The Turbomachinery Laboratory houses multiple gas turbine research groups including the Turbine Heat Transfer Lab with an onsite machine shop and multiple compressors for wind tunnel testing. Industry-funded research investigating internal and external cooling in gas-turbine components is conducted here. Many of the experiments are performed with scaled up components from industry partners to evaluate and optimize them. Primary areas of investigation include film cooling of the blade, rotor, and endwall as well as channel cooling with ribbed turbulators and pin fins.
Test Sections
Honeywell Transonic Annular Cascade
Recent publication: Upstream Film Cooling on the Contoured Endwall of a Transonic Turbine Vane in an Annular Cascade
Siemens Full-Scale Annular Cascade
Recent publication: Film Cooling Effectiveness Comparison on Full-Scale Turbine Vane Endwalls Using Pressure-Sensitive Paint Technique
Blade Tip Film Cooling
Recent Publication: Turbine Blade Tip Film-Cooling and Heat Transfer Measurements at High Blowing Ratios
