GT2012 68819
GT2012 68819
GT2012
June 11-15, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark
GT2012-68819
ABSTRACT for high temperature study. The study showed that the
In existing gas turbine heat transfer literature there are several difference between conjugate and non-conjugate solutions
correlations developed for the spanwise-averaged film-cooling increases as the temperature levels increase. These differences
effectiveness and heat transfer augmentation for inline injection are quite important and should be taken into account during
on flat plates. More accurate and detailed prediction of film- design of turbine blades.
cooling performance, particularly 3-D metal temperatures are
needed for design purposes. 2-D correlations where INTRODUCTION
effectiveness and heat transfer augmentation are functions of An increase in the efficiency of gas turbines can be obtained by
streamwise and spanwise directions would help to satisfy this increasing turbine inlet temperature. For engine power to
need. Based on this fact, the current study extends the double, the rotor inlet temperature should increase from 2500⁰F
spanwise-averaged correlations into 2-D correlations by using to 3500⁰F, as stated by Han et al. [1]. These temperatures far
a Gaussian distribution in the transverse direction. The exceed the melting point of present blade materials, thus
correlations are obtained using limited spanwise data and more decreasing its life. An increase in the lifetime of Gas Turbine
available spanwise-averaged data and existing spanwise- blades can be achieved by employing film-cooling, wherein air
averaged correlations for a single row of holes with inline from compressor is bled through holes on to the blade surface.
injection. These correlations presented in this paper are
functions of different flow parameters such as mass flow ratio Many researchers have studied the application of film-cooling
M, density ratio DR, , transverse pitch P/D, and inline injection to flat plates and gas turbine blades using experimental,
angle α, with ranges of M:0.2-2.5, DR: 1.2,1.5,1.8, P/D: 2, 3,5, theoretical and numerical approaches. Goldstein [2] provided a
α: 30, 60, 90 degrees. The developed correlations match review of early film-cooling studies. Yuen & Martinez [3-6]
existing spanwise-averaged correlations when averaged. These did an exhaustive study on film-cooling characteristics of round
correlations are used to calculate solid flat plate temperatures hole and presented film-cooling effectiveness and heat transfer
for two well-documented cases of film-cooled flat plates. coefficient data for various injection angles and orientations.
Spanwise variations in the metal temperature were calculated Similarly, Baldauf et al. [7-10] conducted a detailed study on to
to be between 5-6K for a temperature difference of 40K and obtain film-cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient
between 20-30K for a temperature difference of 250K, data at mainstream temperature of 550K for various injection
significant for design purposes. The study also contains the angles and blowing ratios.
comparison of solid temperatures for conjugate and non-
conjugate heat transfer cases using a Reduced Order Film Most manufacturers use what is termed a conventional
Model (ROFM) which is implemented in a loosely coupled technique to determine blade temperature distribution using
conjugate heat transfer technique called Iterative Conjugate experimental and numerical results which do not take into
Heat Transfer (ICHT)).The differences between conjugate and account the effect of conjugate heat transfer on heat transfer
non conjugate simulations are about 6K or 2% of the local coefficients. Silieti et al. [11] reported that the full conjugate
temperature for low temperature study and about 20K or 5% heat transfer (CHT) model shows a significant difference in
This 2-D correlation contains two main parameters: 𝜂𝐶𝐿 (𝑥�): the
centerline effectiveness and 𝜎(𝑥�) the transverse width of
effectiveness. It is spanwise-averaged and the result is
compared with spanwise-averaged correlations given by
Baldauf et al. [8-10] to determine the parameters 𝜂𝐶𝐿 (𝑥�) and
𝜎(𝑥�).
