Flow Development Through HP & LP Turbines, Part II: Effects of the Hub Endwall Secondary Sealing Air Flow on the Turbine's Mainstream Flow

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-04-14
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Althoughmanyliteratureshavebeenfocusedontheunderneathflowandlossmechanism,veryfewexperimentsandsimulationshavebeendoneundertheengines'representativeworkingconditionsorconsideringtherealcavitystructureasawhole.Thispaperaimsatrealizingthegoalofdesignofefficientturbineandscrutinizingthevelocitydistributioninthevicinityoftherimseal.Withtheaidofnumericalmethod,anumericalmodeldescribingtheflowpatternbothinthepurgeflowspotandwithinthemainstreamflowpathisestablished,fluidmigrationanditsaccompaniedflowmechanismwithintherealisticcavitystructure(withrimsealstructureandconsideringmainstream&secondaryairflow'sinteraction)isusedtoevaluateboththeflowpatternandtheunderneathflowmechanismwithintheinwardrotatingcavity.Meanwhile,theunderneathflowandlossmechanismarealsostudiedinthecurrentpaper.Thecomputationalresultsshowthatthesealingairflow'singestionandejectionarehighlyinterwoundwitheachotherinbothupstreamanddownstreamflowoftherimseal.Boththedownstreamblades'potentialeffectsaswellastheupstreamblades'waketrajectorycanbringabouttheingestionofthehotgasflowwithinthecavity,abruptincreaseofthestaticpressureisbelievedtobethemainreason.Also,theresultsindicatethatsealingairflowejectedthroughtherearcavitywillcauseunexpectedlossneartheoutletsectionofthebladesinthedownstreamoftheHProtorpassages.