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Cooled Gas Turbine Model Can Uysal, PhD Mentor(s): Dr. James Black, Eric Liese WVU Advisor: Dr. Andrew C. Nix November 1, 2017 An Analytical Model to Investigate the Effects of Different Cooling Techniques on Gas Turbine Performance

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Cooled Gas Turbine Model

Can Uysal, PhDMentor(s): Dr. James Black, Eric LieseWVU Advisor: Dr. Andrew C. NixNovember 1, 2017

An Analytical Model to Investigate the Effects of Different Cooling Techniques on Gas Turbine Performance

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• Introduction• Theory and Development• Cooled Turbine Model (CTM)• Cooled Gas Turbine Model (CGTM)• Sensitivity Analysis with CGTM• The Effect on Performance from Different Blade Cooling Configurations

Schedule

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• Project aims to develop an aerothermal engine model that is capable of evaluating the impact ofDifferent cooling configurationsSeal DesignsPurge ConfigurationsMaterial propertiesThermal Barrier Coatings

• Ultimate goal is to be able to identify and evaluate cooling technologies that will lead to >40% gas turbine efficiency to support CC efficiency of 67%.

• The model will also have the capability of analyzing the effects of pressure gain combustion, supercritical CO2 turbines and cooling of the coolant flow on engine performance

Introduction

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IntroductionThe location of Cooled Gas Turbine Model in Combined Cycle Performance Calculations

Cooled Gas Turbine Model

Cooled Turbine Model

Cooling Correlations

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Literature Review of similar models indicate a general flowchart of such a model should include 3 major sections:1. Cooling Flowrates should be calculated

based on cooling technology2. 1st Law Analysis using these flowrates will

give enthalpy drop3. 2nd Law Analysis using information from

previous sections will give exergy information

Cooled Turbine ModelTheory

1ST LAW ANALYSIS-Enthalpy at each turbine stage

INPUTS

COOLANT CALCULATIONS-Overall Cooling Effectiveness

-Coolant fractions

2ND LAW ANALYSIS-Entropies at each turbine

stage-Finds exit pressure with 2nd

Law using these entropies

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• The cooled turbine model repeats the previous analysis at each stage, for each component

Cooled Turbine ModelDevelopment

FOR EACH STAGELOOP ON STAGE PRESSURE RATIO

HING

FOR EACH STAGE COMPONENT

COOLANT CALCULATOR

1ST LAW ANALYSIS

2ND LAW ANALYSIS

σSTAGE

ε1, ε2

ht,STAGE

Calculated Turbine Pressure Ratio compared with fixed stage PR from turbomachinery model

Middle loop changes coolant-supply temp. until the correct stage PR is matched

UNCOOLED ENGINEVALUES &TURBOMACHINERYINFO

ht4.5Pt4.5Tt4.5 (TET)

COOLED TURBINE EXIT VALUES

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• Cooled Gas Turbine Model calculations use uncooled engine on-design andturbomachinery design section results

• CGTM uses methane combustion thermodynamic property tables generated by usingREFPROP1 and GASEQ Software2

Cooled Gas Turbine Model (CGTM)

eps1=coolant fraction used for stator cooling eps2=coolant fraction used for rotor cooling psi= coolant fraction used for transition cooling

[1] National Institute of Technology (NIST), REFPROP Software using Standard Reference 23, Version 8.0[2] GASEQ Software-Chemical Equilibria in Perfect Gases by Chris Morley, <http://www.gaseq.co.uk>

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CGTM calculates some of the essential turbomachinery information for cooling analysis such as stage velocity triangles, stage entry/exit flow angles, number of stages, stage pressures and temperatures

Cooled Gas Turbine ModelGenerating Turbomachinery Data

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• Model is calibrated with three H-class gas turbines: Siemens SGT6-8000H,General Electric GE7HA.02, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries M501J

