Abstract
In marine gas turbines, variations in rotational speed occur all the time. To ensure adequate cooling effects on the turbine blades, the valves need to be adjusted to change the pressure upstream of the pre-swirl nozzle. Changing such pressure will have significant effects on the local or overall parameters, such as core swirl ratio, temperature, flow rate coefficient, moment coefficient, axial thrust coefficient, etc. In this paper, we studied the flow characteristics within the pre-swirl system of a marine gas turbine at low rotational speed by varying the pressure at the pre-swirl nozzle. The corresponding global Reynolds number ranged from Re = 2.3793 × 105 to 9.5172 × 105. The flow in the rotor-stator cavities was analyzed to find the effects of nozzle pressure on the radial velocity, core swirl ratio, and pressure. According to the simulation results, we introduced a new leakage flow term into the formulary in the references to calculate the values of K between the inner seal and the pre-swirl nozzle. The matching characteristics between the pre-swirl nozzle and the inclined receiving hole was predicted. Performance of the pre-swirl system was also analyzed, such as the pressure drop, through-flow capacity, and cooling effects. After that, the moment coefficient and the axial thrust coefficient were predicted. This study provides some reference for designers to better design the pre-swirl system.
Funder
National Science and Technology Major Project
Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Control and Optimization,Mechanical Engineering,Computer Science (miscellaneous),Control and Systems Engineering
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11 articles.
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