Yang Cai

Mr. Yang Cai


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 July 2024 in Energies
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YCYang Cai
Yang Cai
XLXinzi Liu
Xinzi Liu
YSYu Sun
Yu Sun
XFXiaojun Fan
Xiaojun Fan
JWJiao Wang
Jiao Wang
Gas turbines are widely applied in many fields, and blade cooling is a key way to improve gas turbines’ power and efficiency. In order to explore a high-efficiency cooling method, a new variant configuration with unique coolant supply passage arrangements is proposed and explored in this paper. The numerical simulation method of solving the Navier–Stokes equations is used after mesh independence calculation and turbulence model validation. The results show that the variant structure has better streamlines distribution with double vortex flows in both the inner and outer chambers. Compared to the original configuration, the heat transfer intensity in the outer chamber is improved, and the globally averaged Nusselt number is 17.1% larger. The case with uniformly distributed nozzles has the best flow and heat transfer performance. As the nozzle number increases, the total pressure loss and friction coefficient decrease, but the heat transfer increases first and then decreases. The case of three nozzles has the best comprehensive cooling behavior. The aspect ratio has important influences on the double-vortex cooling configuration. Cases with small aspect ratios have higher local heat transfer intensity, but the flow loss is larger. The case with aspect ratio 4 has the best cooling performance.