scholarly journals Local Heat Transfer Coefficient Measurements on an Engine-Representative Internal Cooling Passage

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua R. Ryley ◽  
Matthew McGilvray ◽  
David Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Cooling Passage ◽  
Internal Cooling Passage

Effects of Pin Detached Space on Heat Transfer in a Rib Roughened Channel

2012 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sin Chien Siw ◽  
Minking K. Chyu ◽  
Mary Anne Alvin
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Hybrid Technique ◽  
Pin Fins ◽  
Cooling Passage ◽  
Rib Roughened

An experimental study is performed to investigate the heat transfer characteristics and frictional losses in a rib roughened channel combined with detached pin-fins. The overall channel geometry (W = 76.2 mm, E = 25.4 mm) simulates an internal cooling passage of wide aspect ratio (3:1) in a gas turbine airfoil. With a given pin diameter, D = 6.35 mm = [1/4]E, three different pin-fin height-to-diameter ratios, H/D = 4, 3, and 2, were examined. Each of these three cases corresponds to a specific pin array geometry of detachment spacing (C) between the pin-tip and one of the endwalls, i.e., C/D = 0, 1, 2, respectively. The rib height-to-channel height ratio is 0.0625. Two newly proposed cross ribs, namely the broken rib and full rib are evaluated in this effort. The broken ribs are positioned in between two consecutive rows of pin-fins, while the full ribs are fully extended adjacent to the pin-fins. The Reynolds number, based on the hydraulic diameter of the unobstructed cross section and the mean bulk velocity, ranges from 10,000 to 25,000. The experiment employs a hybrid technique based on transient liquid crystal imaging to obtain distributions of the local heat transfer coefficient over all of the participating surfaces, including the endwalls and all pin elements. The presence of ribs enhances local heat transfer coefficient on the endwall substantially by approximately 20% to 50% as compared to the neighboring endwall. In addition, affected by the rib geometry, which is a relatively low profile as compared to the overall height of the channel, the pressure loss seems to be insensitive to the presence of the ribs. However, from the overall heat transfer enhancement standpoint, the baseline cases (without ribs) outperform cases with broken ribs or full ribs.

Detailed Experimental Characterization of Heat Transfer Coefficient Over the Internal Cooling Passages of an Additive Manufactured Turbine Airfoil

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sin Chien Siw ◽  
Minking K. Chyu ◽  
Jae Y. Um ◽  
Ching-Pang Lee
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Trailing Edge

This report describes the detailed experimental study to characterize the local heat transfer coefficient distribution over the internal cooling passages of a simplified generic airfoil. The airfoil is manufactured through additive manufacturing based on actual geometry and dimensions (1X scale model) of row one airfoil, applicable in large gas turbine system. At the mainbody section, the serpentine channel consists of three passages without any surface features or vortex generators. Both the leading edge and trailing edge sections are subjected to direct impingement. The trailing edge section is divided into three chambers, separated by two rows of blockages. This study employs the well-documented transient liquid crystal technique, where the local heat transfer coefficient on both pressure and suction sides is deduced. The experiments were performed at varying Reynolds number, ranging from approximately 31,000–63,000. The heat transfer distribution on the pressure side and suction side is largely comparable in the first and third pass, except for the second pass. Highest heat transfer occurs at the trailing edge region, which is ultimately dominated by impingement due to the presence of three rows of blockages. A cursory numerical calculation is performed using commercially available software, ANSYS CFX to obtain detailed flow field distribution within the airfoil, which explains the heat transfer behavior at each passage. The flow parameter results revealed that the pressure ratio is strongly proportional with increasing Reynolds number.

Effects of Pin Detached Space on Heat Transfer in a Rib Roughened Channel

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sin Chien Siw ◽  
Minking K. Chyu ◽  
Mary Anne Alvin
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Hybrid Technique ◽  
Pin Fins ◽  
Cooling Passage ◽  
Rib Roughened

An experimental study is performed to investigate the heat transfer characteristics and frictional losses in a rib roughened walls combined with detached pin-fins. The overall channel geometry (W = 76.2 mm, E = 25.4 mm) simulates an internal cooling passage of wide aspect ratio (3:1) in a gas turbine airfoil. With a given pin diameter, D = 6.35 mm = 1/4E, three different pin-fin height-to-diameter ratios, H/D = 4, 3, and 2, were examined. Each of these three cases corresponds to a specific pin array geometry of detachment spacing (C) between the pin-tip and one of the endwalls, i.e. C/D = 0, 1, 2, respectively. The rib height-to-channel height ratio is 0.0625. Two newly proposed cross-ribs, namely the broken ribs and full ribs are evaluated in this effort. The broken ribs are positioned in between two consecutive rows of pin-fins, while the full ribs are fully extended adjacent to the pin fins. The Reynolds number, based on the hydraulic diameter of the unobstructed cross-section and the mean bulk velocity, ranges from 10,000 to 25,000. The experiment employs a hybrid technique based on transient liquid crystal imaging to obtain distributions of the local heat transfer coefficient over all of the participating surfaces, including the endwalls and all the pin elements. The presence of ribs has enhanced the local heat transfer coefficient on the endwall substantially by about 20% up to 50% as compared to the neighboring endwall. In addition, affected by the rib geometry, which is a relatively low profile as compared to the overall height of the channel, the pressure loss seems to be insensitive to the presence of the ribs. However, from the overall heat transfer enhancement standpoint, the baseline cases (without ribs) outperforms cases with broken ribs and full ribs.

