Development and validation of a full-range performance analysis model for a three-spool gas turbine with turbine cooling

Yin Song, Chun-wei Gu and Xing-xing Ji

Energy, 2015, vol. 89, issue C, 545-557

Abstract: The performance analysis of a gas turbine is important for both its design and its operation. For modern gas turbines, the cooling flow introduces a noteworthy thermodynamic loss; thus, the determination of the cooling flow rate will clearly influence the accuracy of performance calculations. In this paper, a full-range performance analysis model is established for a three-spool gas turbine with an open-circuit convective blade cooling system. A hybrid turbine cooling model is embedded in the analysis to predict the amount of cooling air accurately and thus to remove the errors induced by the relatively arbitrary value of cooling air requirements in the previous research. The model is subsequently used to calculate the gas turbine performance; the calculation results are validated with detailed test data. Furthermore, multistage conjugate heat transfer analysis is performed for the turbine section. The results indicate that with the same coolant condition and flow rate as those in the performance analysis, the blade metal has been effectively cooled; in addition, the maximum temperature predicted by conjugate heat transfer analysis is close to the corresponding value in the cooling model. Hence, the present model provides an effective tool for analyzing the performance of a gas turbine with cooling.

Keywords: Gas turbine; Performance analysis; Cooling; Multi-spool; Part-load (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.06.015

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