TY - GEN
T1 - Optimization of a U-bend for minimal pressure loss in internal cooling channels - Part II
T2 - ASME 2011 Turbo Expo: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, GT2011
AU - Coletti, Filippo
AU - Verstraete, Tom
AU - Vanderwielen, Timothée
AU - Bulle, Jérémy
AU - Arts, Tony
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - This two-part paper addresses the design of a U-bend for serpentine internal cooling channels optimized for minimal pressure loss. The total pressure loss for the flow in a U-bend is a critical design parameter as it augments the pressure required at the inlet of the cooling system, resulting in a lower global efficiency. In the first part of the paper the design methodology of the cooling channel was presented. In this second part the optimized design is validated. The results obtained with the numerical methodology described in Part I are checked against pressure measurements and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements. The experimental campaign is carried out on a magnified model of a two-legged cooling channel that reproduces the geometrical and aerodynamical features of its numerical counterpart. Both the original profile and the optimized profile are tested. The latter proves to outperform the original geometry by about 36%, in good agreement with the numerical predictions. Twodimensional PIV measurements performed in planes parallel to the plane of the bend highlight merits and limits of the computational model. Despite the well-known limits of the employed eddy viscosity model, the overall trends are captured. The study demonstrates that the proposed optimization method based on an evolutionary algorithm, a Navier-Stokes solver and a meta-model of it is a valid design tool to minimize the pressure loss across a U-bend in internal cooling channels.
AB - This two-part paper addresses the design of a U-bend for serpentine internal cooling channels optimized for minimal pressure loss. The total pressure loss for the flow in a U-bend is a critical design parameter as it augments the pressure required at the inlet of the cooling system, resulting in a lower global efficiency. In the first part of the paper the design methodology of the cooling channel was presented. In this second part the optimized design is validated. The results obtained with the numerical methodology described in Part I are checked against pressure measurements and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements. The experimental campaign is carried out on a magnified model of a two-legged cooling channel that reproduces the geometrical and aerodynamical features of its numerical counterpart. Both the original profile and the optimized profile are tested. The latter proves to outperform the original geometry by about 36%, in good agreement with the numerical predictions. Twodimensional PIV measurements performed in planes parallel to the plane of the bend highlight merits and limits of the computational model. Despite the well-known limits of the employed eddy viscosity model, the overall trends are captured. The study demonstrates that the proposed optimization method based on an evolutionary algorithm, a Navier-Stokes solver and a meta-model of it is a valid design tool to minimize the pressure loss across a U-bend in internal cooling channels.
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U2 - 10.1115/GT2011-46555
DO - 10.1115/GT2011-46555
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84865456620
SN - 9780791854655
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
SP - 1689
EP - 1699
BT - ASME 2011 Turbo Expo
Y2 - 6 June 2011 through 10 June 2011
ER -