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Conjugate heat transfer study of various cooling structures and sensitivity analysis of overall cooling effectiveness
Runzhou Liu1,2, Haiwang Li1,2, Ruquan You3,4
1Research Institute of Aero-Engine, Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Rd, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Abstract:
The conjugate heat transfer of a turbine blade is influenced by several factors. To analyze the influence of each factor, the published one-dimensional conjugate heat transfer model was improved through theoretical analysis in this study. An overall cooling effectiveness equation containing three dimensionless parameters (adiabatic film cooling effectiveness η, Biot number on the mainstream side Big, and ratio between the heat transfer coefficients of the external and internal walls hg/hi) was obtained. The sensitivity of the overall cooling effectiveness ϕ to these three parameters was obtained through a multi-parameter sensitivity analysis. The results showed that increasing η could improve ϕ the most effectively. The interactions between the dimensionless parameters were analyzed by developing sensitivity charts. The results showed that increasing η from 0.4 to 0.5 could reduce the sensitivity of ϕ to the other two parameters by approximately 15%, whereas increasing Big had little effect on the sensitivity of ϕ to each dimensionless parameter. Increasing hg/hi could improve the sensitivity to η. The above conclusions could also be applied to the plate film hole and plate impingement effusion structures. The effects of different internal cooling structures and film hole structures on the three dimensionless parameters were studied by performing numerical simulations, which verified the accuracy of the one-dimensional conjugate heat transfer model in this study. The results showed that the internal cooling structures had little effect on the distribution of η and Big. The heat transfer coefficient on the coolant side could be effectively improved by installing film holes. The film hole structures mainly affected ϕ by influencing the distribution of η.
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