scholarly journals Determination of Local Heat Transfer Coefficient Based on Bulk Mean Temperature Using a Transient Liquid Crystals Technique

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Chyu ◽  
H. Ding ◽  
J. P. Downs ◽  
A. Van Sutendael ◽  
F. O. Soechting
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Test Model ◽  
Mean Temperature ◽  
Cooling Passage

Recent advances in thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) thermography have improved its usefulness as a very effective temperature and heat transfer measurement technique. One of the approaches to determine the local heat transfer coefficient, known as the transient technique, is to monitor the temporal evolution of surface temperature in conjunction with the solution of a transient heat conduction model penetrating to the wall substrate. The local heat transfer coefficient resulted from such a transient test, by nature, has its reference temperature based on the inlet temperature of the test rig, rather than the local bulk mean temperature. The latter during a transient test varies with both time and streamwise location. The heat transfer coefficient based on the inlet temperature presents difficulty in data interpretation in designs of turbine cooling passages, particularly for passages with large length-to-diameter ratios. This study evaluates four different approaches and theoretical background associated for determining the local bulk mean temperature and the sensible local heat transfer coefficient. Using a test model of an internal cooling passage with delta-wing shaped vortex generators mounted on one of the passage walls, the magnitudes of the sensible heat transfer coefficient resulted from various approaches vary as much as 40%. Validated with the experimental data, two of the four methods yield superb data accuracy. Nevertheless, one of them stands out as the best choice, as it requires much less post-processing time and implementation effort.

Heat Transfer of a Chordwise-Oriented Internal Cooling Passage Around a Turbine Airfoil

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Chyu ◽  
O. B. Ojo ◽  
C. H. Yen ◽  
R. S. Nordlund
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Jet Impingement ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Cooling Passage

Abstract An innovative design of closed-loop cooling system for a stator airfoil consists of a number of internal cooling passages wrapping around both pressure and suction sides of the airfoil. The cooling passages feature (1) jet impingement post a sharp 90-degree turn at the passage inlet, (2) turbulators on the outermost wall, and (3) a nearly 180-degree turn in the trailing edge. In addition, the passage has an irregular cross-section and varies throughout its entire length. A series of heat transfer tests have been performed at Re = 17,000 ∼ 61,000, compared to this tests which uses a new approach, so-called the hybrid liquid crystal technique. The magnitude of local heat transfer coefficient rises sharply in three regions. The first maximum occurs in the region subjected to direct jet impingement as the flow turns into the channel. Compounded with the inlet effect, this maximum, in fact, is the highest heat transfer coefficient over the entire passage. The second and third peaks, both are comparable in magnitude, locate near the trailing edge of the airfoil where the flow experiences a 180-degree turn and near the passage exit with a 90-degree turn. The average value of heat transfer coefficient over the entire passage is about 1.9∼ 2.5 times higher than that with fully developed turbulent flow in a straight channel. This level of enhancement is comparable to that of the conventional ribturbulators with a 90-degree angle-of-attack.

Local and Average Heat Transfer Characteristics for a Disk Situated Perpendicular to a Uniform Flow

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Sparrow ◽  
G. T. Geiger
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Radial Distance ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Average Heat ◽  
Radial Profiles

Wind tunnel experiments were performed to determine both the average heat transfer coefficient and the radial distribution of the local heat transfer coefficient for a circular disk facing a uniform oncoming flow. The experiments covered the range of Reynolds numbers Re from 5000 to 50,000 and were performed using the naphthalene sublimation technique. To complement the experiments, an analysis incorporating both potential flow theory and boundary layer theory was used to predict the stagnation point heat transfer. The measured average Nusselt numbers definitively resolved a deep disparity between information from the literature and yielded the correlation Nu = 1.05 Pr0.36 Re1/2. The radial distributions of the local heat transfer coefficient were found to be congruent when they were normalized by Re1/2. Furthermore, the radial profiles showed that the local coefficient takes on its minimum value at the stagnation point and increases with increasing radial distance from the center of the disk. At the outer edge of the disk, the coefficient is more than twice as large as that at the stagnation point. The theoretical predictions of the stagnation point heat transfer exceeded the experimental values by about 6 percent. This overprediction is similar to that which occurs for cylinders and spheres in crossflow.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document