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Frontiers in Energy

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Front. Energy    2007, Vol. 1 Issue (3) : 352-358    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-007-0053-3
Numerical analysis of 3-D unsteady flow in a vaneless counter-rotating turbine
ZHAO Qingjun1, WANG Huishe2, ZHAO Xiaolu2, XU Jianzhong2
1.Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China; 2.Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China;
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Abstract To reveal the unsteady flow characteristics of a vaneless counter-rotating turbine (VCRT), a three-dimensional, viscous, unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed. The results show that unsteady simulation is superior to steady simulation because more flow characteristics can be obtained. The unsteady effects in upstream airfoil rows are weaker than those in downstream airfoil rows in the VCRT. The static pressure distribution along the span in the pressure surface of a high pressure turbine stator is more uniform than that in the suction surface. The static pressure distributions along the span in the pressure surfaces and the suction surfaces of a high pressure turbine rotor and a low pressure turbine rotor are all uneven. The numerical results also indicate that the load of a high pressure turbine rotor will increase with the increase of the span. The deviation is very big between the direction of air flow at the outlet of a high pressure turbine rotor and the axial direction. A similar result can also be obtained in the outlet of a low pressure turbine rotor. This means that the specific work of a high pressure turbine rotor and a low pressure turbine rotor is big enough to reach the design objectives.
Issue Date: 05 September 2007
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ZHAO Qingjun,WANG Huishe,ZHAO Xiaolu, et al. Numerical analysis of 3-D unsteady flow in a vaneless counter-rotating turbine[J]. Front. Energy, 2007, 1(3): 352-358.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fie/EN/Y2007/V1/I3/352
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