Combined optimisation of the last stage and diffuser in a steam turbine using meta-models

Autor: Kevin Cremanns, Christian Musch, Simon Hecker, Andreas Penkner
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and hermodynamics.
ISSN: 2410-4833
DOI: 10.29008/etc2017-280
Popis: In this study a strategy for a 3D optimisation of the exhaust of a low pressure (LP) steam turbine is presented. The ?ow domain utilized consists of both the last stage and the exhaust diffuser. The optimisation is done with the help of a hybrid surrogate model for the diffuser ?ow. In the ?rst part of the paper a numerical model and its validation is presented, which allows for a precise simulation of the diffuser ?ow including the actual 3D geometry. The second part describes the optimisation procedure and the necessary simpli?cations applied to this model in order to get a numerical setup that is fast enough to actually perform a design study with roughly 200 design variants within a feasible time. This model is used afterwards to create a surrogate model. Based on this meta model an optimisation is carried out and ?nally scrutinzed with a ?ow simulation of the whole exhaust hood.
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