Fluid flow and heat transfer in a rectangular ribbed channel with a hierarchical design for turbine blade internal cooling

SF Zheng, GQ Liu, WK Lian, YR Yang, SR Gao… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
For internal cooling of a turbine blade, various advanced rib turbulators can markedly
contribute to the heat transfer enhancement while suffering a great increase in pressure …

Performance evaluation with turbulent flow and heat transfer characteristics in rectangular cooling channels with various novel hierarchical rib schemes

SF Zheng, GQ Liu, Y Zhang, HC Wang, SR Gao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Turbulators, such as ribs, dimples, and pin-fins, play a vital role in the internal cooling
efficiency of turbine blades. As a typical turbulator, various rib configurations using a uniform …

Numerical investigation of the flows and heat transfer characteristics of internal cooling channels with separated ribs in gas turbine blades

VH Nguyen, TD Vu, CT Dinh, SG Park - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Gas turbine engines play a crucial role in numerous industrial domains, including power
generation, aviation, and marine propulsion. One of the major challenges in designing gas …

Effect of wall curvature on heat transfer and hydrodynamics in a ribbed cooling passage

SF Zheng, WK Lian, JX Meng, YR Yang, SR Gao… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Simplified rectangular ribbed cooling passages with a flat wall are extensively considered in
exploring the internal cooling features of turbine blades, but the realistic blade has a twisted …

Effects of non-uniform wavy ribs on flow and heat transfer characteristics of turbine blade cooling channel

L Wang, C Lv, J Mao, Y Li, D Zhang, X Liu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Aiming at the problem of reduced heat transfer performance and uneven distribution along
the ribbed channel in aero-engine turbine blades, the influence mechanism of rib height, rib …

A possible strategy for the performance enhancement of turbine blade internal cooling with inclined ribs

L Baggetta, F Satta, G Tanda - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Ribbing the internal passages of turbine blades with 45 deg inclined ribs is a common
practice to achieve a good compromise between high heat transfer coefficients and not too …

Heat transfer and friction in trapezoidal channels with X-shaped ribs

WJ Su, TH Huang, YH Liu - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Rib turbulators are widely applied in internal cooling channels of gas turbine blades to
improve cooling performance. In this study, heat transfer and friction factor were investigated …

Heat transfer enhancement and turbulent flow in a rectangular channel using perforated ribs with inclined holes

J Liu, S Hussain, W Wang… - Journal of Heat …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In internal cooling passages in a turbine blade, rib structures are widely applied to augment
convective heat transfer by the coolant passing through over the ribbed surfaces. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal hydraulic performance augmentation by petal-shaped ribs in a two-pass cooling channel

Q Zhang, T Wang, QZ Hou, KW Song, WL Hu… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increase of inlet gas temperature will lead to security problem of turbine blades. Internal
cooling channels are usually used to ensure the safe operation temperature of the turbine …

Heat transfer enhancement and turbulent flow in a high aspect ratio channel (4: 1) with ribs of various truncation types and arrangements

J Liu, S Hussain, J Wang, L Wang, G Xie… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ribs are often employed in internal cooling passages of turbine blades to augment heat
transfer with cooling air flowing through the internal ribbed passages. The present work …