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- Title
Application of a Performance-Improvement Method for Small-Size Axial Flow Turbines.
- Authors
Nicoara, Razvan; Crunteanu, Daniel; Vilag, Valeriu
- Abstract
As a main component of most gas-turbine engines, the axial flow turbines have been in a process of continuous improvement, reaching high efficiencies and reliability. A well-known drawback of these systems is the rapid decrease in performance when operating at lower than nominal conditions. Thus, a novel performance-enhancement method for axial turbines operating at partial loads has been previously proposed and numerically characterized. In this paper, one applies the aforementioned method for a smaller size axial flow turbine, part of a gas-generator assembly for a microjet engine, to determine, by the use of CFD analysis, the influence of the system at different partial regimes across the working line. A logical scheme based on iterative steps and multiple numerical simulations is also used to determine the engine response to the injection of compressor bleed air into the turbine passages. The results show, as determined in the previous study, that the generated power can be increased for all partial regimes, with the influence being more noticeable at higher regimes, leading to a reduction in fuel consumption in order to achieve the same regimes.
- Subjects
AXIAL flow; GAS turbines; TURBINES; WIND turbines; AIR compressors; CONTINUOUS improvement process
- Publication
Aerospace (MDPI Publishing), 2023, Vol 10, Issue 11, p928
- ISSN
2226-4310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/aerospace10110928