It is well known that the efficiency of a steam turbine is affected by the pressure recovery performance of its low-pressure exhaust hood,and therefore,parametric analysis of the exhaust hood is of great importance in...It is well known that the efficiency of a steam turbine is affected by the pressure recovery performance of its low-pressure exhaust hood,and therefore,parametric analysis of the exhaust hood is of great importance in the steam turbine design process.In recent years,computationally inexpensive metamodels have been widely used in the parametric analysis of exhaust hood.However,the prediction accuracy of metamodels is highly dependent on the number and distribution of sample points in the design space.The purpose of active learning is selecting informative samples sequentially to obtain an accurate metamodel within a reasonable computational budget.However,the impact of active learning on the accuracy of metamodels such as exhaust hood parameter analysis has not been fully explored.Therefore,this paper investigates and compares four representative active learning methods on the parametric modeling of turbine exhaust hoods,and the comparison results highlight the advantages of active learning and the analysis of the exhaust hood based on the metamodel with the highest accuracy.展开更多
The static pressure recovery of low-pressure exhaust hood is important for the overall effectiveness of steam turbines.The tubular and plate stiffeners inside the exhaust contribute to the structural safety of exhaust...The static pressure recovery of low-pressure exhaust hood is important for the overall effectiveness of steam turbines.The tubular and plate stiffeners inside the exhaust contribute to the structural safety of exhaust,which affect the aerodynamic performance.Given the complicated exhaust model coupled with the last stage of turbine,this paper intends to investigate the aerodynamic performance of exhaust hood with individual stiffeners using highfidelity numerical simulations in order to figure out the corresponding effects.The results show that(1)the types of stiffeners have different effects on the aerodynamic performance;and(2)different installation positions and types of plate stiffeners have different effects on aerodynamic performance.The above investigations highlight the future demand regarding reasonable layout and quantity of stiffeners to improve the aerodynamic performance of exhaust as well as maintaining the structural safety.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(52005074)Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province(2022-MS-135)。
文摘It is well known that the efficiency of a steam turbine is affected by the pressure recovery performance of its low-pressure exhaust hood,and therefore,parametric analysis of the exhaust hood is of great importance in the steam turbine design process.In recent years,computationally inexpensive metamodels have been widely used in the parametric analysis of exhaust hood.However,the prediction accuracy of metamodels is highly dependent on the number and distribution of sample points in the design space.The purpose of active learning is selecting informative samples sequentially to obtain an accurate metamodel within a reasonable computational budget.However,the impact of active learning on the accuracy of metamodels such as exhaust hood parameter analysis has not been fully explored.Therefore,this paper investigates and compares four representative active learning methods on the parametric modeling of turbine exhaust hoods,and the comparison results highlight the advantages of active learning and the analysis of the exhaust hood based on the metamodel with the highest accuracy.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(52005074)Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province(2022-MS-135)。
文摘The static pressure recovery of low-pressure exhaust hood is important for the overall effectiveness of steam turbines.The tubular and plate stiffeners inside the exhaust contribute to the structural safety of exhaust,which affect the aerodynamic performance.Given the complicated exhaust model coupled with the last stage of turbine,this paper intends to investigate the aerodynamic performance of exhaust hood with individual stiffeners using highfidelity numerical simulations in order to figure out the corresponding effects.The results show that(1)the types of stiffeners have different effects on the aerodynamic performance;and(2)different installation positions and types of plate stiffeners have different effects on aerodynamic performance.The above investigations highlight the future demand regarding reasonable layout and quantity of stiffeners to improve the aerodynamic performance of exhaust as well as maintaining the structural safety.
基金sponsored by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFB0704400)Key Research Project of Zhejiang Laboratory,China(No.2021PE0AC02)+1 种基金Key Program of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province,China(Nos.202002AB080001-2,202102AB080019-3)Key Project of Shanghai Zhangjiang National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone,China(No.ZJ2021-ZD-006)。
