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Aerothermodynamics and Exergy Analysis in Radial Turbine With Heat Transfer
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Mechanics, Fluid Physics. KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Centres, Competence Center for Gas Exchange (CCGEx).
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Mechanics. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Centres, Linné Flow Center, FLOW.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2906-9306
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Centres, Competence Center for Gas Exchange (CCGEx). KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Centres, Linné Flow Center, FLOW. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Mechanics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7330-6965
2018 (English)In: Journal of turbomachinery, ISSN 0889-504X, E-ISSN 1528-8900, Vol. 140, no 9, article id 091007Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study was motivated by the difficulties to assess the aerothermodynamic effects of heat transfer on the performance of turbocharger turbine by only looking at the global performance parameters, and by the lack of efforts to quantify the physical mechanisms associated with heat transfer. In this study, we aimed to investigate the sensitivity of performance to heat loss, to quantify the aerothermodynamic mechanisms associated with heat transfer and to study the available energy utilization by a turbocharger turbine. Exergy analysis was performed based on the predicted three-dimensional flow field by detached eddy simulation (DES). Our study showed that at a specified mass flow rate, (1) pressure ratio drop is less sensitive to heat loss as compared to turbine power reduction, (2) turbine power drop due to heat loss is relatively insignificant as compared to the exergy lost via heat transfer and thermal irreversibilities, and (3) a single-stage turbine is not an effective machine to harvest all the available exhaust energy in the system.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ASME Press, 2018. Vol. 140, no 9, article id 091007
Keywords [en]
Radial turbine, Detached Eddy Simulation, Exergy analysis, Heat loss
National Category
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics Vehicle Engineering
Research subject
Engineering Mechanics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-235796DOI: 10.1115/1.4040852ISI: 000447191900007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85053279860OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-235796DiVA, id: diva2:1253467
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Swedish Energy Agency, 33834-3
Note

QC 20181009

Available from: 2018-10-04 Created: 2018-10-04 Last updated: 2024-03-18Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Aerothermodynamics and exergy analysis in turbocharger radial turbine
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Aerothermodynamics and exergy analysis in turbocharger radial turbine
2018 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Coupling of turbomachine to reciprocating automotive engine in turbocharging leads to complex fluid flow and thermal characteristics in the turbine. Some undesirable characteristics include heat transfer, flow pulsation and secondary flow due to the complex geometry of the upstream exhaust manifold. The performed literature review exposed that there is a need for an enhanced understanding of the thermo-fluid physics of a turbocharger turbine operating under realistic on-engine conditions, and on quantifying the impact on the performance. Often, simplified set-ups and geometries are employed, neglecting the heat transfer.

This dissertation aimed to improve the quality of heat transfer analysis in a turbocharger turbine, and to enhance the understanding of aerothermodynamic effects due to heat transfer on the performance under engine-like pulsatile flow scenarios. Firstly, a flow exergy based analysis was developed to be used with the input provided by three-dimensional flow field data predicted by Detached Eddy Simulation (DES). Its applicability to identify and to quantify the aerothermodynamic related losses due to heat transfer was thoroughly investigated with a set-up replicating a hot gas stand continuous flow scenario. Next, the developed methodology was applied to engine-like pulsatile flow scenarios, to investigate the effects of flow pulsation and the influences of upstream exhaust manifold on the heat transfer and turbine performance. For the investigated geometry and specified boundary conditions, this dissertation mainly concluded that 1) The most sensitive measures associated with heat loss are the flow exergy lost via heat transfer and the thermal irreversibilities. The influence of heat loss on turbine power reduction is small in a relative sense, and 2) Although the exhaust manifold characteristics govern the fundamental flow physics and heat transfer in the scroll, its impact on the turbine power seems to be small relatively. 

The contributions with this dissertation were mainly twofold. Firstly, it contributes to a deeper understanding of the thermo-fluid physics of a turbocharger turbine operating under engine-like pulsating flow scenario. This knowledge might be useful for industrial product development in the future. Secondly, from academic perspective, the flow exergy budget analysis could potentially serve as a practical example to students in connecting the dots between classroom theory and real life engineering application.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2018. p. 89
Series
TRITA-SCI-FOU ; 2018:41
Keywords
pulsatile exhaust flow, turbine, turbocharger, Detached Eddy Simulation, heat transfer, exergy
National Category
Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics
Research subject
Engineering Mechanics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-238833 (URN)978-91-7729-956-1 (ISBN)
Public defence
2018-12-07, Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm, 10:15 (English)
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QC 20181113

Available from: 2018-11-13 Created: 2018-11-12 Last updated: 2022-06-26Bibliographically approved

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