The rim seal is used to prevent mainstream ingestion to the gap between the vane of a turbine and its blade. In this article, the dolphin lip with a hook configuration and a large seal cavity with hook structures are ...The rim seal is used to prevent mainstream ingestion to the gap between the vane of a turbine and its blade. In this article, the dolphin lip with a hook configuration and a large seal cavity with hook structures are designed based on the high-pressure turbine datum single shark lip rim seal configuration. The sealing effect and parameters of the flow field are measured by an experiment method and a numerical simulation is used to explain the mechanism. For three configurations,the effect of the leakage slot vortex on the efficiency of the seal and the influence of leakage vortex,generated by the interaction between purge flow and mainstream flow, are discussed in depth. The result shows that the reverse vortex formed by the dolphin lip rim seal with hook structure will increase the sealing efficiency. The seal configuration with a large cavity improves sealing efficiency to a greater extent than the datum structure. At different purge flow rates and with unequal seal structures, the purge flow produces three types of leakage vortices in the passage. Besides, the seal configuration with dolphin lip produces a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at the interface of the purge and the mainstream flows at a low purge flow rate to induce new leakage vortex branches in the passage of the blade.展开更多
In this paper, the effect of different amount of protrusion on various parameters in rotor–stator system was experimentally studied by measuring CO_2 concentration and pressure, in order to obtain the optimal protrus...In this paper, the effect of different amount of protrusion on various parameters in rotor–stator system was experimentally studied by measuring CO_2 concentration and pressure, in order to obtain the optimal protrusion amount.The parameters of different dimensionless sealing flow were measured under the condition that the annulus Reynolds number was 4.39 × 10~5 and the rotating Reynolds number was 1.05 × 10~6.The results show that the change of the amount of protrusions has little effect on the static pressure in the cavity, and the static pressure change near the sealing ring is almost negligible.But the total pressure and sealing efficiency increase first and then decrease with the increase of the amount of protrusion.The variation of power consumption is the same.A complex vortex structure will appear at the high radius region when the protrusion is installed.On the other hand, the protrusion can effectively reduce the minimum sealing flow of the rotor–stator cavity.Furthermore, considering the sealing efficiency and power consumption,the best range of the protrusion amount is about 36.The ratio near this range can optimally balance the alleviation of the gas ingestion and the reduction of the power consumption.展开更多
基金Financial support for the work presented is provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.51876202 and 51836008)。
文摘The rim seal is used to prevent mainstream ingestion to the gap between the vane of a turbine and its blade. In this article, the dolphin lip with a hook configuration and a large seal cavity with hook structures are designed based on the high-pressure turbine datum single shark lip rim seal configuration. The sealing effect and parameters of the flow field are measured by an experiment method and a numerical simulation is used to explain the mechanism. For three configurations,the effect of the leakage slot vortex on the efficiency of the seal and the influence of leakage vortex,generated by the interaction between purge flow and mainstream flow, are discussed in depth. The result shows that the reverse vortex formed by the dolphin lip rim seal with hook structure will increase the sealing efficiency. The seal configuration with a large cavity improves sealing efficiency to a greater extent than the datum structure. At different purge flow rates and with unequal seal structures, the purge flow produces three types of leakage vortices in the passage. Besides, the seal configuration with dolphin lip produces a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at the interface of the purge and the mainstream flows at a low purge flow rate to induce new leakage vortex branches in the passage of the blade.
文摘In this paper, the effect of different amount of protrusion on various parameters in rotor–stator system was experimentally studied by measuring CO_2 concentration and pressure, in order to obtain the optimal protrusion amount.The parameters of different dimensionless sealing flow were measured under the condition that the annulus Reynolds number was 4.39 × 10~5 and the rotating Reynolds number was 1.05 × 10~6.The results show that the change of the amount of protrusions has little effect on the static pressure in the cavity, and the static pressure change near the sealing ring is almost negligible.But the total pressure and sealing efficiency increase first and then decrease with the increase of the amount of protrusion.The variation of power consumption is the same.A complex vortex structure will appear at the high radius region when the protrusion is installed.On the other hand, the protrusion can effectively reduce the minimum sealing flow of the rotor–stator cavity.Furthermore, considering the sealing efficiency and power consumption,the best range of the protrusion amount is about 36.The ratio near this range can optimally balance the alleviation of the gas ingestion and the reduction of the power consumption.
