Zhenglei Yu

Computational Analysis of Droplet Mass and Size Effect on Mist/Air Impingement Cooling Performance

Impingement cooling has been widely employed to cool gas turbine hot components such as combustor liners, combustor transition pieces, turbine vanes, and blades. A promising technology is proposed to enhance impingement cooling with water droplets injection. However, previous studies were conducted on blade shower head film cooling, and less attention was given to the transition piece cooling. As a continuous effort to develop a realistic mist impingement cooling scheme, this paper focuses on simulating mist impingement cooling under typical gas turbine operating conditions of high temperature and pressure in a double chamber model. Furthermore, the paper presents the effect of cooling effectiveness by changing the mass and size of the droplets. Based on the heat-mass transfer analogy, the results of these experiments prove that the mass of 3E – 3 kg/s droplets with diameters of 5–35 μm could enhance 90% cooling effectiveness and reduce 122 K of wall temperature. The results of this paper can provide guidance for corresponding experiments and serve as the qualification reference for future more complicated studies with convex surface cooling.

Numerical Simulation on the Effect of Turbulence Models on Impingement Cooling of Double Chamber Model

Investigation of the effects of impingement cooling for the different turbulence models and study of the aerodynamic behavior of a simplified transition piece model (TP) are the two themes of this paper. A model (double chamber model) of a one-fourth cylinder is designed which could simulate the transition piece structure and performance. The relative strengths and drawbacks of renormalization group theory (RNG), the realizable (RKE), the , the shear stress transport (SST), and large-eddy simulation (LES) models are used to solve the closure problem. The prediction of the inner wall temperature, cooling effectiveness, and velocity magnitude contours in various conditions are compared in five different turbulence models. Surprisingly, the and SST models can produce even better predictions of fluid properties in impinging jet flows. It is recommended as the best compromise between solution speed and accuracy.

Simulation of Impinging Cooling Performance with Pin Fins and Mist Cooling Adopted in a Simplified Gas Turbine Transition Piece

The gas turbine transition piece was simplified to a one-four cylinder double chamber model with a single row of impinging holes in the outer wall. Heat transfer augmentation in the coolant chamber was achieved through the use of pin fin structure and mist cooling, which could increase the turbulence and heat transfer efficiency. The present research is focused on heat transfer and pressure characteristics of the impinging cooling in the coolant chamber using FLUENT software. With the given diameter of impinging hole, pin fin diameter ratios have been numerically studied in ranges from 1 to 2. Three different detached were simulated. The impinging cooling performance in all cases was compared between single-phase and two-phase (imported appropriate mist) flow in the coolant chamber. All the simulation results reveal that the factors of and have significant effects on the convective heat transfer. After the pin fin structure was taken, the resulting temperature decrease of 38.77 K at most compared with the result of structure without pin fins. And with the mist injecting into the cooling chamber, the area weighted average temperature got a lower value without excess pressure loss, which could satisfy the more stringent requirements in engineering.

Optimization of the welding sequence and direction for the side beam of a bogie frame based on the discrete particle swarm algorithm

For any large weldment with many welding seams, the welding sequence and direction have a strong influence on the assembly and service performance, especially for the side beam of the bogie frame of a high-speed rail passenger car (CHR3; CRRC, Changchun, China). Because different combinations of the welding sequence and direction greatly increase the computational time and research costs, a three-dimensional finite element approach was developed to investigate the optimal welding sequence and direction. Then, a surrogate model was established by design of experiment and used the concepts of a pointer and stack. Finally, the welding sequence and direction were optimized by the discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm. The max residual deformation and stress of the optimal result were −3.92 mm and 212.56 MPa, respectively, which is approximately 22% and 38% lower than the traditional enterprise plan, respectively. Furthermore, a weighted form of the residual deformation and stress was proposed to the end of optimum comprehensive effect, and the result also had 11% and 28% reduction, respectively. The simulation result of the optimal plans well reproduced the theoretical distribution results of the residual deformation and stress. It is proven that the optimal result can improve the welding quality and process of the side beam weldment in production.

Crashworthiness Design for Bionic Bumper Structures Inspired by Cattail and Bamboo

Many materials in nature exhibit excellent mechanical properties. In this study, we evaluated the bionic bumper structure models by using nonlinear finite element (FE) simulations for their crashworthiness under full-size impact loading. The structure contained the structural characteristics of cattail and bamboo. The results indicated that the bionic design enhances the specific energy absorption (SEA) of the bumper. The numerical results showed that the bionic cross-beam and bionic box of the bionic bumper have a significant effect on the crashworthiness of the structure. The crush deformation of bionic cross-beam and box bumper model was reduced by 33.33%, and the total weight was reduced by 44.44%. As the energy absorption capacity under lateral impact, the bionic design can be used in the future bumper body.

Computational Study of Air/Mist Impinging Jets Cooling Effectiveness under Various Curvature Models

Efficiency is one of the most important parameters in evaluating the performance of a gas turbine engine by increasing the turbine inlet temperature, which could increase the gas turbine cycle’s efficiency. In order to increase the turbine inlet temperature significantly, an advanced cooling system needs to be researched and developed. This paper will establish a double chamber model simulating mist impingement cooling under typical gas turbine operating conditions of high temperature and pressure. Numerical simulations are examined to investigate the curvature and mist effect of air impingement cooling. The air impingement cooling can be significantly affected by the curvature which is measured by central angle. The 30° central angle model has a better cooling effectiveness than the flat surface model, while the 90° central angle model has the lowest cooling performance. Under real gas turbine operating conditions at high temperature, pressure, and velocity, comparing with the 90° central angle model, the 30° central angle model air impingement cooling’s enhancement could be better than 98% and provides a wall cooling of approximately 175 K. By adding mist, impingement cooling effectiveness can be enhanced approximately by 64% on the 90° central angle model and by 6–10% on the other models.