Effects of High Buoyancy Parameter on Flow and Heat Transfer of Two-Pass Smooth/Ribbed Channels

Wenbin He, Ke Zhang, Junmei Wu, Jiang Lei, Pengfei Su and Yu Fang
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Wenbin He: State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Ke Zhang: State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Junmei Wu: State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Jiang Lei: State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Pengfei Su: Dongfang Turbine Co. Ltd., Deyang 618000, China
Yu Fang: Dongfang Turbine Co. Ltd., Deyang 618000, China

Energies, 2021, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: In order to deepen the understanding of rotating effects on internal cooling, the flow and heat transfer characteristics of 2-pass rotating rectangular smooth/ribbed channels are investigated by Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulation. Three rotating numbers ( Ro = 0.10, 0.25, and 0.40) are simulated, and the maximum buoyancy parameter ( Bo ) reaches 5.0. The results show that the rotating buoyancy has significant effects on the flow and heat transfer under high Bo conditions. When Bo > 1.0, rotating buoyancy inducts flow separation near the leading edge (LE) in the first passage, while the air flow in the second passage shows a double-peak profile. With increased Bo , the heat transfer in the first passage is greatly increased, and the maximum growth rate occurs at Bo = 0.6~1.0. However, the heat transfer in the second passage has no obvious changes due to a strong turn effect. In the ribbed channel, rotating effects are much weaker than those in the smooth channel. This research helps to improve the understanding of the internal cooling heat transfer mechanism in land-based gas turbines under typical operating conditions.

Keywords: rotating; RANS; SST k-? turbulence model; buoyancy parameter; smooth/ribbed channels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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