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STUDENT NAME USN SEMESTER & SECTION
Siddharth Dutta 1NT15ME161 VIII-C
Shahid Saleem Ansari 1NT15ME154 VIII-C
Sagar Shetty 1NT15ME143 VIII-B
Sachin T V 1NT15ME140 VIII-B
2018-19
(A Unit of Nitte Education Trust(R), Mangalore)
An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University
Approved by UGC/AICTE/Govt of Karnataka, Accredited by NAAC (A Grade)
Govindapura, Gollahalli, P.B. No. 6429, Yelahanka, Bangalore 560-064, Karnataka, INDIA
Certificate
This is to Certify that the project entitled “INVESTIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER
CHARACTERISTICS ON GAS TURBINE BLADE” submitted by Siddharth Dutta
(1NT15ME161), Shahid Saleem Ansari (1NT15ME154), Sagar Shetty (1NT15ME143),
Sachin T V (1NT15ME140) bonafide students of Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology,
Bengaluru in partial fulfilment for the award of B.E Degree in Mechanical Engineering of the
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, during the academic year 2018-19 is an
authentic work carried out by them under my supervision and guidance. It is certified that all
corrections/suggestions indicated by me have been incorporated in the report deposited in the
department library. The project work report has been approved as it satisfies the academic
requirements in respect of project work prescribed for the said degree.
Dr. H C Nagaraj
Principal, NMIT
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NITTE MEENAKSHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION UNDER VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELGAUM)
YELAHANKA, BANGALORE – 560 064
DECLARATION
We hereby declare that the presented report of the final year project titled
“INVESTIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS ON GAS
TURBINE BLADE” is uniquely prepared by us as a part in the effort of completion of the
Bachelors of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering. We also confirm that, the report is
only prepared for our academic requirement not for any other purpose.
Cooling of Gas Turbine blades is a major consideration in the design of gas turbine blades due
to high operating temperature working conditions for greater thermal efficiency for the stage.
Several methods of cooling of gas turbine blades coupled with innovative geometry for cooling
passages are in existence. This work essentially incorporates an important modification to the
geometry of the cooling passage. These are innovative twisted tape inserts incorporated to the
leading edge of the geometry. And hence an overall enhancement in the cooling effect with this
geometry is compared with a configuration with no cooling geometry.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First, we are thankful to the Management of Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology for
providing me an opportunity to work on this project. This report would not have been possible
without the guidance and the help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed
and extended their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this study
First and foremost, our utmost gratitude to our beloved Guide, Mr. Arun Kumar G L, Asst.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, for his invaluable support, suggestion
precious advice and patient guidance, helped me to complete our project.
We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. SUDHEER REDDY J, Professor and Head
Department of Mechanical Engineering Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, who stood by
us in all our endeavours and willingly permitted us to work on this project in college
We also express our sincere thanks to Dr. HC NAGARAJ, Principal, Nitte Meenakshi Institute
of Technology, whose words of advice have always been a constant source of inspiration for me
and others
We would like to thank Prof. RANGANATH SETTY, Dean of academic, Nitte Meenakshi
Institute of Technology, for his support throughout
We would also like to thank Dr. NR SHETTY, Director, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of
Technology for his valuable support for completing our project without any obstacles.
A special thanks to all teaching and non-leaching staff members of the Department of
Mechanical of Mechanical Engineering for their support. We also express our sincere gratitude
to all those who were involved with me directly or indirectly during our project work
This Bachelor of Engineering report will stay with us for the rest of my life and we are glad to
have accomplished it with all the great people of Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology
Bangalore.
