Modular simulation of coolant internal network and rotating cavity analysis

The increase in gas turbine performance requires very high total inlet temperatures even in heavy-duty applications. Therefore, an accurate design of both the blade cooling and the cooling network from the compressor to the blade is very important. In previous works, the authors have studied the cooling blade problems for both the stator and the rotor case. The present paper presents a simple and fast procedure to study the cooling network: a modular code has been developed for this purpose and particular attention has been focused on the study o the rotating cavities between the stator and the rotating disks. The results we have obtained are good and the code developed is at present used in industry.