Lean burn combustion is increasing its popularity in the aeronautical framework due to its potential in reducing drastically pollutant emissions (NOx and soot in particular). Its implementation, however, involves significant issues related to the increased amount of air dedicated to the combustion process, demanding the redesign of injection and cooling systems. A reduced coolant mass flow rate in conjunction with higher compressor discharge temperature negatively affect the cooling potential thus requiring the exploitation of efficient schemes such as effusion cooling. This work describes the experimental and numerical final validation of an aeronautical effusion-cooled lean-burn combustor. Full annular tests were carried out to measure temperature profiles and metal temperature distributions at different operating conditions of the ICAO cycle. Such an outcome was obtained also with an in-house developed CHT methodology (THERM3D). RANS simulations with the Flamelet Generated Manifold combustion model were performed to estimate aerothermal field and heat loads, while the coupling with a thermal conduction solver returns the most updated wall temperature. The heat sink within the perforation is treated with a 0D correlative model that calculates the heat pickup and the temperature rise of coolant. The results highlight an overall good capability of the proposed approach to estimate the metal temperature distribution at different operating conditions. It is also shown how more advanced scale-resolving simulations could significantly improve the prediction of turbulent mixing and heat loads.

Numerical and experimental investigation on an effusion-cooled lean burn aeronautical combustor: Aerothermal field and metal temperature / Bertini, D.*; Mazzei, L.; Puggelli, S.; Andreini, A.; Facchini, B.; Bellocci, L.; Santoriello, A.. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:(2018), pp. V05CT17A010-0. (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2018 tenutosi a OSLO nel 2018) [10.1115/GT2018-76779].

Numerical and experimental investigation on an effusion-cooled lean burn aeronautical combustor: Aerothermal field and metal temperature

Bertini, D.;Mazzei, L.;Puggelli, S.;Andreini, A.;Facchini, B.;Bellocci, L.;
2018

Abstract

Lean burn combustion is increasing its popularity in the aeronautical framework due to its potential in reducing drastically pollutant emissions (NOx and soot in particular). Its implementation, however, involves significant issues related to the increased amount of air dedicated to the combustion process, demanding the redesign of injection and cooling systems. A reduced coolant mass flow rate in conjunction with higher compressor discharge temperature negatively affect the cooling potential thus requiring the exploitation of efficient schemes such as effusion cooling. This work describes the experimental and numerical final validation of an aeronautical effusion-cooled lean-burn combustor. Full annular tests were carried out to measure temperature profiles and metal temperature distributions at different operating conditions of the ICAO cycle. Such an outcome was obtained also with an in-house developed CHT methodology (THERM3D). RANS simulations with the Flamelet Generated Manifold combustion model were performed to estimate aerothermal field and heat loads, while the coupling with a thermal conduction solver returns the most updated wall temperature. The heat sink within the perforation is treated with a 0D correlative model that calculates the heat pickup and the temperature rise of coolant. The results highlight an overall good capability of the proposed approach to estimate the metal temperature distribution at different operating conditions. It is also shown how more advanced scale-resolving simulations could significantly improve the prediction of turbulent mixing and heat loads.
2018
Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2018
OSLO
2018
Bertini, D.*; Mazzei, L.; Puggelli, S.; Andreini, A.; Facchini, B.; Bellocci, L.; Santoriello, A.
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