CHAPTER 1 ...................................................................................................................................1
1. INRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................1
1.1 IMPORTANCE OF COOLING IN GAS turbine………………………………………………………………………………..1
1.1.2 BROAD CONCEPTS OF COOLING OF TURBINE BLADES……………………………………………………………. 2
1.2 TURBINE BLADE COOLING METHODOLOGIES…………………………………………………..…………………….… 3
CHAPTER 8 .................................................................................................................................41
8.1 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 41
8.2 FUTURE SCOPE…………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………41
CHAPTER 9 .................................................................................................................................42
9. REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................42
APPENDIX…………………………………….………………………………………………………………….……………………………..43
LIST OF FIGURES
5.1 3D DOMAIN 19
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Importance of Cooling In Gas Turbine Blades
Gas turbines have turned out to be a standout amongst the most imperative prime movers
particularly in air ship impetus, land-based power generation, and modern applications. The best
advantage.of gas turbines is that it produces (comparatively) higher vitality per unit size and
weight. Its minimization, low.weight and numerous fuel capacity settle on it a characteristic
decision for power plants. for some various applications.
The gas turbine inlet temperatures (TET) have risen extensively from the earliest starting point of
the 1970's from around 1500 K to.more than 2000 K for present day turbines. By and by the
requirement for an expansion in warm proficiency of gas.turbine plant, both in mechanical and
aviation divisions, still requests higher estimations of TET without settling on the
auxiliary.uprightness of the turbine segments. Warm effectiveness.and power yield of gas turbines
increments with expanding turbine section temperature. It.is clear from Brayton cycle (Figure 1.1)
that the real target is to expand the turbine pressure (ratio which increases) the gas turbine warm
productivity.
This requires a relook in the structure of turbine motor and different related segments to
accomplish the above target. The present TET level in dynamic gas turbines is far over the
liquefying purpose of the sharp edge material. Further the variety in the temperature inside the
sharp edge material (which causes warm burdens) must be constrained to accomplish sensible
strength points. In this manner it is depending to cool the turbine cutting edges so edge metal is
inside passable metallurgical points of confinement. The high weight gas turbine organize cutting
edges need to persevere through the most serious blend of temperature, stress, and condition; it is
commonly viewed as the constraining segment in the machine. Hence, along with (high)
temperature material improvement, a refined cooling plan must be produced for consistent safe
task of gas turbines with incredible execution.
A few cooling procedures have begun into utilization with the point of diminishing the metal
temperature to protect the uprightness of the segments, for a satisfactory motor life. In gas turbine
with higher working temperature, cooling frameworks should be planned for turbine (sharp edges)
yet in addition to cool end dividers, cover and different parts to meet as far as possible. There are
many types of cooling techniques with regards to turbine blade cooling. The methodologies
underlying the turbine blade cooling are briefly described in the following section.
So as to utilize high gas temperatures in gas turbine stages it is important to cool the packaging,
spouts, rotor.sharp edges and plate. Because of high rotational speeds and related anxieties,
cooling.of the rotor cutting edges is increasingly basic. Cooling of these parts can be accomplished
either by.inward or outer cooling or both.
Inward cooling of edges can be accomplished by passing cooling air (from the air blower) through
inner cooling sections from the center point towards the cutting-edge tips. The inner cooling
sections are circulated inside the cutting edge. The idea of cooling of these cutting edges is by
conduction and convection modes as shown in Figure 1.2.
In external cooling, the air inside the cooling sections is permitted to stream over the sharp edge
surfaces through various little openings slanted to the surfaces. An arrangement of such holes are
given at different segments of the edges along their lengths. The cooling air in this way streaming
out of these little openings frames a slim film over the sharp edge surfaces. The meager film other
than cooling the edge surface by convection diminishes the warmth exchange from hot gases to
the edge metal by giving a warm hindrance.
This type of cooling is accomplished by planning the cooling air to stream inside the turbine sharp
edge or(vane, and evacuate)heat through the dividers as appeared in Figure 1.3. For the most part,
the wind current is spiral, making different goes through a serpentine entry from the center point
to the)cutting edge tip. Convection cooling is most broadly utilized cooling idea in present day gas
turbines.
