A numerical study of the dynamic behaviour of a turbine meter measuring solid flowrate was carried out by use of the discrete element method. The simulation was conducted with a cylindrical standpipe of 30d in diameter and 40d high, filled with 30000 mono-sized spheres of diameter d, and with a turbine fixed at the centre of the standpipe at a height of 20d. The variations of the torque and rot...

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...

Gas turbine power can be augmented by overspray process which consists of inlet fogging and wet compression. In this study exergy analysis of the overspray process in gas turbine system is carried out with a non-equilibrium analytical modeling based on droplet evaporation and the second law of thermodynamics. This work focuses on the effects of system parameters such as pressure ratio, water in...

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...

The aim of this publication was to investigate the effects blade count a high-pressure centrifugal compressor’s impeller has on performance DGEN 380 turbine engine at take-off. study began with development zero-dimensional thermo-fluid model engine. matched experimental data from WESTT CS/BV virtual test bench for baseline and then implemented analyse behaviour alternative counts. corresponding...

As one of fracture critical components of an aircraft engine, accurate life prediction of a turbine blade to disk attachment is significant for ensuring the engine structural integrity and reliability. Fatigue failure of a turbine blade is often caused under multiaxial cyclic loadings at high temperatures. In this paper, considering different failure types, a new energy-critical plane damage pa...

gas turbines play an important role in supplying power for the country especially in peak electricity load. the main disadvantages are the turbines, they produce large changes are a result of climate change. however, in times of peak electricity grid and at the same time warm months, can produce gas turbines under the effect of ambient temperature, the amount of reduced considerably. the method...

In above rated conditions, wind turbines are often subjected to undesirable high structural loading. We investigate two feedback control techniques in combination with a feedforward control method for reducing blade flap bending loads in above rated wind conditions. The feedback controls studied include both disturbance accommodating/tracking and integral augmented/repetitive types that incorpo...