... Abstract The optimal design of the turbomachinery field can produce the best results when considering multiple fields (e.g., structural vibration, aerodynamic, and aeroelasticity). Since multi-disciplinary phenomena are very complex and nonlinear, a higher level of optimization is needed...

... Abstract The paper describes the study performed by SoftInWay in the scope of the Phase I SBIR project funded by NASA. The project was dedicated to a study of optimization of the variable geometry reset angle schedules with the use of innovative autonomous AI technology. In the scope...

... Abstract In a previous study from our laboratory, a computational adjoint based optimization method was used to design shaped film cooling holes fed by internal co-flow and cross-flow channels. The associated RANS computations predicted that the holes optimized for use with cross-flow (X-AOpt...

... to be considered is the choice of the energy management strategy. The aim of this paper is to define and present an optimal strategy for the energy flow management of a pilot plant consisting of a turbine gas facility making use of power produced during turbine tests — along with solar — for hydrogen production...

..., but it introduces a high variability of performance due to the syngas composition fluctuations. For this reason, this work pursues the aim of realizing a robust system optimization, necessary to obtain the best design and ensure high efficiency combined with low variability. To do this, a co-flow, planar, anode...

... Abstract The present study deals with the optimization of performance for a hybrid-electric propulsion system. It focuses on the modeling and power management frameworks, while evaluation is done on a single flight basis. The main objective is to extract the maximum out of the novel powertrain...

.... The heat pump consists of multiple compression stages with intercooling in order to increase the COP. Heat sink temperatures of up to 250°C were investigated and an optimal process design was identified for several heat sink and -source temperatures. The calculated COPs ranged from 1.5 under challenging...

... Fatigue lifetime of the blading. One of them is damping optimization through advanced design of parts. There are few main damping mechanisms occurring during blade vibrations: material damping (for Ni-based alloys does not exceed 0.02% [5]), aerodynamical damping (usually below 0.3%) and frictional...

... Abstract The article presents the results of solving the complex task of increasing the rotor wheel strength factor and the efficiency of the twin-shaft axial turbine of the small turboshaft engine using methods of multidisciplinary optimization. This turbine consists of a single-stage...

... operating range is one of the major requirements concerning the turbine performance. During the development process of the radial turbine’s wheel, an automated optimization was used. Due to the competitive design targets, multiple objectives and constrains were formulated. To satisfy the off-design...

... in a cement plant, two potential candidates, the supercritical CO 2 Brayton (S-CO 2 ) cycle or the Organic Rankine cycle (ORC), promises low capital cost and enhanced thermodynamic performance. The current study focuses on modelling and optimization of the S-CO 2 and ORC cycles for a 1 MTPA cement plant...

... micro-grid project consists in the use of a gas turbine — instead of a fuel cell — as system to reconvert the stored hydrogen. renewables optimization hydrogen storage smart grid calculation model Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2021 Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition GT2021...

... in a structured approach to design optimization. In this paper, the application of the Combustor Design System Integration (DSI) to the definition of an optimal combustor preliminary configuration will be presented. Given a combustor baseline design, the multi-objective optimization problem has been defined...

... that are expensive to manufacture and transport. With the increasingly lower CPU cost of fluid modeling, designers can now turn to CFD optimization to produce the necessary machine performance and flow conditions while respecting manufacturing constraints. The objective of this study is to maximize the pressure...

... by the fan volute and the point of operation as well. centrifugal fans optimization aerodynamics Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2021 Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition GT2021 June 7-11, 2021, Virtual, Online GT2021-58505 FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF BLADE INCLINATION...

... by the presence of many stages and many independent variables. For this reason, the problem was solved in several stages. A separate modernization of the first and rear groups of stages was performed. Moreover, methods of mathematical optimization were used when developing the rear block of 10 stages...

... developers. Allam power cycle thermodynamic modeling optimization turbine inlet temperature ANALYTICAL FORMULATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ALLAM POWER CYCLE Yousef Haseli1 1 Clean Energy & Fuel Lab, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI, USA ABSTRACT Thermal power plants operating...

... and control inputs from pilots. More accurate trend monitoring of the relationship among engine parameters enables earlier anomaly detection with high accuracy. Machine learning techniques such as clustering, nonlinear regression, classification and optimization are used in STM. The input data for generating...

... a great effect on the stress-strain state, static strength, and dynamic characteristics of the blade. Here, the necessary optimization of both the axial orientation (the optimal value of which may differ from <001>) and the azimuthal orientation is confirmed. The problem was solved by considering...

... is studied through response surface method. And the Kriging-assisted genetic algorithm (GA) is applied to determine the optimal distributions of incidence and deviation in the streamwise direction for NASA Rotor 37. Finally, four examples are provided to validate the throughflow model and to demonstrate...