Laser-Doppler velocimetry measurements through a one millimeter hole in the casing of an annular turbine cascade were performed in the endwall region downstream of the blade row. Complementary threehole pressure probe measurements were also taken downstream of the nozzle blades, as well as blade surface pressure measurements. The object of this study was to devise methods for the measurement cl...

The second part of this paper presents results of stress analysis of the whole Francis turbine runner at Derbendikan power station by using the Finite Element Method (FEM). Computations were carried out with appropriate boundary and loading conditions for water pressure obtained from CFD analysis. The analysis focuses on stress distribution in the runner blades. It has been found that the maxim...

Superalloys are a class of materials that possess stable microstructures at elevated temperatures due to the presence of coherent L12 ordered γ’ precipitates spatially aligned along elastically soft directions in a face centered cubic (FCC) γ matrix [1]. Nickel-base superalloys are used in a variety of applications such as in turbine blades of aircraft engines and land-based turbine engine [1]....

The paper proposes a methodology for reliable design and maintenance of wind turbine rotor blades using a condition monitoring approach and a damage tolerance index coupling the material and structure. By improving the understanding of material properties that control damage propagation it will be possible to combine damage tolerant structural design, monitoring systems, inspection techniques a...

and other process equipment in a secure web-based environment and allows users to; • Run your process more efficiently. • Improve your operating margins. • Avoid unnecessary shutdowns. • Improve your maintenance management decisions. GAS TURBINE PERFORMANCE is subject to degradation over time. When gas turbine engines are run, they become fouled with airborne contaminants such as oil, pollen, s...

The mechanical power, total rotor drag, and near-wake velocity of a 1:6 scale model (1.075 m diameter) of the US Department of Energy's Reference Model vertical-axis cross-flow turbine were measured experimentally in a towing tank, to provide a comprehensive open dataset for validating numerical models. Performance was measured for a range of tip speed ratios and at multiple Reynolds numbers by...

Environmental noise restrictions play a role in the performance of wind turbines and the dominant source of noise on modern turbines is aeroacoustic noise produced by the blades. A 32 sensor acoustic array has been developed in cooperation between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Colorado to conduct measurements of aeroacoustic noise from a 100 kW wind turbi...

Gamma titanium aluminide has received significant attention in recent years as a candidate material for use in aerospace and industrial gas turbine engine applications. In particular, these materials offer significant weight reductions (densities are less than half that of nickel-based superalloys), high specific strength retention at elevated temperature and high specific stiffness which is pa...

High cycle fatigue (HCF) cracks generated by compressor blade vibrations are a common source of failure in gas turbine engines. Current methods for crack detection are costly, time consuming, and prone to errors. In-situ blade vibration detection would help operators avoid critical engine speeds, and help infer the presence of cracks via a change in the mode of a blade. Blade vibrations can be ...

In power station practice, work is extracted from expanding steam in three stages namely High Pressure(HP), Intermediate Pressure(IP) and Low Pressure(LP) turbines. During the expansion process in the LP turbine, the steam cools down and at some stages, it nucleates to become a two-phase mixture. It is well-acknowledged in the literature that the nucleating and wet stages in steam turbines are ...