• Cycle calculations and component performance results were validated withGasTurb12 Software via tests compares the outputs of two programs side-by-side for specified engine parameters and tests compare the response of twoprograms to the same input parameter varied in a predetermined range

• Number of stages, blade heights and disk dimensions were used inturbomachinery design section validation with available public data for theselected gas turbines

• Power, Heat Rate, Exhaust Temperature, and number of stages were used withengine parameters to match the real engine data

Cooled Gas Turbine ModelValidations

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Cooled Gas Turbine ModelCalibrations

SGT6-8000H CGTM Published Value [1]Power 296 MW 296 MWThermal Efficiency 40.0 % 40.0%Heat Rate 8526 Btu/kWh 8530 Btu/kWhExhaust Temperature 1159 0F 1160 0F

GE7HA.02 CGTM Published Value [1]Power 347 MW 346 MWThermal Efficiency 42.2 % 42.2%Heat Rate 8084 Btu/kWh 8080 Btu/kWhExhaust Temperature 1153 0F 1153 0F

[1] Gas Turbine World, “2015 Performance Specs”, 31st Edition, January-February 2015, Volume 45, No.1, Pequot Publishing Inc. [2] Siemens Global Website-Pressebilder, retrieved from http://www.siemens.com/press/de/pressebilder/?press=/de/pressebilder/2016/power-gas/im2016010336pgde.htm&content[]=PG [3] GE Power, “GE7HA.01/02 Gas Turbines (60Hz) Fact Sheet 2016”, retrieved from https://powergen.gepower.com/products/heavy-duty-gas-turbines/7ha-gas-turbine.html on 08/16/2016[4] De-Centralized Energy Journal, 2010, “Gas Turbines Breaking the 60% Eff. Barrier”, Vol.11, Issue 3, retrieved from <http://www.decentralized-energy.com/articles/print/volume-11/issue-3/features/gas-turbines-breaking.html>

[2]

[3]

M501J CGTM Published Value [1]Power 327 MW 327 MWThermal Efficiency 41.0 % 41.0 %Heat Rate 8325 Btu/kWh 8325 Btu/kWhExhaust Temperature 1178 0F 1176 0F

[4]

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Cooled Gas Turbine ModelValidations

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100000

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300000

400000

500000

600000

2600 2800 3000 3200 3400 3600

Pow

er (h

p)

Tt4 (R)

Shaft Power Delivered

0.20.220.240.260.28

0.30.320.340.360.38

0.4

2600 2800 3000 3200 3400 3600

PSFC

(lbm

/(hp

-h)

Tt4 (R)

Power Specific Fuel Consumption

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

0.45

0.5

2600 2800 3000 3200 3400 3600

n_th

Tt4 (R)

Thermal Efficiency

GasTurb12

CGTM

Parameter Definition GasTurb12* CGTM Unit %Difference

mc Total Coolant Flow Fraction (charged) 14.0 14.0 % -ηcH Compressor Isentropic Eff. 0.840 0.827 - 1.57f Burner fuel-to air ratio 0.02796 0.02813 - 0.61ηtH Turbine Isentropic Eff. 0.928 0.921 - 0.75πtH Turbine Pressure Ratio 0.0567 0.0563 - 0.71Pt9/P0 Exhaust Pressure Ratio 1.03 1.04 - 0.97PWSD Shaft Power Delivered 417266 421998 hp 1.13PSFC Power Specific Fuel Consumption 0.296 0.298 lbm/(hp.hr) 0.68ηth Thermal Efficiency 40.2 40.0 % 0.50HR Heat Rate 8508 8537 Btu/kWh 0.34

Sample Test Results for a generic H-Class engine scenario

[*] GasTurb12 Software by GasTurb GmbH c/o Institute of Jet Propulsion and Turbomachinery Templergraben 55, 52062 Aachen, DeutschlandAinley, D.G., (1957), “Internal Air Cooling for Turbine Blades: A General Design Survey”, Aeronautical Research Council Reports and Memo. 3013

