SCTB consists basically of a combustion chamber or vitiated air generator unit, where the air is heated, and a nozzle, where the air is accelerated to the desired test speed. The supersonic combustor to be tested is directly coupled to the nozzle exit of the SCTB. Ultimately, it was necessary to use a transition piece to connect the nozzle to the combustor to be tested, because the nozzle exit has a circular section and the combustor entrance has a rectangular one. This work aims to present the process of characterizing the cold flow along the SCTB of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IEAv) using the schlieren technique. The interference of the transition piece in obtaining the required flow conditions at the exit of the SCTB or the entrance of the combustor was mainly evaluated.

The Effects of Inlet Boundary Layer Condition and Periodically Incoming Wakes on Secondary Flow in a Low Pressure Turbine Cascade

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Schubert ◽  
Silvio Chemnitz ◽  
Reinhard Niehuis
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Low Pressure Turbine ◽  
Speed Flow ◽  
Unsteady Inflow

Abstract A particular turbine cascade design is presented with the goal of providing a basis for high quality investigations of endwall flow at high-speed flow conditions and unsteady inflow. The key feature of the design is an integrated two-part flat plate serving as a cascade endwall at part-span, which enables a variation of the inlet endwall boundary layer conditions. The new design is applied to the T106A low pressure turbine cascade for endwall flow investigations in the High-Speed Cascade Wind Tunnel of the Institute of Jet Propulsion at the Bundeswehr University Munich. Measurements are conducted at realistic flow conditions (M2th = 0.59, Re2th = 2·105) in three cases of different endwall boundary layer conditions with and without periodically incoming wakes. The endwall boundary layer is characterized by 1D-CTA measurements upstream of the blade passage. Secondary flow is evaluated by Five-hole-probe measurements in the turbine exit flow. A strong similarity is found between the time-averaged effects of unsteady inflow conditions and the effects of changing inlet endwall boundary layer conditions regarding the attenuation of secondary flow. Furthermore, the experimental investigations show, that all design goals for the improved T106A cascade are met.

Influence of Deposit on the Flow in a Turbine Cascade

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 512-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bo¨lcs ◽  
O. Sari
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Side Wall ◽  
Boundary Layer Separation ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Choked Flow ◽  
Time Marching ◽  
Mach Numbers ◽  
Laser Holography

An experimental study on a gas turbine cascade operating under transonic flow conditions is presented. The flow is compared for airfoil shapes corresponding to the design geometry and the geometry taken from a rotor blade, in an industrial gas turbine burning heavy oil, after a few thousand hours of operation. Steady-state data have been obtained in a linear cascade over a range of isentropic exit Mach numbers from 0.6 to 1.6. The flow field was determined by static pressure measurements on the side walls up- and downstream of the cascade, on one side wall in the blade passage, and on the blade surface at midspan. Furthermore, the flow was visualized by the methods of Schlieren and laser holography. The results show that the choked flow conditions are reached at different steady-state isentropic outlet Mach numbers for the two blade shapes. The deposit, typical for a gas turbine, does not however significantly modify the boundary layer separation point. The flow visualization indicates that the shock wave fluctuations have not been significantly influenced by the important roughness and thickness of the deposit. The experimental results on the two cascades are also compared with two-dimensional time-marching calculations after Denton. In the subsonic regime, good agreement was found for the “clean” blade. For the profile with deposit, the flow cannot be correctly predicted by the time-marching calculation, even in subsonic flow condition. The sonic line calculated by the numerical model under transonic outlet conditions (0.9 < M2S < 1.20) does not agree with the laser holography measurements for either of the two cascades.

