A Redesign Strategy to Improve the Efficiency of a 17-Stage Steam Turbine

作者:Rubechini Filippo*; Schneider Andrea; Arnone Andrea; Cecchi Stefano; Malavasi Francesco
来源:Journal of Turbomachinery, 2012, 134(3): 031021.
DOI:10.1115/1.4003082

摘要

A three-dimensional Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes solver was applied to the aerodynamic redesigning of a 17-stage steam turbine. The redesign procedure was divided into three steps. In the first one, a single embedded stage was considered, and an optimization of stator lean and rotor twist was carried out by applying suitable repeating inlet/outlet boundary conditions. In the second step, a proper geometrical transformation between the original reference stage and the optimized one was identified and then applied to all other turbine stages, thus leading to a first approximation of the redesigned turbine. Finally, a neural-network-based refinement of the stator and rotor twist of each stage was performed to account for its actual position and operating conditions within the meridional channel. In this work, a detailed description of the redesign procedure is provided, and the aerodynamic characteristics of the optimized geometry are discussed and compared with the original ones. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4003082]

  • 出版日期2012-5