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• Sensitivity analysis on some general cooling input parameters of CGTM is made by using following variables:

Blade Metal Material Properties (through reducing Bim and increasing max. allowable metal temperature(Tb,max) )

Thermal Barrier Coating Material Properties (through BiTBC) Internal Cooling Efficiency (ηc) Film Cooling Efficiency (ηfc)

• The effects of changing these parameters on gas turbine key performance parameters (power, heat rate, thermal efficiency) were analyzed separately

• Sensitivities of the performance parameters on these cooling variables are found and a sensitivity chart is obtained for each performance parameter

• Details of this part is in ASME GT-63480* paper presented in ASME TurboExpo 2017

Sensitivity Analysis

[*] Uysal, S. C., Liese, E.C., Nix, A.C., and Black, J.B., (2017),”A Thermodynamic Model to Quantify the Impact of Cooling Improvements on Gas Turbine Efficiency”, GT2017-63480, TurboExpo 2017, Charlotte, NC

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Sensitivity AnalysisThermal Efficiency

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% change in parameter

Sensitivity for Thermal Efficiency*

Advancement in technology

Higher Slope=Higher Dependency

[*] Uysal, S. C., Liese, E.C., Nix, A.C., and Black, J.B., (2017),”A Thermodynamic Model to Quantify the Impact of Cooling Improvements on Gas Turbine Efficiency”, GT2017-63480, TurboExpo 2017, Charlotte, NC

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• In this section, an advanced coolant calculation algorithm is developed by combining the “heat-exchanger” method from Ainley* and Consonni** , with the existing semi-empirical method of CTM

• Values for 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 and 𝜀𝜀𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 are calculated from different correlations and experimental/CFD data, respectively and used in an iterative calculation procedure on internal cooling effectiveness

• Users are allowed to specify a blade cooling configuration (both internal and external) to see the impact on engine performance

• New algorithm is modelled as a “coolant calculator” that replaces the existing one with the same outputs, but without changing the cooled turbine 1st Law and 2nd Law Analysis modules

The Effect on Performance from Different Blade Cooling ConfigurationsIntroduction

[*] Ainley, D.G., (1957), “Internal Air Cooling for Turbine Blades: A General Design Survey”, Aeronautical Research Council Reports and Memo. 3013[**] Consonni S.,(1992) “Performance Prediction of Gas/Steam Cycles for Power Generation”, PhD Dissertation to Princeton University, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies

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1. Cooling flow is equally divided between the pressure and suction sides

2. Blade curvature and compressibility effects are negligible

3. No flow and temperature variations along the radial direction (i.e. adjacent blade strips)

4. Cross-flow effects between adjacent strips are negligible

5. All internal cooling segments will have the same εc so that the coolant heating within the blade is same for all internal segments.

6. Coolant fraction required by the film cooling is supplied entirely by the internal cooling.

The Effect on Performance from Different Blade Cooling ConfigurationsDevelopment of the Advanced Coolant Calculator-Assumptions

Element of analysis(repeated from hub to tip)

7. Average adiabatic film cooling effectiveness for the blade strip can be obtained by the Seller’s Method

8. Average internal cooling Stanton number can be found by a weighted average based on the chord length fractions of each applied internal cooling method

9. Pressure losses in the cooling channels are included in the performance calculations by the entropy loss term for internal friction

[*] Uysal, S. C., (2017), “Analytical Modelling of the Effects of Different Gas Turbine Cooling Techniques on Engine Performance”, PhD Dissertation, West Virginia University, ProQuest Publishing, Ann Arbor, MI

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• The NTU equation obtained by Consonni** is transformed in this algorithm to calculate the coolant fraction with «known» NTU

• Where NTU is known from re-arranging the result of the heat exchanger analysis by Ainley*, with εc,ext calculated by using the εc and 1D HT scheme

