[en] Quantifying and predicting free-stream turbulence effects on the aerodynamic performance of turbomachinery flows continue to be of primary interest to advance the physical understanding and the modeling of the loss mechanisms. This work is motivated by the need to expose turbine flows to a wide class of inlet turbulence fields, characterized by the peculiarity of setting the turbulence intensity levels and yet tuning the turbulence scales independently. This paper describes the development and the experimental characterization of an active turbulence generator concept that provides the authority for enabling future experimental measurements in turbine cascade rigs. The study has been conducted in an auxiliary low-speed test bench with a small cross-sectional area, testing at low Mach numbers (∼ 0.05) and ambient conditions. Pressure, hot-wire anemometry and particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements are presented. The results indicate that the active turbulence generator is capable of generating a wide range of homogeneous and isotropic free-stream turbulence. Values from low to high turbulence levels (1.5-13%) with minimum pressure losses and a low degree of non-uniformity (<5%) have been obtained with the ability to independently control the integral length scale within the range of 6-25 mm.
Disciplines :
Aerospace & aeronautics engineering
Author, co-author :
Bertelli, Federico ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Aérospatiale et Mécanique (A&M) ; Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-Saint-Genese, Belgium
Okada, Mizuki; Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-Saint-Genese, Belgium ; Ecole Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
Lavagnoli, Sergio; Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-Saint-Genese, Belgium
Hillewaert, Koen ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Aérospatiale et Mécanique (A&M)
Language :
English
Title :
An Active Turbulence Grid for Turbomachinery Flow Experiments
Publication date :
2024
Event name :
ASME Turbo Expo 2024
Event place :
London, Gbr
Event date :
24-06-2024 => 28-06-2024
Audience :
International
Main work title :
ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition
Publisher :
ASME Digital Collection
ISBN/EAN :
978-0-7918-8796-7
Collection name :
Volume 4: Controls, Diagnostics, and Instrumentation
Ansys (United States) Honeywell (United States) ASTME IGTI - American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Gas Turbine Institute Rolls-Royce Siemens
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