Heat Transfer Analysis of Gas Turbine Blade by Varying Number of Cooling Holes and at Suitable Coolant Speeds Using CFD.

In the present work, heat transfer analysis of a gas turbine blade consisting of 5, 7, and 10 holes, coolant flowing with suitable velocities 40 m/s, 75 m/s, and 110 m/s. From the results of several investigations, the suitable velocity ranges of coolant fluid have been taken. The coolant fluid used in this work is air, as it is suitable for aircraft engines working on open cycle gas turbines, and of course, it is cheaply available, and the blade material used is Inconel 718. Simulations are carried out using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software, ANSYS FLUENT 14.5. An analysis is being done on how the temperature is varying in blade with different configurations. Temperature distribution in the blade is studied and variation of different parameters like velocity, Nusselt number, heat transfer coefficient is observed. It is found that the blade cooling is maximum in the case of a blade with 10 holes and coolant inlet velocity 110 m/s. The average Nusselt number with the coolant inlet velocity of 40 m/s, 75 m/s, and 110 m/s is around 11, 19, and 21, respectively. The lowest temperature attained by the blade on the coolant inlet surface is 1152 K and the coolant exit surface is 1334 K. These two temperatures are observed when the blade has 10 cooling holes and coolant inlet velocity is 110 m/s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]