Abstract
The thermal efficiency of gas turbine engines depends heavily on the cooling performance of the internal channels of turbine blades. In the present study, the effects of bidirectionally arranged ribs on the flow and heat transfer mechanism in a two-pass cooling channel are investigated numerically. The channel aspect ratio is kept constant at 1:2 (W: H), and the rib pitch-to-height ratio (P/e) is 10. Comparative analysis is performed for three different cross-sectioned (Square, triangular and Curved) ribs with Reynolds numbers ranging from 10,000-50,000. The results indicate that the bidirectional ribbed channel provided 69% better thermal performance compared to horizontal-only ribs due to its potential to induce secondary flow in both vertical and horizontal directions. The square and triangular ribs show similar characteristics, but the thermal performance of curved ribs drops by 11%. The pressure loss phenomenon is also lowest in the case of the curved ribs. The obtained Nusselt number and friction factor for all cases are normalized with the Dittus-Boelter correlation, Blasius correlation and the smooth channel. The detailed analysis of area-averaged normalized Nusselt number indicates that the best thermal performance occurs at the bend region due to the combined contributions of the ribs and the 180° turn. Furthermore, in terms of the overall thermohydraulic characteristics, the curved-bidirectional ribbed channel is noticed to have the best results with values of 1.38 and 1.25 for TEFo and TEFs respectively.
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