Zhen Xiang , Shaohua Han , Shizhen Qi , Yibin Jia , Tairan Guo , Na An , Qilong Liu , Tianyi Huo , Jiangjiang Xing , Runsheng Zhang , Leping Zhou , Li Li , Hui Zhang , Xiaoze Du
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Abstract
The gas turbine blade tip might face substantial heat loads because of leakage flow between the blades and the casing. For blade tip cooling, a composite cooling structure with film holes and broken ribs is first used on GE-E3 blade in this work. The flow and cooling characteristics of the innovative structure are studied by numerical simulation under various blowing ratio (BR) conditions. Meanwhile, the impact of modifying both the rib angle and the rib height on the adiabatic film cooling effectiveness (AFCE) at the tip of the squealer is analyzed. According to the results, adding rib structures to the squealer tip can effectively regulate the paths of cavity vortices and kidney-shaped vortex pairs (KVP) at the tip. As a result, the averaged AFCE at the blade tip is improved. The notch pressure-side broken rib structure has good aerothermal performance, and the highest AFCE at BRs of 0.50, 1.00, and 1.50 basically occur under the “R60-100 %” condition (R60 refers to the rib structure of 60°, and 100 % is the ratio of rib height to notch depth), and the corresponding AFCE are 27.71 %, 26.00 %, and 32.47 % higher than those of the no-rib case, respectively. The corresponding AFCE increased by 27.71 %, 26.52 %, and 32.47 %, respectively, compared to the no-rib condition. The highest AFCE at a BR of 1.50 occurs at “R75-70 %“, which is a 38.20 % increase in AFCE compared to the no rib case. The improvement in AFCE is due to the difference in the flow of the cooling jets, which are subject to cavity vortices at different BRs. The analysis shows that the addition of ribs disrupts the formation of KVPs and weakens the influence of the cavity vortex, thus reducing the low AFCE region at the lower end of the tip groove and increasing the AFCE. However, due to the blocking effect of the ribs, the pressure loss at the blade tip is elevated. The proposed blade tip cooling structure is expected to provide new ideas for the next generation of advanced gas turbine cooling designs.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Thermal Sciences is a journal devoted to the publication of fundamental studies on the physics of transfer processes in general, with an emphasis on thermal aspects and also applied research on various processes, energy systems and the environment. Articles are published in English and French, and are subject to peer review.
The fundamental subjects considered within the scope of the journal are:
* Heat and relevant mass transfer at all scales (nano, micro and macro) and in all types of material (heterogeneous, composites, biological,...) and fluid flow
* Forced, natural or mixed convection in reactive or non-reactive media
* Single or multi–phase fluid flow with or without phase change
* Near–and far–field radiative heat transfer
* Combined modes of heat transfer in complex systems (for example, plasmas, biological, geological,...)
* Multiscale modelling
The applied research topics include:
* Heat exchangers, heat pipes, cooling processes
* Transport phenomena taking place in industrial processes (chemical, food and agricultural, metallurgical, space and aeronautical, automobile industries)
* Nano–and micro–technology for energy, space, biosystems and devices
* Heat transport analysis in advanced systems
* Impact of energy–related processes on environment, and emerging energy systems
The study of thermophysical properties of materials and fluids, thermal measurement techniques, inverse methods, and the developments of experimental methods are within the scope of the International Journal of Thermal Sciences which also covers the modelling, and numerical methods applied to thermal transfer.