The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsMethodology

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�̇�𝑚𝑔𝑔=

�4 �𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝜗𝜗𝑖𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑝𝑝(𝐻𝐻𝑑𝑑𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 − 1

11 + 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝑚𝑚

𝛼𝛼ℎ𝐶𝐶𝑔𝑔

𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑔𝑔�𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖

𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝,𝑔𝑔

𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝,𝑓𝑓𝑐𝑐

𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 = −𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑛 1 − 𝜀𝜀𝑓𝑓,𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑁𝑁𝑚𝑚,𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 − 𝑁𝑁𝑒𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑐𝑐,𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑁𝑁𝑒𝑒𝑔𝑔∗ − 𝑁𝑁𝑒𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑐𝑐,𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖

• The value of 𝑻𝑻𝒎𝒎,𝒆𝒆𝒆𝒆𝒆𝒆 is dependent on the cooling technology applied and can be found from using the Biot number and effectiveness definitions:

• The outer wall temperature Tw is dependent on the application of film cooling

[*] Ainley, D.G., (1957), “Internal Air Cooling for Turbine Blades: A General Design Survey”, Aeronautical Research Council Reports and Memo. 3013[**] Consonni S.,(1992) “Performance Prediction of Gas/Steam Cycles for Power Generation”, PhD Dissertation to Princeton University, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies

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The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsAlgorithm

[*] Uysal, S. C., (2017), “Analytical Modelling of the Effects of Different Gas Turbine Cooling Techniques on Engine Performance”, PhD Dissertation, West Virginia University, ProQuest Publishing, Ann Arbor, MI

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The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsInternal and External Cooling Correlations

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• User enters an internal cooling schedule indicating cooling types: [LE, MC, TE]1x3

• Algorithm picks the regarding correlation for each blade segment and calculates a local Stanton number

• Local Stanton numbers are then span-averaged by using chord length as a weighting factor to obtain 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖

• This value is then used in the iterative coolant calculation procedure

The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsInternal Cooling Subsytem

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• In the external cooling sub-system, the film cooling efficiencies that are obtained either through experiments or CFD is used to obtain blade average adiabatic film cooling efficiency (𝜀𝜀𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓)

• Based on the number of cooling hole rows, algorithm distributes the holes over the chord evenly

• After distributing the holes over the chord, algorithm picks the corresponding span averaged effectiveness data set (from experiment or CFD) for the specified hole type and blowing ratio

• Effectiveness data is read up to the x/d location that corresponds to the location of the next cooling hole

• Algorithm calculates an average span-averaged adiabatic film cooling effectiveness value by using Seller’s Method*

The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsExternal Cooling Subsystem

�̅�𝜂𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎,𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒/𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑖 = �𝑖𝑖=1

#𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑓 𝑓𝑓𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑔𝑔 𝑝𝑝𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑟𝑝𝑝

𝜂𝜂𝑓𝑓,𝑖𝑖 �𝑗𝑗=0

𝑖𝑖−1

(1− 𝜂𝜂𝑓𝑓,𝑗𝑗)

[*] Sellers, J. P., Jr., (1963), “Gaseous Film Cooling With Multiple Injection Stations,” AIAA J., 1(9), pp. 2154–2156

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• With the existing internal and external cooling correlations and CFD data built-in to the advanced coolant calculator, it is possible to analyze 1024 logical blade cooling configurations

• To determine the analysis cases, the blade internal cooling configurations were determined from the configurations mostly used in recent advanced gas turbines: LEImpingement, Mid-Chord Ribs, TE Pin-Fins

• The effect of the effects of film cooling hole type, mid-chord internal cooling type, trailing edge internal cooling type, and the number of film cooling rows were analyzed

• The base cooling analysis inputs used for this analysis are determined from typical values used in advanced blades from Town et al.* and Consonni**

The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsDetermining the Analysis Inputs

