Simulation of 3D Flow in Turbine Blade Rows including the Effects of Coolant Ejection

This paper describes the numerical simulation of three-dimensional viscous flows in fir-cooled turbine blade rows with the effects of coolant ejection. A TVD Navier-Stokes flow solver incorporated with Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model and multi-grid convergence acceleration algorithm are used for the simulation. The influences of coolant ejection on the main flow are accounted by volumetric coolant source terms. Numerical results for a four-stage turbine are presented and discussed.