Abstract

Research regarding blade design and analysis of flow have been conducted for over a century. Meanwhile new concepts and design approaches were created and improved. Advancements in information technologies allowed to introduce computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational flow mechanics (CFM). Currently a combination of mentioned methods is used for design of turbine blades. These methods enabled us to improve flow efficiency and strength of turbine blades. This paper relates to a new type turbine which is in the phase of theoretical analysis, because the working fluid is a mixture of steam and gas generated in wet combustion chamber. Conception of this cycle and thermodynamic calculations are presented in previous papers, therefore the main aim of this article is design and analysis of flow characteristics of the last stage of gas-steam turbine. When creating the spatial model, the atlas of profiles of reaction turbine steps was used. In this paper results of CFD calculations of twisting of the last stage are presented. Blades geometry and the computational mesh are also presented. Triangles of velocity for selected dividing sections are presented. It is worth noting that the velocity along the pitch diameter varies greatly. Near the root it shows an action triangle, on the other hand, near the tip it presents a reaction type of triangle. Velocity fields and pressure fields show the flow characteristics of the last stage of gas-steam turbine. The net efficiency of the cycle is estimated as 54.35% regarding to enthalpy drop, however, the net efficiency taking into account the mechanical power determined from the stage theory is equal 52.61%.

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