Heat Transfer and Aerodynamics of Complex Shroud Leakage Flows in a Low-Pressure Turbine

A numerical investigation on over-shroud & inter-shroud leakage flow has been carried out to explore the underneath flow physics at the stage of shrouded Low Pressure(LP) turbine.Compared with the No inter-Shroud gap's Leakage flow Model(NSLM) and With inter-Shroud gap's Leakage flow Model(WSLM),the aerodynamic characteristics and the heat transfer performance have been studied.Through the aerodynamic point of view,it is concluded that due to the pressure difference between the rotor's passage and the over-shroud cavity,in the stream-wise direction,flow structure has been modified,and the inter-shroud leakage flow may even cause flow separation in the vicinity of the blade passage's throat.In the circumferential direction,separation flows appear over the rotor's shroud surface(upper platform of the shroud).Meanwhile,from the point of view of heat transfer,further provision on contour maps of the non-dimensional Nusselt number reveals that the reattachment of leakage flow would enhance the heat transfer rates and endanger the rotor's labyrinth fins over the shroud.However,due to the limited amount of inter-shroud leakage flow(current computational model),temperature distribution variation along the blade surface(near the rotor's tip section) seems to have only minor insignificant differences.At the end of the paper,the author puts forward some recommendations for the purpose of future successful turbine design.

基于谐波平衡法的汽轮机末级叶片气动阻尼计算

采用谐波平衡法分析了汽轮机低压缸末级动叶自由形式和围带形式的颤振特性,获得了不同叶间相位角下的气动阻尼。研究发现:在设计工况下自由叶片叶间相位角在-30°^-150°时气动阻尼为负,叶片处于易发生颤振状态;当考虑围带时,叶片气弹稳定性发生了显著变化,在全行波域均处于稳定状态;由于振型、振幅的分布变化,围带叶片压力侧振动引起的压力扰动相位不再随叶间相位角发生明显改变,使得原本自由叶片上的气弹稳定性规律被破坏。