Film cooling on airfoils is a crucial cooling method as the gas turbine industry seeks higher turbine inlet temperatures. Shaped film cooling holes are widely used in many designs given the improved performance over that of cylindrical holes. Although there have been numerous studies of shaped holes, there is no established baseline shaped hole to which new cooling hole designs can be compared. The goal of this study is to offer the community a shaped hole design, representative of proprietary and open literature holes that serves as a baseline for comparison purposes. The baseline shaped cooling hole design includes the following features: hole inclination angle of 30° with a 7° expansion in the forward and lateral directions; hole length of 6 diameters; hole exit-to-inlet area ratio of 2.5; and lateral hole spacing of 6 diameters. Adiabatic effectiveness was measured with this new shaped hole and was found to peak near a blowing ratio of 1.5 at density ratios of 1.2 and 1.5 as well as at both low and moderate freestream turbulence of 5%. Reductions in area-averaged effectiveness due to freestream turbulence at low blowing ratios were as high as 10%.
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ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition
June 16–20, 2014
Düsseldorf, Germany
Conference Sponsors:
- International Gas Turbine Institute
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978-0-7918-4572-1
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Adiabatic Effectiveness Measurements for a Baseline Shaped Film Cooling Hole
Robert P. Schroeder,
Robert P. Schroeder
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Karen A. Thole
Karen A. Thole
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Robert P. Schroeder
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Karen A. Thole
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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GT2014-25992, V05BT13A036; 13 pages
Published Online:
September 18, 2014
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Schroeder, RP, & Thole, KA. "Adiabatic Effectiveness Measurements for a Baseline Shaped Film Cooling Hole." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 5B: Heat Transfer. Düsseldorf, Germany. June 16–20, 2014. V05BT13A036. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2014-25992
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