In this type of blade design as shown in Figure 1.5 the midchord region is convection-cooled, and
the leading edges are both convection and film-cooled. The cooling air is injected(through the
blade)base into two central and one leading edge cavity. The air then circulates.up and down a
series of vertical passages. At the leading edge, the air passes through a series of small holes in the
wall.adjacent to the vertical passages, and then impinges on the inside surface of the leading edge
and then passes through the film cooling holes. However)the trailing edge is convection-cooled by
the air discharging through the slots.
With this specific design, primary cooling is achieved by film cooling with cold air injected
through a series of small holes over the blade surface. These holes are considerably larger than the
holes formed with porous mesh for transpiration cooling. Also, because of their larger size, they
are less susceptible to clogging by oxidation. The shell is supported by the cross ribs and is capable
of supporting itself without a strut, under engine operating conditions (Figure 1.7)
Twisted tape inserts have often been used to enhance the performance of tube cooling
assemblies.in applications where heat fluxes in excess of 106 W/m2 are expected. The twisted tape
insert rotates the internal liquid flow, and adds to the wetted area in the tube. The flow rotation
adds a radial pressure.gradient to the stream, and induces secondary flows. The twisted tape inserts
improve the nominal heat transfer, and increase the critical heat flux (CHF) over that in an open
tube with identical mass flow. The twisted tape insert also rises the.pressure gradient in the tube,
as do most other heat transfer performance enhancement approaches. However, the twisted tape
insert can provide improved heat transfer and better burnout heat flux.over that of anopentube with
identical inlet sub cooling and applied pressure drop. This makes the tube with twisted tape insert
the most efficient solution for many high heat flux cooling applications.
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE SURVEY
1. Web et al. (1971) developed heat exchange and friction connection for tempestuous stream in
cylinders having a rehashed rib roughness pattern. The contact connection depended on the law of
the divider similitude and was a similar technique as utilized by Nikuradse (1933) for sand-grain
unpleasantness. The heat exchange relationship was based on an utilization of a heat-momentum
exchange similarity to flow over a harsh surface, which was first utilized by Dipprey and Sabersky
(1963) for sand-grain roughness. The connection were checked with trial information taken with
0.01<e/D<0.04 and 10<p/e<40 and covering the range 0.71<Prandlt<37.6. the relationship could
be reached.out to a more extensive scope of e/D by excellence of the law of the divider. The good
outcomes acquired in this investigation, upheld by the earlier work with sand-grain roughness, of
a solid. contention for use of the associating techniques to different roughness geometry.
2. Han et al. (1978) examined the rib-roughened surface to decide the impact of rib shape, edge
of frequency and (pitch to stature proportion on grating component) and warmth exchange results
a parallel plate geometry was utilized. In light of the law of the divider comparability and use of
the warmth force similarity created by Dippery and Sabersky (1963), a general connection for
contact factor and warmth exchange. was created to represent rib shape, dispersing and amgle of
assault. Ribs at 45 degree edge of occurrence were found to have predominant. warmth exchange
execution at a given erosion control when contrasted with ribs at 90 level of frequency.
3. Gee and Webb (1980) introduced test data for single-stage constrained convection in a circular
tube containing a two-dimensional rib roughness. It broadened the past examinations by looking
at the impact of the rib helix angle. Although earlier examinations had recommended that helix
angles under 90 would give superior heat exchange per unit pumping power, no information had
been accounted for this work announced the information for heat exchange and friction attributes
for air flow with three helix angles (30". 49 and 70) all having a rib pitch-to-height proportion of
I5 (The preferred helix) angle was around 45 The information were associated in a structure to
allow execution expectation. with any relative unpleasantness measure (cD).
4. Sang Woo Lee et.al explored the streamlined execution of a turbine course with two various
types of winglets covering the tip hole bay of a plane tip, a. "weight side" (PS) winglet and a "main
edge and weight side" (LEPS) winglet, for a tip. hole height to-chord ratio of hc 2.0%. their width-
to-pitch ratio is changed to be w/p2.64. 5.28. also, 10.55%. The trial results. demonstrate that PS
winglet diminishes streamlined misfortune in the tip spillage vortex locale just as in a zone
downstream of the (winglet-weight surface corner, though it)increments streamlined misfortune
in the focal zone of the entry vortex area.
