Opportunities in

Film Cooling

Belouddane ilyes
What is Film Cooling?
Film Cooling Concept
 Air from the compressor
is injected through
cooling holes, forming a
protective layer

Main Objectives
 Produce high cooling
effectiveness (avoid high
temperatures on blade
surface) with minimum
amount of coolant mass flow

 Increase overall engine

efficiency

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Film Cooling
Important parameters

Low M
(jets attached)

Moderate M
(jets reattached)

High M
(jets dettached)

Other interesting parameters Simple hole geometry

 Density Ratio
 Mainstream Turbulence
 Number/Spacing of holes
 Hole Length
 Hole Angle
 Blade curvature
 etc.

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Film Cooling
Objectives with project

Film Effectiveness
 Improved method for predicting film
cooling effectiveness
 CFD
 Experiments (Carried out at
Siemens)

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 M A P DR

Experiments Baldauf 97
Sinha
0.5
0.57
35
35
3
3
1.5
1.6
Found in open literature
Yuen 0.5 30 3 1.5
Baldauf 02 0.4 35 3 1.5
Low blowing ratio Schmidt 0.6 35 3 1.6
Lutum 0.52 35 2.86 1.15

M = Blowing ratio
A = Hole angle
P = Hole pitch
(Distance between holes)
DR = Density ratio

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 M A P DR

Experiments Baldauf 97
Sinha
1.5
1
35
35
3
3
1.5
1.6
Found in open literature
Yuen 1.67 30 3 1.5
Baldauf 02 1.7 35 3 1.5
High blowing ratio Schmidt 1.5 35 3 1.6
Lutum 1.56 35 2.86 1.15

M = Blowing ratio
A = Hole angle
P = Hole pitch
(Distance between holes)
DR = Density ratio

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Siemens Experimental Setup

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 CFD/ANSYS_CFX/OPENFOAM
In this study, the origin of the coordinate system is the center of the cylindrical hole
exit (Fig. 1)

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CFD/
ANSYS_CFX/
OPENFOAM Suction side

 CFX software from ANSYS;

Figure 2. geometry Dimensions

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CFD/
ANSYS_CFX/
OPENFOAM

 The commercial grid

generator ICEM

Computational grid for case 1

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 CFD/ANSYS_CFX/OPENFOAM
Numerical methode :
The simulations, based on the ensemble-averaged Navier Stokes equations
closed by the realizable k-ε turbulence model and standard wall function are used
in frame of the finite volume,

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 CCFD/ANSYS_CFX/OPENFOAMFD
Conclusion :
 The aim of the this study Contribution at the improvement of the turbine blades
cooling efficiency by air jet is to create new geometry or new configuration can
be improve film cooling performance,

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Thank You For
Your Attention

Cooling holes for

short domain

Large Eddy
Cooling holes Simulation
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