Cooling Analysis Inputs for with advanced coolant calculatorEngine Type Aero-Engine Ind. Gas TurbineBlade Metal Biot Number (Bim) 0.15 0.16TBC Biot Number (Bitbc) 0.35 0.37Maximum Allowable Blade Metal Temperature(Tb, max) [0R]

2100 2000

Purge Fractions [%] 0.2 and 0.1 0.5 (for both stations)Cooling Configuration Internal + Film + TBC Internal + Film + TBC (on

first two stages) Internal+ TBC (on last stages)

Film Cooling Effective Injection Angle (deg) [varied] [varied]Film Cooling Blowing Ratio (BR) 1.0 1.0Film Cooling Hole Type [varied] [varied]Film Cooling Hole Diameter (dh) [in] 0.03 0.06Film Cooling Rows (# of FC rows) 2 3Film Cooling Hole Vertical Spacing (zn) [per dh] 3 3Internal Cooling Configuration [Impg., Ribs, Pin-Fin] [Impg., Ribs, Pin-Fin]Blade Chord Percentile for each Internal CoolingType (%)

[%20, %40, %20] [%20, %40, %20]

Blade Chord Length (stator, rotor) [in, in] * 0.7, 0.9 (2.98,3.00), (5.97,6.00), (6.84, 6.86),(8.34,8.36)

Blade Height (stator, rotor) [in, in] * 2.08, 2.601 (8.96, 8.98), (17.9, 18.1), (20.5, 20.6), (25.0, 25.1)

[*] Town, J., Straub, D., Black, J., Thole, K., and Shih, T., (2017), “State-of-the-Art Cooling Technology for a Rotor Blade”, ASME GT2017-64728, Charlotte, NC[**] Consonni S.,(1992) “Performance Prediction of Gas/Steam Cycles for Power Generation”, PhD Dissertation, Princeton University, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies

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The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsThe Effect of Different Film Cooling Geometries on Engine Performance

Stage 1: Int.+ TBC+ Film CoolingStage 2: Int.+ TBC+ Film CoolingStage 3: Int. + TBCStage 4: Int. Cooling Only

W-Shaped HolesFan-Shaped Holes(7-7-7)Anti-Vortex HolesConventional Holes

Showerhead (Conv.)

varied

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The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsThe Effect of Different Film Cooling Geometries on Engine Performance

• Aero-Engine* • Industrial GT*

Conventional

AVH

Fan Shaped

W-Shaped

45.50% 45.52% 45.54% 45.56% 45.58% 45.60%

Thermal Efficiency

Conventional

AVH

Fan Shaped

W-Shaped

17.15 17.155 17.16 17.165 17.17 17.175 17.18 17.185 17.19

Specific Thrust (lbf/(lbm/s))

Conventional

AVH

Fan Shaped

W-Shaped

284000 288000 292000 296000 300000

Shaft Power Delivered (kW)

Conventional

AVH

Fan Shaped

W-Shaped

39.20% 39.40% 39.60% 39.80% 40.00% 40.20% 40.40% 40.60%

Thermal EfficiencyAVH>Fan Shaped>W-Shaped>Conventional AVH>W-Shaped>Fan Shaped>Conventional

[*] Uysal, S. C., (2017), “Analytical Modelling of the Effects of Different Gas Turbine Cooling Techniques on Engine Performance”, PhD Dissertation, West Virginia University, ProQuest Publishing, Ann Arbor, MI

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• The method that gives the highest film cooling effectiveness reduces the adiabatic wall temperature most, which also improves the internal cooling flow effectiveness through reducing the coolant heating

• The performance trends are in both engines are in parallel to the film cooling effectiveness performance of the compared methods

• For the industrial GT, due to having longerchord length than the aero-engine GT blade, max. x/d location for FC data is different; causes the difference in performance rankings of the fan shapedand W-Shaped holes

The Effect on Performance from Different Blade CoolingConfigurationsThe Effect of Different Film Cooling Geometries on Engine Performance