5. Chandrakant R. Kini In gas turbine(cutting edges, heat exchange can be upgraded by utilizing
turned tape embeds and stacks. In the present paper, we proposed)cooling impact of a gas turbine
blade can be improved by utilizing reasonable curved tape embeds and stack arrangements. A
Comparative report between this sort and the turned tape without stack arrangements was
performed. Strategies/Statistical Analysis: Simulations are completed for various width
proportions of curved tape with and without utilizing stack arrangements. Calculation results
demonstrated that(by utilizing bent tape additions of width proportion (W) = 0.3 with stack setups,
gives better cooling impact contrasted)with the others. Discoveries: Without utilizing the stack
Configurations, edge temperature is diminished by 34% at the main edge and 21.2% at the trailing
edge for W = 0.3. By utilizing stack arrangements, the sharp edge temperature is diminished by
50.7% at the main edge and 48% at the trailing edge for W = 0.3. Application/Improvements: All
these exhibited(that cooling impact of gas turbine cutting edge particularly at the trailing edge can
be)upgraded with reasonable turned tape and supplement and stack arrangements.
6. Rahul.H.Kumar, This examination goes for numerical examination of the impacts of gap
designs for the film cooling(on the main edge of a C3X nozzle)guide vane, under conjugate
conditions. The investigation is completed utilizing the business CFD code FLUENT, with
ANSYS Workbench 14.0. Since the study essentially centers around the impacts of hole.position
and geometry, the film cooling is completed in 2-D. An internal convective cooling numerical
investigation on the vane approves the utilization of disturbance display k-Ȧ SST for the picked
issue. An established level plate case is likewise completed for the film cooling numerical
examination approval.
CHAPTER 3
OBJECTIVES
In consideration of the fairly extensive literature.review concerning(gas turbine blade cooling and
the identified research)gaps concerning the blade cooling the following specific research
objectives have been set for the present.research work
To develop a novel.approach to enhance the gas turbine blade cooling by innovative
twisted tape geometry in the(leading edge)region.
To make a comparative study(between the blade)without any cooling.geometry and with
twisted tape geometry.
CHAPTER 4
GEOMETRICAL MODELLING
4.1 Design of gas turbine blade
By taking NASA C3X co-ordinates (as reference turbine blade profile)profile has been
obtained. Utilizing CATIA V5, the required design of gas) turbine blade is made as
follows.
Below is the model of blade with four holes at the leading edge region. The diameter given are
15mm, 13mm, 8mm and 6mm respectively.
D1 15
D2 13
D3 8
D4 6
Twisted tape geometry is modelled using CATIA V5 Software. These twisted tapes are to be
inserted to the holes provided above. This ensures better heat absorption by the air. The dimensions
of the twisted tape is provided below.
PITCH 45
HEIGHT 60
ORIENTATION CCW
THICKNESS 1
CHAPTER 5
MESH GENERATION
The process.of acquiring a fitting lattice (or matrix) is named work age (or network age), and has
for some time been. considered a bottleneck in the investigation procedure because of the absence
of a completely programmed work age methodology. Specialized(software) programs.have.been
produced with the end goal of work and network age, and access to a decent programming bundle
and aptitude in utilizing this product are critical to the accomplishment of a displaying exertion.
Age of polyhedral cross sections are simpler to mechanize. At the point when a surface framework
has been made, tetrahedral that have one base superficially are created above it and the procedure
is proceed towards the focal point of the volume along a walking front(Polyhedral cells are not
attractive) close dividers if the limit layers should be settled in light of the fact that the main matrix
point must be extremely near the divider while moderately huge lattice sizes can be utilized in the
ways parallel to divider.