= � 𝜂ℎ (𝑥�, 𝑧̃ )
ℎ=1 (2)
𝐻 (𝑧�−𝑧�ℎ )2
−
= � 𝜂𝐶𝐿 ℎ (𝑥�) 𝑒 2𝜎ℎ(𝑥�)2
ℎ=1
𝐻 (𝑧�−𝑧�ℎ ) 2
Validation of ICHT Approach: Validation of ICHT- 1 ∆𝑧/2 −
ROFM approach has been carried out using spanwise-averaged 𝜂̅ (𝑥�) = � � 𝜂𝐶𝐿 ℎ (𝑥�) 𝑒 2𝜎ℎ(𝑥�)2 𝑑𝑧̃ (3)
∆𝑧 ∆𝑧/2
film-cooling effectiveness and heat-transfer augmentation by ℎ=1
Dhiman and Yavuzkurt [16]. In order to validate the ICHT
approach, the numerical solution obtained by the ICHT scheme
0.8
0.6
0.4
η
0.2
0
-3 -2 -1 0 1
Correlation Z/P
Data (Lawson [20])
Figure 3. ILLUSTRATION OF DISTANCE FROM HOLE
Figure 2. SPANWISE PROFILE OF FILM-COOLING CENTER TO REGION OF WHERE DATA IS GIVEN
EFFECTIVENESS AT DOWNSTREAM LOCATION
�=0.00981) 𝒙
(𝒙 � = 𝒙/𝑫, 𝒛� = 𝒛/𝑫 Assuming a Gaussian distribution in the lateral direction, then
the spanwise-averaged effectiveness is obtained as follows:
𝐶1 = 1
𝜂𝑝∗ 𝜂0 𝑓∆𝑧̃ (13)
𝐶2 =
√2𝜋
𝜎(𝑥�) = 𝑎∗
(16) 1.5
𝜉 ∗ ∗ ∗
[1 + ( )(𝑎 +𝑏 )𝑐 ](𝑎∗+𝑏∗)𝑐 ∗ 1.4 M=1.0
𝜉0
1.3
These functions are valid in the recovery region where 𝜉 > 𝜉𝑅 . M=2.0
1.2
For large values of x or ξ, it can be shown that the centerline
1 0 1 2
effectiveness approximately behaves like 𝜂𝐶𝐿 ~ 𝑏∗ and the
𝜉 Z/D
1
spanwise-average also behaves like 𝜂̅ ~ ∗ .. This agrees with Figure 5. SPANWISE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT TRANSFER
𝜉𝑏
the idea that in the far-field the effectiveness is no longer AUGMENTATION AT x/D=2 FOR A SINGLE HOLE IN CROSS-
FLOW WITH Α=30⁰
strongly affected by the lateral spreading, but is dominated by
the decay of the centerline effectiveness. This is consistent with
For a single row of holes, Yu et al. [22] discuss the transverse
the asymptotic growth in the lateral spreading and that in the
distribution shown in Figure 5 at two transverse locations. The
far-field the effectiveness is more uniform.
centerline is at the same transverse location as the center of one
of the cooling holes, and the mid-span is the axial line midway
Heat Transfer Augmentation
between centers of two cooling holes. They discuss two
Figure 4 shows an assumed transverse (spanwise) distribution
competing factors that influence the magnitude of the heat
of the heat transfer augmentation (hf/h0) around a film-cooling
transfer coefficient. The first is the increasing boundary layer
hole. There are three functions that describe this assumed
thickness due to the injection; this causes an increase in
Gaussian distribution. The first is 𝑍�’ = 𝑧 ′ /𝐷 which describes
convective resistance. The second is the enhanced flow shear
the dimensionless distance from the hole to the location of the
induced by the jet interaction with the mainstream flow
max heat transfer coefficient enhancement. The second is the
resulting in an increase in heat transfer. The centerline is
value of the max heat transfer augmentation ((hf/h0) max). The
expected to be more affected by the first factor. Whereas
third is the dimensionless standard deviation around the
between the holes, the second factor would greatly dominate,
maximum heat transfer augmentation locations. All three are
causing an increased heat transfer. So the maximum heat-
functions of the flow parameters and the streamwise location.
transfer augmentation should occur at mid-span between the
Ammari et al. [21] found high heat transfer coefficients at the � of approximately P/2D.This is shown in Figure 7,
edge of the jet for low blowing ratios (M<0.5) due to high shear holes or at 𝑍’
between the main flow and the jet. Large values were on the taken from Baldauf et al. [8].
centerline in the vicinity of the hole for intermediate (M=0.5-
1.0) and large blowing ratios (M>1). This occurs because when
the jet detaches, the hot mainstream
∆𝑧
���
ℎ𝑓 1 2 ℎ𝑓 −
(𝑧�−𝑧� ′ )2
� �−1= � (� � − 1) 𝑒 2𝜎2 𝑑𝑧 (17)
ℎ0 ∆𝑧 −∆𝑧 ℎ0 𝑚𝑎𝑥
2
���
ℎ𝑓 𝐻 ℎ𝑓
� �−1= (� � − 1)𝜎 (19)
ℎ0 ∆𝑧√2𝜋 ℎ 0 𝑚𝑎𝑥
ℎ𝑓 ���
ℎ𝑓 ∆𝑧√2𝜋
� � = �� � − 1� +1 (20)
ℎ0 𝑚𝑎𝑥 ℎ0 𝐻𝜎
ℎ�𝑓
Where� � is given by Baldauf et al. [7] or any other
ℎ0
appropriate spanwise-averaged correlation.
NUMERICAL SIMULATION
Spanwise-averaged-simulations were carried out and given in
Figure 6. CENTERLINE AND MID-SPAN STREAMWISE
by Dhiman and Yavuzkurt [16]. Here new 3-D simulations will
DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT FOR A
SINGLE ROW OF HOLES, P/D=3 FOR 3 DIFFERENT
be discussed. The conditions chosen match those used by
SHAPED HOLES AS PRESENTED BY Yu et al. [22]. Dhiman and Yavuzkurt [16] and the spanwised-average of the
developed correlations in this paper agree with those used in
the previous study. This allows comparison between the
spanwise-averaged results from this study and the results from
the previous study by Dhiman and Yavuzkurt [16].
a)
Figures 12b and 13b show the 2-D contours of the effectiveness
b)
and heat-transfer augmentation from Yuen et al.[5,6] The
conjugate and non-conjugate results were obtained using the 2- Figure 13 CONTOURS OF HEAT-TRANSFER
D correlations developed here for film-cooling on the geometry AUGMENTATION (hf/h0) DATA FOR A SINGLE HOLE WITH
used by Yuen et al. [4]. Boundary conditions employed were M=0.5, α=30⁰ a) AS GIVEN BY YUEN et al. [6] and b) AS
the same as the spanwise-averaged study by Dhiman and PREDICTED BY CORRELATIONS.
