• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.38-47
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• 2001

One stage axial type turbine is designed by mean-line analysis, streamline curvature method and blade design method using shape parameters. Tip and hub diameter of the turbine are 300mm and 206.4mm, respectively. The rotating speed is 1800RPM, and the output power is 1.4kW. The flow coefficient is 1.68 and the reaction factor at mean-line is 0.373. The number of stator and rotor of the turbine are 31 and 41, respectively. Mach number of stator exit flow near hub is 0.164. A test rig is developed for performance test to validate a developed design method. The experimental result shows that the maximum efficiency is obtained on the design point.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2000.11b
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• pp.453-460
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• 2000

A test rig is developed for performance test of 1 stage axial-type turbine which is designed by meanline analysis, streamline curvature method, and blade design method using configuration parameters. The purpose of this study is to find the best configuration parameters for designing a high efficiency axial-type turbine blade. To measure the efficiency of turbine stage, a dynamo-meter is installed. Two different stators which are manufactured as an integrated type are developed, and a rotor blade and 5 sets disc are developed for setting different stagger angle. The tip and hub diameters of the test turbine are 300 and 206.4mm, respectively. The rotating speed is 1800RPM, and the extracted power is 2.5kW. Flow coefficient is 1.68 and the reaction factor at meanline is 0.373. The number of stator and rotor of test turbine are 31 and 41, respectively. The Mach number of stator exit flow near hub is 0.164.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.24-31
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• 2001

An axial-type turbine design technology is developed. In order to design one-stage turbine, the preliminary design method is applied, and then design parameters are chosen after analyzing gas properties within the turbine passage using the streamline curvature method. Stator blade is designed using C4 profile, and rotor blade is designed using shape parameters. Stator is manufactured as an integral type and rotor is manufactured to be disassembled from the disc for changing blade incidence angle. The output power from the rotor is measured with various RPM and input power. Experimental results show that the maximum efficiency of turbine rotor is obtained on the design point, and the output power is proportionally decreased with the negative incidence angle even the test turbine is a reaction turbine. The efficiency of turbine rotor is decreased to 5% by $7.5^{\cire}$ negative incidence angle from the designed value.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.26 no.9
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• pp.1292-1301
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• 2002

An experimental study of turbine performance is conducted with various incidence angles on a rotating turbine rotor. 5 different incidence angles are applied from -17$^{\circ}$to 13$^{\circ}$with 7.5$^{\circ}$gaps. In order to precisely set up the incidence angles at the rotor inlet, 5 turbine discs are manufactured with the different fir tree section. Total-to-total efficiencies are obtained on the several off-design points with considering the exit total pressure, which is meas fred at 12 locations between the hub and casing using a pressure rake. The degree of reaction is 0.373 at the mean radius, and Reynolds number based on the rotor chord is 0.86$\times$10$^{5}$ at the turbine inlet on the design point experiment. The experiment on a single-stage turbine is conducted at the low-pressure and low-speed state, but it is sufficient to consider the blade loading effect due to the rotating apparatus even though the total pressure loss at the exit is increased proportionally to the turbine output power. The experimental results recommend 6$^{\circ}$as an optimum incidence angle on the turbine blade design. The total-to-total efficiency is steeply decreased when the incidence angle is over $\pm$9$^{\circ}$ from the optimum incidence angle. In the range of less than -10$^{\circ}$incidence angle, 7.5$^{\circ}$ reduction of incidence angle generates 15% decrease of total-to-total efficiency. This result is obtained on the same rotor blade by changing only the rotational speed to minimize the effect of profile and secondary flow loss in the passage. Experimental results show that the change rate of total-to-total efficiency according to the incidence angle change is unchanged although the turbine operates at the off-design condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.99-105
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• 2002

The performance test of an axial-type turbine is carried out with various axial gap distances between the stator and rotor. The turbine is operated at the low pressure and speed, and the degree of reaction is 0.373 at the mean radius. The axial-type turbine consists of ons-stage and 3-dimensional blades. The chord length of rotor is 28.2mm and mean diameter of turbine is 257.56mm. The power of turbo-blower for input power is 30kW and mass flow rate is $340m^3$/min at 290mmAq static-pressure. The RPM and output power are controlled by a dynamometer connected directly to the turbine shaft. The axial gap distances are changed from a quarter to three times of stator axial chord length, and performance curves are obtained with 9 different axial gaps. The efficiency varies about 8% of its peak value due to the variation of axial gap on the same non-dimensional mass flow rate and RPM, and experimental results show that the optimum axial gap is 1.6-1.9Cx.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.59-62
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• 2001

An axial-type turbine design technology is developed. In order to design one-stage turbine, preliminary design method is applied, and then design parameters are chosen after analyzing the gas properties within the turbine passage using the streamline curvature method. Stator blade is designed using C4 Profile, and rotor blade is designed using shape parameters. The output power is measured with various RPM and input power. The experimental result shows that the output power is proportionally decreased with the negative incidence angle.