Lattices are.utilized for rendering to a PC screen and for physical reproduction, for example,
limited component investigation or computational liquid elements. Cross sections are made out of
basic cells like triangles in light of the fact that, e.g., we realize(how to perform activities, for
example, limited component.counts (building) or beam following (PC illustrations) on triangles,
however we don't have a clue how to play out these tasks straightforwardly on entangled spaces
and shapes, for example, a roadway connect. We can reenact the quality of the scaffold, or draw
it.on.a(PC)screen, by performing computations on every triangle and ascertaining the associations
between triangles.
Cross sections are regularly made in sequential on workstations, notwithstanding when resulting
computations over the work will be done in parallel on super-PCs. This is both on account of the
impediment that most work(generators are intuitive, and on the (grounds that work) age runtime
is regularly inconsequential. contrasted with. solver time. In any case, if the work is too substantial
to even consider fitting in the memory of a solitary sequential machine, or the work must be
changed (adjusted) amid the recreation, coinciding is done in parallel.
In this geometry approximately 90000 mesh counts were given. This is the simple geometry with
no cooling duct.
CHAPTER 6
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
Boundary conditions were set to simulate the flow around turbine blade on the inlet boundary
velocity components of uniform(stream)with the given inflow speed were imposed on the exit
boundary the other variables were(extrapolated)on the outer boundary, the symmetry boundary
condition was imposed: on the blade and hub surface, the no-slip condition was imposed. The inlet
is specified as 'velocity inlet', with the velocity normal to the wall, the velocity and the rate of
revolution for various load condition.
• Fluid- Air
• Density- 8.44g/cm^3
CHAPTER 7
RESULTS
From the pressure contour diagram, the variety of the speed of stream over the turbine cutting edge
is seen. At the main edge of the turbine cutting edge, stagnation condition is obviously caught.
Additionally, limit layer arrangement is seen close to the dividers. As the stream progresses over
the body, the speed builds steadily and after that decreases in the trailing district because of
curvilinear nature of the tail geometry from the speed vectors outline, the variety of the speed of
stream over the turbine sharp edge is seen. At the main edge of the turbine edge and in the camber
part distribution impact is gotten. Temperature circulation over the turbine sharp edge plainly
demonstrates the warmth exchange rate.
In the resulting simulation, the temperature distribution varies between 1550K and 1563K. Such a
variation was observed only after 2 minutes of simulation. This clearly is much faster than the
blade with no cooling geometry.
CHAPTER 8
8.1 CONCLUSION
The simulations are kept running for NASA C3X airfoil without holes with considering
Temperatures. simulaation is kept running for turbine sharp edges without holes in the combination
with and without considering Temperatures from the Pressure contour diagram. The variety of the
speed of low over the turbine is seen. At the leading edge of the turbine, stagnation condition is
plainly caught likewise limit layer arrangement is seen close to the dividers. As the stream propels
over the body, the speed builds bit by bit and after that lessens the trailing area because of
curvilinear nature of the tail geometry of without openings. In speed shape chart, the variety(of the
speed of stream)over the turbine is seen. At the leading edge of the turbine and in the camber part
recirculation effect is clearly shown for without holes. Temperature appropriation over the turbines
for without openings plainly demonstrates the warmth move rate in the middle of the cutting
edges.(Moreover thinks)about is required)for the headways of the turbine.
The simulation.demonstrate that the temperature.conveyance between turbine.edge with no
cooling geometry and with curved tape embeds. It demonstrates the.sharp edge with wound
supplements has preferable cooling impact over(cutting) edge with no openings. Time step was
given 0.001 seconds for turbine blade without holes. Angle of attack was assumed zero degree for
simulation. Simulation was carried out for 20mins. Time step was given 0.001 seconds for turbine
blade with twisted tapes. Angle of attack was assumed zero degree for simulation. Simulation was
carried for 2mins. From the analysis on twisted tape pipe for different mass flow rate we see that
temperature of the fluid at the outlet is increasing which indicates a decrease in the temperature of
the wall. Furthermore, it was also observed that the rise in temperature decreases with increase in
mass flow rate
• Fluid structure interaction for the turbine blade can be done by considering different profile.
