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Item CFD predictions of heat transfer coefficient augmentation on a simulated film cooled turbine blade leading edge(2011-05) Beirnaert-Chartrel, Gwennaël; Bogard, David G.; Moser, Robert D.Computations were run to study heat transfer coefficient augmentation with film cooling for a simulated gas turbine blade leading edge. The realizable k-[epsilon] turbulence model (RKE) and Shear Stress Transport k-[omega] turbulence model (SST) were used for the computational simulations. RKE computations completed at a unity density ratio were confirmed to be consistent with experimental measurements conducted by Yuki et al.(1998) and Johnston et al. (1999) whereas SST computations exhibited significant discrepancies. Moreover the effect of the density ratio on heat transfer coefficient augmentation was studied because experimental measurements of heat transfer coefficient augmentation with film cooling are generally constrained to unity density ratio tests. It was shown that heat transfer coefficient augmentation can be simulated using unity density ratio jets, but only when scaled with the momentum flux ratio of the coolant jets.Item Effects of hole pitch variation on overall and internal effectiveness in the leading edge region of a simulated turbine blade with heat flux measurements(2010-05) Dyson, Thomas Earl; Bogard, David G.; Moser, RobertIn this study, the cooling of a simulated blade under increasing pitch between holes was examined. The change in non-dimensional surface temperature, phi, was measured experimentally to quantify this performance loss. This critical quantification of the sensitivity of cooling to pitch between holes has not been studied previously. A range of blowing ratios and angles of attack were tested. Data are presented in terms of the laterally averaged phi, and in terms of the minimum phi, arguably more important from a design perspective. Increasing the pitch 13% produced no measureable change using either parameter. An increase of 26% in pitch produced only a 4% loss in lateral averages, while some hot points dropped by 10%. These small changes are due to compensating effects of increased internal and through-hole convective cooling. A limit to these effects was shown when increasing pitch 53%. While performance loss in the average was still relatively small at 15%, the minimum phi decreased by 27%. Heat flux gauges were used to gather data on the internal and external surface. The internal impingement used in this study represents a more accurate representation of internal cooling for an actual engine part than has been previously studied, providing a starting point for exploring the differences between engine configurations and those generally investigated in the literature. External heat flux measurements were used to measure the ratio of heat flux with and without film cooling. These results call into question the use of the net heat flux reduction parameter, which is commonly used to quantify overall film cooling performance.Item Evaluation of CFD predictions using thermal field measurements on a simulated film cooled turbine blade leading edge(2010-12) Mathew, Sibi; Bogard, David G.; Ravelli, SilviaComputations and experiments were run to study adiabatic effectiveness and thermal field contours for a simulated turbine blade leading edge. The RKE and SST k-[omega] turbulence models were used for the computational simulations. Predictions of RKE model for laterally averaged adiabatic effectiveness matched the experimental values. The computational simulations showed different flowfield for the coolant exiting the stagnation line row of holes. Both the experiments and SST k-[omega] simulations predicted coolant separation at the stagnation plane. Also, the downstream spreading of the coolant exiting the stagnation row of exit holes was better predicted by the SST k-[omega] model. At the stagnation plane, experimental thermal field measurements showed greater diffusion of the coolant into the mainstream than predicted by both turbulence models. Reasons for increased diffusion were examined. Thermal field comparison downstream of the offstagnation row of exit holes showed that the computational simulations and the experiments had the same general shape for the offstagnation coolant jet. But the computational simulations predicted greater diffusion of coolant in the direction normal to the surface than seen in the experiments.Item Experimental investigation of film cooling and thermal barrier coatings on a gas turbine vane with conjugate heat transfer effects(2013-05) Kistenmacher, David Alan; Bogard, David G.In the United States, natural gas turbine generators account for approximately 7% of the total primary energy consumed. A one percent increase in gas turbine efficiency could result in savings of approximately 30 million dollars for operators and, subsequently, electricity end-users. The efficiency of a gas turbine engine is tied directly to the temperature at which the products of combustion enter the first stage, high-pressure turbine. The maximum operating