Transient simulation for the gas ingestion through turbine’s rim seal

Jianping Hu, Zhenxia Liu, Pengfei Zhu

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Abstract

As the turbine front temperature of the modern aero-engine gets higher and higher, the problem of gas ingestion and the related rim sealing is becoming more and more serious. In this paper, the unsteady numerical simulation of the rim seal model with cavity is carried out, based on the gas ingestion experiment rig of Bath University. Firstly, the CFD results is compared with the experiments to valid the accuracy. The comparison for the pressure distribution shows that the simulation agrees well with the experiments. But the results for the sealing efficiency have some relatively errors. Secondly, the change process for some parameters about the ingestion is discussed. The simulation shows the pressure distribution of main flow is the decisive factor, and the interaction between the blades and the vanes affects the pressure distribution. Thirdly, the effect of the interaction between blade and vanes is provided a close analysis. Interestingly, the periodicity of the sealing efficiency is not consistent with that of the rotating blades. Also, the effect of the axial spacing is obtained through reducing the spacing by twenty percent. The decrease of axial spacing between vane and blade will cause the increase of the peak value of the pressure in the high pressure region.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018
EditorsXinguo Zhang
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1880-1887
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811333040
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventAsia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 16 Oct 201818 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume459
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceAsia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period16/10/1818/10/18

Keywords

  • Gas ingestion
  • Interaction between blades and vanes
  • Rim seal
  • Unsteady simulation

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