Yavuzkurt [16] , the inlet mainstream gas temperature was kept
at 300K and secondary gas coolant temperature at 280K.
Results for surface temperature contours are shown in Figures
15-17.
320
iteration_3
300 iteration_4
iteration_5
295
iteration_6
290
iteration_7
285
Figure 15. SURFACE TEMPERATURE CONTOURS FOR THE
280 LOW TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE STUDY FOR NON-
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 CONJUGATE SOLUTION (FIRST ITERATION).
X(m)
Figure 14. SPANWISED-AVERAGE SURFACE
TEMPERATURE DURING ICHT PROCESS FROM DHIMAN
AND YAVUZKURT [16] FOR LOW TEMPERATURE
DIFFERENCE STUDY.
The variations in the spanwise temperature distribution for the Figure 17. SURFACE CONTOURS OF THE TEMPERATURE
conjugate case are around 6 degrees, as can be seen in Figure DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONJUGATE AND NON-
16. This is on the same order as the temperature difference CONJUGATE HEAT-TRANSFER FOR THE LOW
between the conjugate and non-conjugate cases as can be seen TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE STUDY.
in Figure 17. This shows that both conjugate and 3-D
simulations are needed to accurately predict the surface Figures 19 and 21 show the contours of the film-cooling
temperature. effectiveness and heat-transfer augmentation obtained from
developed correlations in this study used for the 3-D simulation
Flat Plate Film-Cooling Simulation of High Temperature of Baldauf et al. [10] study. Figures 20 and 22 are more
Difference using ICHT-ROFM detailed contours in the near hole region. Due to the high level
The simulation was performed to investigate the workings of of entrainment near the hole, the location for maximum heat-
the ICHT-ROFM method using the developed 2-D film-cooling transfer augmentation was chosen to occur near the mid-pitch.
correlations for effectiveness and heat-transfer augmentation. This agrees with the observations of Yu et al. [22]. In Figure
Baldauf et al. [7,8] experiment was chosen due to its simple 20, the effectiveness begins with a value of 0.5 at the hole. At
geometry and completeness of experimental conditions. This x/D of 20, the effectiveness has become fairly uniform. This
data was also used by Dhiman and Yavuzkurt [16] for agrees with theory applied when developing these correlations.
spanwise-averaged simulations shown in Figure 18. It shows The heat-transfer augmentation begins at 1.6 and decays to a
that the ICHT process for this case converges quickly in about value below 1.1 around x/D=20 as shown in Figure 22.
5 iterations for the 2-D geometry.
500
Figure 21. HEAT-TRANSFER AUGMENTATION (hf/h0)
450 CONTOURS USED FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
DIFFERENCE STUDY OBTAINED FROM DEVELOPED
400 Iteration1 (Initial guess)
CORRELATIONS.
Tw (K)
Iteration 2
350
Iteration 3
300 Iteration 4
Iteration 5
250
200
0 0.1 0.2 0.3
X (m)
Figure 24. SIMULATED SURFACE TEMPERATURE Figure 28. RESULTS FROM THE CURRENT SIMULATION
CONTOURS FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE FOR SURFACE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
STUDY, NON-CONJUGATE SOLUTION (FIRST ITERATION). THE CONJUGATE AND NON-CONJUGATE HEAT-
TRANSFER FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE
STUDY.
CONCLUSIONS
The current study extends the spanwise-averaged correlations
for film-cooling effectiveness and film heat transfer coefficients
into 2-D correlations using a Gaussian distribution in the
transverse direction. These correlations are obtained using
limited spanwise data and more available spanwise-averaged
data and existing spanwise-averaged correlations for single
Figure 26. SIMULATED SURFACE TEMPERATURE row of holes with inline injection.. These correlations are
CONTOURS FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE functions of different flow parameters such as mass flow ratio
STUDY, CONJUGATE SOLUTION (FINAL ITERATION). M, density ratio DR, , transverse pitch P/D, and inline injection
angle α, with ranges of M:0.2-2.5, DR: 1.2,1.5,1.8, P/D: 2, 3,5,
α: 30, 60, 90 degrees. These correlations are used to calculate
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2006, “Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis of Film Cooling
Flows,” Journal of Thermal Science, 15, pp. 85-91.
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Effect of Density Ratio on the Heat Transfer Coefficient From
a Film-Cooled Flat Plate,” J. Turbomach. 112, pp. 444-450.