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The Effect of Suction Side Tubercles on Torque Output of a Steam Turbine Low-Pressure Last Stage Blade

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  • Jing Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Machinery Transients, Wuhan University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Fan Wu

    (Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Machinery Transients, Wuhan University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Chun Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Machinery Transients, Wuhan University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Ziyue Mei

    (Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Machinery Transients, Wuhan University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • An Han

    (Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Machinery Transients, Wuhan University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Danmei Xie

    (Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Machinery Transients, Wuhan University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, China)

Abstract

Flow separation and different kinds of stall flows occur under low load conditions for steam turbine last stage blades. In order to delay the flow separation and increase turbine power production, we applied suction side tubercles on steam turbine low-pressure last stage blades in the present study. The amplitude, wavelength, position, and thickness were considered as our design variables. We used the orthogonal test method (OTM) to generate modified blades with different tubercle variables that were then numerically simulated by a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The blade axial torque of the nine modified tests was compared with the original blade. The results showed that the application of bionic tubercles on the suction side of the steam turbine blade is a promising solution to improve the blade axial torque for all modified tests with a maximum increase of 33.32% due to the turbulent vortices generated by bionic tubercles.

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  • Jing Zhang & Fan Wu & Chun Wang & Ziyue Mei & An Han & Danmei Xie, 2020. "The Effect of Suction Side Tubercles on Torque Output of a Steam Turbine Low-Pressure Last Stage Blade," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:8:p:1889-:d:344926
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