Pohl, J, Thompson, HM orcid.org/0000-0002-0493-1131, Schlaps, RC et al. (3 more authors) (2017) Innovative Turbine Stator Well Design Using a Kriging-Assisted Optimization Method. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 139 (7). 072603. ISSN 0742-4795
Abstract
At present, it is a common practice to expose engine components to main annulus air temperatures exceeding the thermal material limit in order to increase the overall engine performance and to minimize the engine specific fuel consumption. To prevent overheating of the materials and thus the reduction of component life, an internal flow system is required to cool and protect the critical engine parts. Previous studies have shown that the insertion of a deflector plate in turbine cavities leads to a more effective use of reduced cooling air, since the coolant is fed more effectively into the disk boundary layer. This paper describes a flexible design parameterization of an engine representative turbine stator well geometry with stationary deflector plate and its implementation within an automated design optimization process using automatic meshing and steady-state computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Special attention and effort is turned to the flexibility of the parameterization method in order to reduce the number of design variables to a minimum on the one hand, but increasing the design space flexibility and generality on the other. Finally, the optimized design is evaluated using a previously validated conjugate heat transfer method (by coupling a finite element analysis (FEA) to CFD) and compared against both the nonoptimized deflector design and a reference baseline design without a deflector plate.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces (iETSI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2016 15:11 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2023 13:03 |
Published Version: | http://doi.org/10.1115/1.4035288 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Identification Number: | 10.1115/1.4035288 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105855 |