Computational Investigation of Jet Impingement on Turbine Blade Leading Edge Cooling With Engine-Like Temperatures

Martin, Evan L.; Wright, Lesley M.; Crites, Daniel C.

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“…In recent years, Wright et al [21][22][23] have been carrying out intensive studies on the dependence of the Nusselt number varying impingement jet geometries, jet-to-jet spacing, jet-totarget surface distance and jet temperature. They have found higher Nusselt numbers with racetrack impingement holes and negligible effects due to jet temperature variations.…”

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Experimental Investigation of a Leading Edge Cooling System With Optimized Inclined Racetrack Holes

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et al. 2014

Volume 5A: Heat Transfer

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An experimental survey of a leading edge cooling scheme was performed to measure the Nusselt number distribution on a large scale test facility simulating the leading edge cavity of an high pressure turbine blade. Test section is composed by two adjacent cavities, a rectangular supply channel and the leading edge cavity. The cooling flow impinges on the concave leading edge internal walls, by means of an impingement array located between the two cavities, and it is extracted through showerhead and film cooling holes. The impingement geometry is composed by a double array of circular or shaped holes. The aim of the present study is to investigate the heat transfer performance of two optimized impingement schemes in comparison with a standard one with circular and orthogonal holes. Both the optimized arrays have inclined racetrack shaped holes and one of them has also a converging shape. Measurements were performed by means of a transient technique using narrow band Thermo-chromic Liquid Crystals (TLC). Jet Reynolds number was varied in order to cover the typical engine conditions of these cooling systems (Rej = 15000–45000). Results are reported in terms of detailed 2D maps, radial and tangential averaged Nusselt numbers.

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Experimental Investigation of a Leading Edge Cooling System With Optimized Inclined Racetrack Holes

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Leading Edge Jet Impingement Under High Rotation Numbers

Elston

Wright

2017

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

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The effect of rotation on jet impingement cooling is experimentally investigated in this study. Pressurized cooling air is supplied to a smooth, square channel in the radial outward direction. To model leading edge impingement in a gas turbine, jets are formed from a single row of discrete holes. The cooling air from the first pass is expelled through the holes, with the jets impinging on a semi-circular, concave surface. The inlet Reynolds number varied from 10,000 to 40,000 in the square supply channel. The rotation number and buoyancy parameter varied from 0 to 1.4 and 0 to 6.6 near the inlet of the channel, and as coolant is extracted for jet impingement, the rotation and buoyancy numbers can exceed 10 and 500 near the end of the passage. The average jet Reynolds number varied from 6000 to 24,000, and the jet rotation number varied from 0 to 0.13. For all test cases, the jet-to-jet spacing (s/djet = 4), the jet-to-target surface spacing (l/djet = 3.2), and the impingement surface diameter-to-diameter (D/djet = 6.4) were held constant. A steady-state technique was implemented to determine regionally averaged Nusselt numbers on the leading and trailing surfaces inside the supply channel and three spanwise locations on the concave target surface. It was observed that in all rotating test cases, the Nusselt numbers deviated from those measured in a nonrotating channel. The degree of separation between the leading and trailing surface increased with increasing rotation number. Near the inlet of the channel, heat transfer was dominated by entrance effects, however moving downstream, the local rotation number increased, and the effect of rotation was more pronounced. The effect of rotation on the target surface was most clearly seen in the absence of crossflow. With pure jet impingement, the deflection of the impinging jet combined with the rotation-induced secondary flows offered increased mixing within the impingement cavity and enhanced heat transfer. In the presence of strong crossflow of the spent air, the same level of heat transfer is measured in both the stationary and rotating channels.

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Leading Edge Jet Impingement Under High Rotation Numbers

Elston

Wright

2012

Volume 7: Fluids and Heat Transfer, Parts A, B, C, and D

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The effect of rotation on jet impingement cooling is experimentally investigated in this study. Pressurized cooling air is supplied to a smooth, square channel in the radial outward direction. To model leading edge impingement in a gas turbine, jets are formed from a single row of discrete holes. The cooling air from the first pass is expelled through the holes, with the jets impinging on a semi-circular, concave surface. The inlet Reynolds number varied from 10000–40000 in the square supply channel. The rotation number and buoyancy parameter varied from 0–1.4 and 0–6.6 near the inlet of the channel, and as coolant is extracted for jet impingement, the rotation and buoyancy numbers can exceed 10 and 500 near the end of the passage. The average jet Reynolds number varied from 6000–24000, and the jet rotation number varied from 0–0.13. For all test cases, the jet-to-jet spacing (s/djet = 4), the jet-to-target surface spacing (l/djet = 3.2), and the impingement surface diameter-to-diameter (D/djet = 6.4) were held constant. A steady state technique was implemented to determine regionally averaged Nusselt numbers on the leading and trailing surfaces inside the supply channel and three spanwise locations on the concave target surface. It was observed that in all rotating test cases, the Nusselt numbers deviated from those measured in a non-rotating channel. The degree of separation between the leading and trailing surface increased with increasing rotation number. Near the inlet of the channel, heat transfer was dominated by entrance effects, however moving downstream, the local rotation number increased and the effect of rotation was more pronounced. The effect of rotation on the target surface was most clearly seen in the absence of crossflow. With pure jet impingement, the deflection of the impinging jet combined with the rotation induced secondary flows offered increased mixing within the impingement cavity and enhanced heat transfer. In the presence of strong crossflow of the spent air, the same level of heat transfer is measured in both the stationary and rotating channels.

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Computational Investigation of Jet Impingement on Turbine Blade Leading Edge Cooling With Engine-Like Temperatures

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Experimental Investigation of a Leading Edge Cooling System With Optimized Inclined Racetrack Holes

Experimental Investigation of a Leading Edge Cooling System With Optimized Inclined Racetrack Holes

Leading Edge Jet Impingement Under High Rotation Numbers

Leading Edge Jet Impingement Under High Rotation Numbers

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