temperature of the turbine components’ materials is the major limiting factor in increasing the turbine inlet temperature. In fact, current turbine inlet temperatures regularly exceed the melting temperature of the turbine vanes through advanced vane cooling techniques. These cooling techniques include vane surface film cooling, internal vane cooling, and the addition of a thermal barrier coating (TBC) to the exterior of the turbine vane. Typically, the performance of vane cooling techniques is evaluated using the adiabatic film effectiveness. However, the adiabatic film effectiveness, by definition, does not consider conjugate heat transfer effects. In order to evaluate the performance of internal vane cooling and a TBC it is necessary to consider conjugate heat transfer effects. The goal of this study was to provide insight into the conjugate heat transfer behavior of actual turbine vanes and various vane cooling techniques through experimental and analytical modeling in the pursuit of higher turbine inlet temperatures resulting in higher overall turbine efficiencies. The primary focus of this study was to experimentally characterize the combined effects of a TBC and film cooling. Vane model experiments were performed using a 10x scaled first stage inlet guide vane model that was designed using the Matched Biot Method to properly scale both the geometrical and thermal properties of an actual turbine vane. Two different TBC thicknesses were evaluated in this study. Along with the TBCs, six different film cooling configurations were evaluated which included pressure side round holes with a showerhead, round holes only, craters, a novel trench design called the modified trench, an ideal trench, and a realistic trench that takes manufacturing abilities into account. These film cooling geometries were created within the TBC layer. Each of the vane configurations was evaluated by monitoring a variety of temperatures, including the temperature of the exterior vane wall and the exterior surface of the TBC. This study found that the presence of a TBC decreased the sensitivity of the thermal barrier coating and vane wall interface temperature to changes in film coolant flow rates and changes in film cooling geometry. Therefore, research into improved film cooling geometries may not be valuable when a TBC is incorporated. This study also developed an analytical model which was used to predict the performance of the TBCs as a design tool. The analytical prediction model provided reasonable agreement with experimental data when using baseline data from an experiment with another TBC. However, the analytical prediction model performed poorly when predicting a TBC’s performance using baseline data collected from an experiment without a TBC.Item Film effectiveness performance for a shaped hole on the suction side of a scaled-up turbine blade(2018-06-26) Moore, Jacob Damian; Bogard, David G.Surface curvature has been shown to have significant effects on the film cooling performance of round holes, but the present literature includes very few studies dedicated to curvature’s effects on shaped hole geometries despite their prevalence in turbine blade and vane designs. Experiments were performed on two rows of holes placed on the suction side of a scaled-up gas turbine blade model in a low-Mach-number linear cascade wind tunnel. The test facility was set up to match a high-Mach-number pressure distribution without modifying the blade’s geometry or including contoured end walls to accelerate the flow. By adjusting the positions of the movable walls in the tunnel test section, the suction side pressure distribution could be matched to the design distribution. One row was placed in a region of high convex surface curvature; the other, in a region of low convex curvature. Other geometric and flow parameters near the rows were matched in the design of the experiment, including hole geometry and spacing. The hole geometry was a standard 7-7-7 shaped hole. In addition, local freestream conditions for the rows were measured and set to match as closely as possible. Comparison of the adiabatic effectiveness results from the two rows revealed trends similar to those seen in previous literature for round holes. The high curvature row outperformed the low curvature row at lower coolant injection rates, having wider jets and higher centerline effectiveness. But as the injection rate was increased, the low curvature row surpassed the high curvature row in effectiveness. The driver behind this behavior was the surface-normal pressure gradient that arose from the convex surface curvature. As flow traveled around the surface, centripetal acceleration produced a pressure gradient directed towards the surface, effectively pushing jets toward the blade wall. However, at higher blowing ratios, the jets’ high momenta overcame the effects of this pressure gradient. At these injection rates, the high curvature row’s jets’ trajectories did not follow the surface as it curved away. The high surface curvature exacerbated the adverse effects of jet separation on film cooling performance.