Off-Design Performance of a Highly Loaded Low Pressure Turbine Cascade Under Steady and Unsteady Incoming Flow Conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Simoni ◽  
Marco Berrino ◽  
Marina Ubaldi ◽  
Pietro Zunino ◽  
Francesco Bertini
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Total Pressure ◽  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Incoming Flow ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Angle Variation ◽  
Unsteady Inflow ◽  
Lp Turbine ◽  
Highly Loaded

The off-design performance of a highly loaded low pressure (LP) turbine cascade has been experimentally investigated, at the Aerodynamics and Turbomachinery Laboratory of Genova University, under steady and unsteady incoming flow conditions. Tests have been performed for different Reynolds numbers (Re = 70,000 and Re = 300,000), in order to cover the typical LP turbine working range. The incidence angle has been varied between i = −9 deg and +9 deg, in order to test off-design conditions characterizing the engine. For the unsteady case, upstream wake periodic perturbations have been generated by means of a tangential wheel of radial rods. The cascade and the moving bars system have been located over a common bearing in order to make them rigidly rotating. This solution allows a proper comparison of the cascade robustness at the incidence angle variation under steady and unsteady incoming flows, since all the other operating parameters have been kept the same. In order to survey the variation of the unsteady boundary conditions characterizing the off-design operation of the downstream cascade, time-mean and time-resolved wake structures have been analyzed in detail. For what concerns the cascade performance, profile aerodynamic loadings and total pressure loss coefficients at the cascade exit have been surveyed for the different incidence angles under both steady and unsteady inflows. Different total pressure loss sensitivity at the incidence angle variation has been observed for the steady and the unsteady inflow conditions. Hot-wire anemometer has been employed to obtain the time-mean pressure and suction side boundary layer velocity profiles at the blade trailing edge for the different conditions. The integral parameters at the cascade exit plane help to justify the different loss trend versus incidence angle found for the steady and the unsteady cases, explaining the different sensibility of the blade profile when this operates under realistic unsteady inflow condition.

Inverse Design of and Experimental Measurements in a Double-Passage Transonic Turbine Cascade Model

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Laskowski ◽  
A. Vicharelli ◽  
G. Medic ◽  
C. J. Elkins ◽  
J. K. Eaton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Cascade Model ◽  
Inverse Design ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Attached Flow ◽  
Transonic Turbine

A new transonic turbine cascade model that accurately produces infinite cascade flow conditions with minimal compressor requirements is presented. An inverse design procedure using the Favre-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and k‐ε turbulence model based on the method of steepest descent was applied to a geometry consisting of a single turbine blade in a passage. For a fixed blade geometry, the passage walls were designed such that the surface isentropic Mach number (SIMN) distribution on the blade in the passage matched the SIMN distribution on the blade in an infinite cascade, while maintaining attached flow along both passage walls. An experimental rig was built that produces realistic flow conditions, and also provides the extensive optical access needed to obtain detailed particle image velocimetry measurements around the blade. Excellent agreement was achieved between computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of the infinite cascade SIMN, CFD of the designed double passage SIMN, and the measured SIMN.

Numerical simulation of circulation control turbine cascade with Coanda jet and counter-flow blowing at high Mach numbers

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (1243) ◽  
pp. 1239-1260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Feng ◽  
Y. Song ◽  
F. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Guide Vane ◽  
Inlet Guide Vane ◽  
Circulation Control ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Suction Surface ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
High Mach ◽  
Coanda Jet

ABSTRACTThe performance of a circulation-control inlet guide vane that makes use of the Coanda effect was studied numerically in a high Mach number turbine cascade. The effect of different shapes (elliptic and circular) of the Coanda surface at the blade trailing edge was investigated by implementing both a Coanda jet and a counter-flow blowing. Under high subsonic flow conditions, with a total blowing ratio of 3% of the mainstream, the circulation control cascade can reach the same performance as the reference stator with a 13.5% reduction in the axial chord length, with minimal increase of the energy loss coefficient. The Coanda surfaces with small curvature are more efficient in entraining the mainstream flow, and they achieve better aerodynamic performance. The wall attachment of the Coanda jet is improved by employing counter-flow blowing, resulting in a slight increase of both the exit flow angle and the expansion ratio. Under supersonic flow conditions at the cascade exit, it is more difficult for the circulation control cascade to reach the appropriate flow turning due to a premature shock wave, which is absent in the original cascade until the very end of the suction surface.

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