Tip gap height effects on flow structure and heat/mass transfer over plane tip of a high-turning turbine rotor blade
- Authors
- Lee, Sang Woo; Moon, Hyun Suk; Lee, Seong Eun
- Issue Date
- Apr-2009
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Keywords
- High-turning turbine rotor blade; Tip gap height; Tip gap vortices; Tip surface heat/mass transfer; Tip gap flow model
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW, v.30, no.2, pp 198 - 210
- Pages
- 13
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW
- Volume
- 30
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 198
- End Page
- 210
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/kumoh/handle/2020.sw.kumoh/21964
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2008.12.009
- ISSN
- 0142-727X
1879-2278
- Abstract
- The effects of tip gap height-to-chord ratio, h/c, on the flow structure and heat/mass transfer over the plane tip surface of a large-scale high-turning turbine rotor blade have been investigated for h/c = 1.0%, 2.0%, 3.0% and 4.0%. For near-wall tip gap flow visualizations, a high-resolution oil film method is employed, and the naphthalene sublimation technique is used for local heat/mass transfer rate measurements. From the tip surface visualizations, a pair of vortices named "tip gap vortices" is identified in the leading edge region within the tip gap. The overall tip gap flow is characterized not only by the tip gap vortices but also by the flow separation/re-attachment process along the pressure-side tip edge. Within the separation bubble, there exist complicated near-wall flows moving toward a mid-chord flow converging area. With increasing h/c, the tip gap vortices, the flow separation/re-attachment, and the converging flows within the separation bubble tend to be intensified. In general, higher thermal load is found along the loci of the tip gap vortices and along the re-attachment line, while lower thermal load is observed behind the tip gap vortex system and near the mid-chord flow converging area. Heat/mass transfer characteristics with the variation of h/c are discussed in detail in conjunction with the tip gap flow features. Based on the flow visualizations and heat/mass transfer data, new realistic tip gap flow models have been proposed for h/c = 1.0 and 4.0%. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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