A key consideration in high pressure (HP) turbine designs is the heat load experienced by rotor blades. Impact of turbine inlet nonuniformity of combined temperature and velocity traverses, typical for a lean-burn combustor exit, has rarely been studied. For general turbine aerothermal designs, it is also of interest to understand how the behavior of lean-burn combustor traverses (with both hot-streak and swirl) might contrast with those for a rich-burn combustor (largely hot-streak only). In the present work, a computational study has been carried out on the aerothermal performance of a HP turbine stage under nonuniform temperature and velocity inlet profiles. The analyses are primarily conducted for two combined hot-streak and swirl inlets, with opposite swirl directions. In addition, comparisons are made against a hot-streak only case and a uniform inlet. The effects of three nozzle guide vane (NGV) shape configurations are investigated: straight, compound lean (CL) and reverse CL (RCL). The present results reveal a qualitative change in the roles played by heat transfer coefficient (HTC) and fluid driving (“adiabatic wall”) temperature, Taw. It has been shown that the blade heat load for a uniform inlet is dominated by HTC, whilst a hot-streak only case is largely influenced by Taw. However, in contrast to the hot-streak only case, a combined hot-streak and swirl case shows a role reversal with the HTC being a dominant factor. Additionally, it is seen that the swirling flow redistributes radially the hot fluid within the NGV passage considerably, leading to a much ‘flatter’ rotor inlet temperature profile compared to its hot-streak only counterpart. Furthermore, the rotor heat transfer characteristics for the combined traverses are shown to be strongly dependent on the NGV shaping and the inlet swirl direction, indicating a potential for further design space exploration. The present findings underline the need to clearly define relevant combustor exit temperature and velocity profiles when designing and optimizing NGVs for HP turbine aerothermal performance.
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June 2015
Research-Article
Rotor Blade Heat Transfer of High Pressure Turbine Stage Under Inlet Hot-Streak and Swirl
A. Rahim
Department of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford
,Oxford OX1 3PJ
, UK
L. He
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Turbomachinery Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received August 4, 2014; final manuscript received September 23, 2014; published online December 9, 2014. Editor: David Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jun 2015, 137(6): 062601 (10 pages)
Published Online: June 1, 2015
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Received:
August 4, 2014
Revision Received:
September 23, 2014
Online:
December 9, 2014
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Rahim, A., and He, L. (June 1, 2015). "Rotor Blade Heat Transfer of High Pressure Turbine Stage Under Inlet Hot-Streak and Swirl." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. June 2015; 137(6): 062601. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4028740
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