Film cooling effectiveness measurements under rotation were performed on the rotor blade platform using a pressure sensitive paint (PSP) technique. The present study examines, in particular, the film cooling effectiveness due to purging of coolant from the wheel-space cavity through the circumferential clearance gap provided between the stationary and rotating components of the turbine. The experimental investigation is carried out in a new three-stage turbine facility, recently designed and taken into operation at the Turbomachinery Performance and Flow Research Laboratory (TPFL) of Texas A&M University. This new turbine rotor has been used to facilitate coolant injection through this stator-rotor gap upstream of the first stage rotor blade. The gap was inclined at to mainstream flow to allow the injected coolant to form a film along the passage platform. The effects of turbine rotating conditions on the blade platform film cooling effectiveness were investigated at three speeds of , , and with corresponding incidence angles of , , and , respectively. Four different coolant-to-mainstream mass flow ratios varying from 0.5% to 2.0% were tested at each rotational speed. Aerodynamic measurements were performed at the first stage stator exit using a radially traversed five-hole probe to quantify the mainstream flow at this station. Results indicate that film cooling effectiveness increases with an increase in the coolant-to-mainstream mass flow ratios for all turbine speeds. Higher turbine rotation speeds show more local film cooling effectiveness spread on the platform with increasing magnitudes.
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Film-Cooling Effectiveness on a Rotating Blade Platform
A. Suryanarayanan,
A. Suryanarayanan
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
, College Station, TX 77843-3123
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S. P. Mhetras,
S. P. Mhetras
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
, College Station, TX 77843-3123
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M. T. Schobeiri,
M. T. Schobeiri
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
, College Station, TX 77843-3123
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J. C. Han
J. C. Han
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
, College Station, TX 77843-3123
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A. Suryanarayanan
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
, College Station, TX 77843-3123
S. P. Mhetras
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
, College Station, TX 77843-3123
M. T. Schobeiri
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
, College Station, TX 77843-3123
J. C. Han
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
, College Station, TX 77843-3123J. Turbomach. Jan 2009, 131(1): 011014 (12 pages)
Published Online: October 28, 2008
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Received:
September 18, 2006
Revised:
October 17, 2006
Published:
October 28, 2008
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Suryanarayanan, A., Mhetras, S. P., Schobeiri, M. T., and Han, J. C. (October 28, 2008). "Film-Cooling Effectiveness on a Rotating Blade Platform." ASME. J. Turbomach. January 2009; 131(1): 011014. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2752184
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