Cooled High-Temperature Radial Turbine Program. Phase 2

Download or read book Cooled High-Temperature Radial Turbine Program. Phase 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this program was the design and fabrication of a air-cooled high-temperature radial turbine (HTRT) intended for experimental evaluation in a warm turbine test facility at the Lewis Research Center. The rotor and vane were designed to be tested as a scaled version (rotor diameter of 14.4 inches diameter) of a 8.021 inch diameter rotor designed to be capable of operating with a rotor inlet temperature (RIT) of 2300 deg. F, a nominal mass flow of 4.56 lbm/sec, a work level of equal or greater than 187 Btu/lbm, and an efficiency of 86% or greater. The rotor was also evaluated to determine it's feasibility to operate at 2500 deg F RIT. The rotor design conformed to the rotor blade flow path specified by NASA for compatibility with their test equipment. Fabrication was accomplished on three rotors, a bladeless rotor, a solid rotor, and an air-cooled rotor.