Abstract
This study investigates the effects of blade tip geometry on the flow field of a turbine cascade at the incidence angle of 0 degree experimentally. The tests were performed in a low-speed turbine cascade wind tunnel. The Reynolds number based on the blade chord was about 172300 at the exit. Traverses of the exit flow field were made in order to measure the overall performance. The effects of using flat tip and grooved tip with a chord-wise channel were studied. The case with the flat tip is referenced as the baseline. The tip clearances are all 1 mm measuring 0.84 percent of the blade span. The depth of channel is 2mm. The flow field at 10% chord downstream from the cascade trailing edge was measured at 38 span-wise positions and 26 pitch-wise positions using a mini five-hole pressure probe. The static pressure distribution on the tip end wall is measured at 16 pitch-wise stations and 17 chord-wise stations. Results show that there exists great pressure gradient in the pressure side for the flat tip and the pressure side squealer tip, which means strong leakage flow. The pressure gradient from the pressure side to the suction side is greatly decreased for the grooved tip, and the resulting leakage flow is weaker. The core of the leakage vortex moves closer to the suction side for the pressure side squealer tip and farther away from the suction side for the suction side squealer tip. The pressure side squealer has little advantages over the flat tip in improving the flow capacity and reducing the overall losses. The suction side squealer tip and grooved tip can effectively decrease the intensity of the tip leakage vortex, improve the flow capacity and reduce loss of the turbine cascade passage and the grooved tip performs the best.
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Abbreviations
- c:
-
chord (mm)
- C d :
-
discharge coefficient
- C ps :
-
(P s -P s0 )/(P t0 -P s0 ), static pressure coefficient
- C vs :
-
V s /V inlet , streamwise velocity coefficient
- p :
-
pitch(mm)
- P s :
-
static pressure at outlet(Pa)
- P s0 :
-
static pressure at inlet(Pa)
- P t :
-
total pressure at outlet(Pa)
- P t0 :
-
total pressure at inlet(Pa)
- V s :
-
streamwise velocity(m/s)
- V inlet :
-
velocity at inlet(m/s)
- β 1 :
-
inlet flow angle(°)
- β 2 :
-
outlet flow angle(°)
- ω :
-
(P t0 -P t )/(P t0 -P s0 ), total pressure loss coefficient
- 1:
-
inlet
- 2:
-
outlet
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Ma, H., Wang, L. Experimental study of effects of tip geometry on the flow field in a turbine cascade passage. J. Therm. Sci. 24, 1–9 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-015-0748-4
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