Large-eddy simulation (LES) has traditionally been restricted to fairly simple geometries. This paper discusses LES of reacting flows in geometries as complex as commercial gas turbine engine combustors. The incompressible algorithm developed by Mahesh et al. (J. Comput. Phys., 2004, 197, 215–240) is extended to the zero Mach number equations with heat release. Chemical reactions are modeled us...

Film cooling technique has been successfully applied to gas turbine blades to prevent it from the hot flue gas. However, a continuous demand of increasing the turbine inlet temperature to raise the efficiency of the turbine requires continuous improvement in film cooling effectiveness. The concept of injecting mist (tiny water droplets) into the cooling fluid has been proven under laboratory co...

Keeping up with the technological advances, turbomachinery industry aspires to integrate manufacturing, servicing and maintenance of their plants. Typically, these objectives may be accomplished by adoption of condition monitoring services and diagnostic solutions, resulting in improved plant operations, lower maintenance cost, and impart safety and reliability. Specifically, failure analysis, ...

Recent developments in numerical schemes, turbulent combustion models and the regular increase of computing power allow Large Eddy Simulation (LES) to be applied to real industrial burners. In this paper, two types of LES in complex geometry combustors and of specific interest for aeronautical gas turbine burners are reviewed: (1) laboratory-scale combustors, without compressor or turbine, in w...

Original scientific paper The development of a closed cycle gas turbine with super-critical carbon dioxide as a working fluid is under way in order to generate power from waste heat source of a low or intermediate temperature range from industry. Its demonstration test plan using a reduced scale turbomachine is described. Principal specifications follow; net power output of around 10 kWe and re...

An investigation into the isolability of the location of intake and exhaust manifold leaks in heavy duty diesel engines is presented. In particular, established fault detection and isolation (FDI) methods are explored to assess their utility in successfully determining the location of a leak within the air path of an engine equipped with exhaust gas recirculation and an asymmetric twin-scroll t...

Among the many requirements for the design of gas turbine engine components,understanding of the behaviour of these components and the alloys used to make themis fundamental in order to ensure structural integrity and safe operation of theengines. In this paper, the conventional Safe Life Approach is discussed togetherwith an overview of crack growth modelling used at Pratt it W...

The paper focuses on the application of neuro-fuzzy techniques in fault detection and isolation. The objective of this paper is to detect and isolate faults to an industrial gas turbine, with emphasis on faults occurred in the actuator part of the gas turbine. A neuro-fuzzy based learning and adaptation of TSK fuzzy models is used for residual generation, while for residual evaluation a neuro-f...

The results of strength and gas dynamic improvement of turbocharger TK-32 axial turbine are presented. Turbocharger was manufactured by LLC “Penzadieselmash” (Penza, Russian) and is used as unit boost for diesel locomotive. The goal of this work was to ensure turbine work capacity when rotor speed is increased by 10% without efficiency reduction. The strain-stress state analysis indicated the r...

This paper presents an offline fault diagnosis method for industrial gas turbines in a steady-state. Fault diagnosis plays an important role in the efforts for gas turbine owners to shift from preventive maintenance to predictive maintenance, and consequently to reduce the maintenance cost. Ever since its birth, numerous techniques have been researched in this field, yet none of them is complet...