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ε fc

x/d

Fan Shaped AVH W-Shaped Conventional Hole

[*] Uysal, S. C., (2017), “Analytical Modelling of the Effects of Different Gas Turbine Cooling Techniques on Engine Performance”, PhD Dissertation, West Virginia University, ProQuest Publishing, Ann Arbor, MI

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The Effect on Performance from Different Blade Cooling ConfigurationsAnalysis-The Effect of the Number of Film Cooling Rows

Impingement(Inline)

V-Shaped Ribs(Discrete)

Pin-Fins(Circular, Inline)

Stage 1: Int.+ TBC+ Film CoolingStage 2: Int.+ TBC+ Film CoolingStage 3: Int. + TBCStage 4: Int. Cooling Only

Anti-Vortex HolesConventional Holes

Showerhead (Conv.)

varied

varied

[*] Uysal, S. C., (2017), “Analytical Modelling of the Effects of Different Gas Turbine Cooling Techniques on Engine Performance”, PhD Dissertation, West Virginia University, ProQuest Publishing, Ann Arbor, MI

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The Effect on Performance from Different Blade Cooling Configurations

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)

Number of Film Cooling Rows on Pressure Side Sp. Thrust (Conv.) Sp.Thrust (AVH)Thermal Efficiency (Conv.) Thermal Efficiency (AVH)

0.00%1.00%2.00%3.00%4.00%5.00%6.00%7.00%8.00%9.00%

0.598

0.6

0.602

0.604

0.606

0.608

0.61

0.612

0 1 2 3 4

Cool

ant F

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ion

(tot

al)

Thru

st S

peci

fic F

uel C

onsu

mpt

ion

Number of Film Cooling Rows on Pressure Side

TSFC (Conv.) TSFC (AVH) Coolant Fr. (Conv.) Coolant Fr. (AVH)

optimum(both)

84008450850085508600865087008750880088508900

260000

265000

270000

275000

280000

285000

290000

295000

300000

305000

1 2 3 4 5 6

Heat

Rat

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tu/k

W.h

r)

Shaf

t Pow

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eliv

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(kW

)

Number of Film Cooling Rows on Pressure SidePower (Conv.) Power (AVH) Heat Rate (Conv.) Heat Rate (AVH)

12.00%

13.00%

14.00%

15.00%

16.00%

17.00%

18.00%

37.00%

37.50%

38.00%

38.50%

39.00%

39.50%

40.00%

40.50%

41.00%

1 2 3 4 5 6

Cool

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(tot

al)

Ther

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Effi

cien

cy

Number of Film Cooling Rows on Pressure SideThermal Eff. (Conv) Thermal Eff. (AVH)

Coolant Fr. (Conv.) Coolant Fr. (AVH)

optimum(conv)optimum(AVH)Analysis-The Effect of Number of Film Cooling Holes

Aero-Engine* Industrial GT**# of FC hole rows on Suction Side is 1 less than Pressure Side

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• For a fixed blade material, improving film cooling technologies has the highest impact on increasing GT efficiency

• An advanced coolant calculation algorithm, giving the users the ability to analyze the impact on engine performance from different cooling configurations, developed byusing the heat-exchanger method by Consonni and Ainley

• The impact of using different film cooling configurations were analyzed for two different engines; the results showed that the performance impact of the W-Shaped holes are better for industrial gas turbines due to the differences in blade geometries

• Analysis with the number of film cooling rows showed that different optimal values exist for different engine types but the AVH equipped blades provided highest performance with lowest number of film cooling rows in both cases

• A Cooled Blade Model, which is capable of analyzing blade temperature distributions through a finite element analysis approach, is being developed and will be integrated into CGTM/CEDM

Conclusions

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Cooled Gas Turbine Model

An Analytical Model to Investigate the Effects of Different Cooling Techniques on Gas

Turbine Performance