Experimental Evaluation of Compressor Blade Fouling
| Autor: | Grant O. Musgrove, Klaus Brun, Rainer Kurz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Airfoil
Materials science Fouling business.industry Economies of agglomeration 020209 energy Mechanical Engineering Shear force Energy Engineering and Power Technology Aerospace Engineering Structural engineering 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Boundary layer Fuel Technology Nuclear Energy and Engineering Compressor blade 0103 physical sciences Shear stress 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Particle Composite material business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. 139 |
| ISSN: | 1528-8919 0742-4795 |
| Popis: | Fouling of compressor blades is an important mechanism leading to performance deterioration in gas turbines over time. Experimental and simulation data are available for the impact of specified amounts of fouling on performance, as well as the amount of foulants entering the engine for defined air filtration systems and ambient conditions.This study provides experimental data on the amount of foulants in the air that actually stick to a blade surface for different conditions of the blade surface. Quantitative results both indicate the amount of dust as well as the distribution of dust on the airfoil, for a dry airfoil, as well as airfoils that were wet from ingested water, as well as different types of oil. The retention patterns are correlated with the boundary layer shear stress. The tests show the higher dust retention from wet surfaces compared to dry surfaces. They also provide information about the behavior of the particles after they impact on the blade surface, showing that for a certain amount of wet film thickness, the shear forces actually wash the dust downstream, and off the airfoil. Further, the effect of particle agglomeration of particles to form larger clusters was observed, which would explain the disproportional impact of very small particles on boundary layer losses.Copyright © 2016 by ASME and Solar Turbines Incorporated |
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