Gas-particle flows and erosion characteristic of large capacity dry top gas pressure recovery turbine

Liuxi Cai, Junfeng Xiao, Shunsen Wang, Song Gao, Jingyao Duan and Jingru Mao

Energy, 2017, vol. 120, issue C, 498-506

Abstract: Based on the erosion rate model and the particle rebound model of blade material obtained through accelerated erosion test under high temperature, systematic numerical simulations of the complex gas-particle flows in inlet volute and cascade of a large capacity gas pressure recovery turbine are performed in this paper. The influence of inlet volute structure and cascade channel structure on the aerodynamic performance and erosion characteristics of turbine is first investigated. Results show that although mixing flows and vortex flows are formed in turbine intake volute, total pressure loss of volute is less than 0.7% because of low gas velocity. Erosion damage on the trailing edge of nozzles and rotating blades is mainly caused by high-speed cutting behavior of ash particles. The typical inlet volute structure results in an uneven erosion of first stage nozzles along circumferential direction. Nozzles located below the horizontal split are mainly eroded in blade root area, while erosion distribution of nozzles located above the horizontal split is irregular, and worse than the erosion degree of the lower half circle. Flow acceleration characteristics and cascade circumferential structure must be comprehensively considered so as to simultaneously improve the aerodynamic and anti-erosion performance of turbine.

Keywords: Top gas pressure recovery turbine; Gas-particle flows; Numerical simulation; Inlet volute; Blade profile optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.11.098

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