Influence of turbulators in blade cooling passages on film hole discharge coefficients

H. P. Schiffer, J. Taege, F. Haselbach, Huiren Zhu

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Abstract

This paper details the results of a joint project between Rolls-Royce Deutschland (RRD) and the Northwestern Polytechnical University of China (NWPU). The objective of the project was the determination of the influence of turbulators in turbine blade cooling passages on film hole discharge coefficients (Cd coefficients). A large-scale plexiglas model was used by the NWPU to measure the turbulator influence on Cd coefficients for a wide range of different geometrical parameters, Reynolds numbers and cooling flow off take ratios. RRD specified the comprehensive test matrix and analysed the test data. The CFD code FLUENT was used by RRD for numerical simulation of the test cases with the main objective to support the interpretation of observed trends. Both, experimental and numerical results will be presented in this paper for a selection of test configurations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)245-254
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Thermal Science
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2004

Keywords

  • Blade cooling
  • Film hole discharge coefficient
  • Turbulator

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