Unsteady Conjugate Heat Transfer Investigation of a Multistage Steam Turbine in Warm-Keeping Operation With Hot Air
Author:
Łuczyński Piotr1, Toebben Dennis1, Wirsum Manfred1, Mohr Wolfgang F. D.2, Helbig Klaus3
Affiliation:
1. Institute for Power Plant Technology, Steam and Gas Turbines, RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 55, Aachen 52062, Germany e-mail: 2. GE Power AG, Brown Boveri Str. 7, Baden 5401, Switzerland e-mail: 3. GE Power AG, Boveristraße 22, Mannheim 68309, Germany e-mail:
Abstract
In pursuit of flexibility improvements, General Electric has developed a product to warm-keep high/intermediate pressure steam turbines using hot air. In order to optimize the warm-keeping operation and to gain knowledge about the dominant heat transfer phenomena and flow structures, detailed numerical investigations are required. For the sake of the investigation of the warm-keeping process as found in the presented research, single and multistage numerical turbine models were developed. Furthermore, an innovative calculation approach called the equalized timescales method (ET) was applied for the modeling of unsteady conjugate heat transfer (CHT). In the course of the research, the setup of the ET approach has been additionally investigated. Using the ET method, the mass flow rate and the rotational speed were varied to generate a database of warm-keeping operating points. The main goal of this work is to provide a comprehensive knowledge of the flow field and heat transfer in a wide range of turbine warm-keeping operations and to characterize the flow patterns observed at these operating points. For varying values of flow coefficient and angle of incidence, the secondary flow phenomena change from well-known vortex systems occurring in design operation to effects typical for windage, like patterns of alternating vortices and strong backflows. Furthermore, the identified flow patterns have been compared to vortex systems described in cited literature and summarized in the so-called blade vortex diagram. The analysis of heat transfer in turbine warm-keeping operation is additionally provided.
Publisher
ASME International
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Aerospace Engineering,Fuel Technology,Nuclear Energy and Engineering
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