CHAPTER 9
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Appendix
1. Journal submission letter.
2. Journal Manuscript.
3. Plagiarism report.
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Investigation of Heat Transfer
Characteristics on Gas Turbine Blade
Under the guidance of Mr. Arun Kumar GL Asst. Professor
Abstract: Cooling of Gas Turbine blades is a major integrity of the turbine components. Thermal
consideration in the design of gas turbine blades due to efficiency and power output of gas turbines
high operating temperature working conditions for increase with increasing turbine entry
greater thermal efficiency for the stage. Several temperature. It is clear from Brayton cycle (Figure
methods of cooling of gas turbine blades coupled with
1.1) that the major objective is to increase the
innovative geometry for cooling passages are in
existence. This work essentially incorporates an turbine pressure ratio which increases the gas
important modification to the geometry of the cooling turbine thermal efficiency, accompanied by an
passage. These are innovative twisted tape inserts increase in TET (Horlock et al. 2001).
incorporated to the leading edge of the geometry. And This calls for a relook in the design of turbine
hence an overall enhancement in the cooling effect with engine and various associated components to
this geometry is compared with a configuration with no
cooling geometry.
achieve the above objective. The current TET level
in advanced gas turbines is far above the melting
Introduction: Gas turbines have become point of the blade material. Further the variation in
one of the most important prime movers the temperature within the blade material (which
especially in aircraft propulsion, land-based causes thermal stresses) must be limited to achieve
power generation, and industrial applications. The reasonable durability goals. Thus it is contingent to
greatest advantage of gas turbines is that it cool the turbine blades so that blade metal is within
produces comparatively greater energy per unit permissible metallurgical limits.
size and weight. Its compactness, low weight and The high pressure gas turbine stage
multiple fuel capability make it a natural choice blades have to withstand the most severe
for power plants for many diverse applications. combination of temperature, stress, and
The gas turbine entry temperatures environment; it is generally considered to be the
(TET) have risen considerably from the beginning limiting component in the machine. Therefore,
of the 1970’s from around 1500 K to over 2000 K along with high temperature material
for modern turbines (Adami et al. 2003). development, a sophisticated cooling scheme
Nevertheless the need for an increase in thermal must be developed for continuous safe operation
efficiency of gas turbine plant, both in industrial of gas turbines with high performance.
and aerospace sectors, still demands higher values Several cooling techniques have come
of TET without compromising on the structural into use with the aim of reducing the metal
temperature to maintain the integrity of the
components, for an acceptable engine life. In gas
turbine with higher operating temperature,
cooling systems need to be designed not only for
turbine blades but also to cool end walls, shroud
and other components to meet the mechanical
limits. There are many types of cooling
techniques with regards to turbine blade cooling.
The methodologies underlying the turbine blade
cooling are briefly described in the following
section.
D2 13
Objectives:
Methodology:
Geometry Details:
SYMBOLS DIMENSIONS(mm)
D1 15
holes of definite dimension
3D domain
Boundary Conditions:
Magnified view
Results and discussions
Time step was given 0.001 seconds for turbine blade Time step was given 0.001 seconds for turbine blade
without holes. Angle of attack was assumed 0 degree with twisted tapes. Angle of attack was assumed 0
degree for simulation. Simulation was carried out for 7.4 Flow through single duct pipe
2 minutes. Separate analysis was also carried out for
a flow through one of the holes with
In the resulting simulation , temperature distribution
twisted tape inserts.
varies between 1550K and 1563K.
Temperature distribution in twisted tape duct.
Such a variation was a observed only after 2 minutes
of simulation. This clearly is much faster than the
blade with no cooling geometry in it.
Magnified view
7.4.2 0.02 kg/sec mass flow rate
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