Thermal Validation of a Heat Shield Surface for a High Lift Blade Profile

Low emission requirements for heavy-duty gas turbines can be achieved with flat combustor temperature profiles, reducing the combustor peak temperature. As a result, the heat load on the first stage heat shield above the first stage blade increases. High lift airfoils cause increased thermal loading on the heat shield above the blade tip and impact the unavoidable secondary flows, including complex vortex flows. Cascade tests have been performed on a blade with a generic high lift profile and the results on the heat shield are presented. A transient thermochromic liquid crystal measurement technique was used to obtain heat transfer coefficients on the heat shield surface. Several variations of blade tip clearance were investigated, and the impact on heat transfer coefficients is shown. Computational fluid dynamics predictions are compared to the experimental data to interpret the data and validate the CFD.Copyright © 2011 by Alstom Technology Ltd.

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