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Unsteady Numerical Investigation on the Sealing Effectiveness and Flow Field in Different Rim Seal Geometries

Qingcai Zhang    
Qinqin Wang    
Xiaoming Tan and Jingzhou Zhang    

Resumen

A rim seal is often used to prevent the ingress of high-temperature gas into the turbine disk cavity and protect the turbine disk from damage. Based on the overlapping rim seal (Seal-A), this paper proposes two more composite sealing structures (Seal-B and Seal-C) to show the effects of a deep cavity in the static disk and a modified platform in the rotating disk. Three-dimensional unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier?Stokes equations and the shear stress transfer (SST) k-? turbulence model were used to reveal the flow field characteristics and the sealing efficiency. The results show that the rotor?stator interaction plays a dominant role in the sealing outlet pressure, and the sealing efficiency in the outflow area obtained by the transient calculation is lower than that of the steady-state calculation. The rise in the cooling air flow enhances the reverse vortex in the sealing cavity, and the disk cavity?s sealing efficiency is also improved. When the cooling air flow ratio increases from 0.6% to 1.8%, the sealing efficiency at the high radius increases by 30%. The shape of the deep cavity produces a new return vortex at the lower part of the sealing cavity, which improves the sealing efficiency. The shark nose platform in Seal-C aggravates the gas ingress at the sealing outlet but improves the sealing efficiency at the sealing cavity. In general, compared with Seal-A, the sealing efficiency of Seal-B and Seal-C is increased by 13.5% and 10%, respectively, at a cooling air flow ratio of 0.6%.

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