Investigation on the Film Cooling Performance of Diffuser Shaped Holes with Different Inclination Angles

• Published in: International journal of turbo & jet-engines Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 123 - 139
• Main Authors: Zhai, Ying-Ni, Liu, Cun-Liang, He, Yi-Hong, Zhou, Zhi-Xiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin De Gruyter 01.05.2017; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Subjects: 44.27.+g; film cooling; Forced convection; Heat transfer; inclination angle; laidback fan-shaped hole; laidback hole; transient liquid crystal measurement
• ISSN: 0334-0082; 2191-0332
• DOI: 10.1515/tjj-2016-0026

Film cooling performances of laidback hole and laidback fan-shaped hole have been investigated using transient liquid crystal measurement technique. For film cooling of laidback hole, the increase of inclination angle reduces the film cooling effectiveness under small blowing ratio, while produces better film coverage and higher film cooling effectiveness under larger blowing ratios. Heat transfer coefficient is higher in the upstream region of laidback hole film cooling with large inclination angle, while laidback hole with small inclination angle has relatively higher heat transfer coefficient in the downstream region. The increase of inclination angle reduces the film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient of laidback fan-shaped hole film cooling, especially in the upstream region. Increase of inclination angle is beneficial to the thermal protection of laidback hole film cooling under large blowing ratio. Film hole with large inclination angle has larger discharge coefficient due to smaller aerodynamic loss in the hole.