Recent works have already demonstrated that placing a crescent-shaped block upstream of a cylindrical hole could enhance the cooling performance of flat-plate films. The flow and cooling performance of the crescent-shaped block applied over the pressure and suction sides of the blade is investigated in this article. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved with the Shear Stress Transport model for turbulence closure. Two optimized blocks are obtained from the flat-plate film cooling in our previous work, and two positions on the pressure and suction sides are tested. The blowing ratio varies from 0.5 to 2.0. The results show that when the block is applied on the blade surface, it yields a different cooling performance compared with the flat plate due to different geometry curvature and pressure gradient. The cooling performance on the suction side is slightly higher than on that on the pressure side, while the aerodynamic loss on the suction side is much higher. For the different blocks, the qualitative change of cooling performance vs. blowing ratios held on turbine blades is quite close to that of flat plates. The optimized smaller block in the flat plate provides better cooling performance at lower blowing ratios, while the larger block is superior when the blowing ratios are higher.
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