In the United States, natural gas turbine generators account for approximately 7% of the total primary energy consumed. A one percent increase in gas turbine efficiency could result in savings of approximately 30 million dollars for operators and, subsequently, electricity end-users. The efficiency of a gas turbine engine is tied directly to the temperature at which the products of combustion enter the first stage, high-pressure turbine. The maximum operating temperature of the turbine components’ materials is the major limiting factor in increasing the turbine inlet temperature. In fact, current turbine inlet temperatures regularly exceed the melting temperature of the turbine vanes through advanced vane cooling techniques. These cooling techniques include vane surface film cooling, internal vane cooling, and the addition of a thermal barrier coating (TBC) to the exterior of the turbine vane. Typically, the performance of vane cooling techniques is evaluated using the adiabatic film effectiveness. However, the adiabatic film effectiveness, by definition, does not consider conjugate heat transfer effects. In order to evaluate the performance of internal vane cooling and a TBC it is necessary to consider conjugate heat transfer effects. The goal of this study was to provide insight into the conjugate heat transfer behavior of actual turbine vanes and various vane cooling techniques through experimental and analytical modeling in the pursuit of higher turbine inlet temperatures resulting in higher overall turbine efficiencies. The primary focus of this study was to experimentally characterize the combined effects of a TBC and film cooling. Vane model experiments were performed using a 10x scaled first stage inlet guide vane model that was designed using the Matched Biot Method to properly scale both the geometrical and thermal properties of an actual turbine vane. Two different TBC thicknesses were evaluated in this study. Along with the TBCs, six different film cooling configurations were evaluated which included pressure side round holes with a showerhead, round holes only, craters, a novel trench design called the modified trench, an ideal trench, and a realistic trench that takes manufacturing abilities into account. These film cooling geometries were created within the TBC layer. Each of the vane configurations was evaluated by monitoring a variety of temperatures, including the temperature of the exterior vane wall and the exterior surface of the TBC. This study found that the presence of a TBC decreased the sensitivity of the thermal barrier coating and vane wall interface temperature to changes in film coolant flow rates and changes in film cooling geometry. Therefore, research into improved film cooling geometries may not be valuable when a TBC is incorporated. This study also developed an analytical model which was used to predict the performance of the TBCs as a design tool. The analytical prediction model provided reasonable agreement with experimental data when using baseline data from an experiment with another TBC. However, the analytical prediction model performed poorly when predicting a TBC’s performance using baseline data collected from an experiment without a TBC. / text

This Master’s thesis focuses on the wind turbines. It describes the basic attributes of the wind energy and the wind potential of Slovak Republic, as well as the environmental impact of this sector. Meteorological data for the selected location are processed according to the Weibull distribution and they are used for the aerodynamic design of the wind turbine blades. Aerodynamic design is processed by using two methods. The first is the blade cascade theory, which is used to design prismatic and twist blades. The second method is called the blade element momentum, which is used to design wind turbine but only twist blades are designed by using this theory. Calculated aerodynamic shapes are compared and the best economic solution for the selected location is chosen.

This master‘s thesis focuses on wind turbines. The first part describes the basic attributes of wind energy and wind turbines and is accompanied by a many images. The next section is a statistical processing of measured meteorological data from measuring stations of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. These data are then used for calculations of the blades of wind turbines. The calculations are carried by two different methods. The first method is called the blade element momentum theory, the second method is the theory of blade cascade. Using these methods are obtained by two different blades. The last section compares the two blades in terms of geometric and performance.

This thesis describes design of new circumferential blade attachment on last grade of steam turbine and following stress-strain analysis by FEM with static and cyclic loading. It was created two new design of geometry, which were created based on existing and operating constructional solution of oblique double T blade attachment. It was made stress-strain FEM analysis on original design of blades. Its results served to realize change of construction. Their target was increase load capacity and service life of new types of blade attachment.

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This thesis has been a collaboration between the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Siemens Energy which invest in the research facility at KTH. The objective was to investigate the use of eddy current sensors in real-time monitoring of turbine blades. The main focus has been on finding a use for blade tip clearance and a correlation for the insufficient sampling that eddy current sensors suffer from. At the same time, it was desirable to also investigate the use of the same sampled data for blade tip vibration. The research on eddy current sensors is important for their relative low price compared to other instruments and how resistance it is to contamination found in turbines, enabling real-time monitoring.  The testing has been conducted at the Energy Technology department which utilizes a scaled version of a full-sized turbine to investigate performance measurements. It is scaled to have the same stage loading for both blisks investigated. Two different blisks have been used for this project, one with thicher but fewer blades and one with thinner but more blades. On each blisk different types of sampling have been done in order to capture suitable data for both tip timing and tip vibration. This resulted in sampling with static RPM and sweeps over certain regions as well as full sweeps from design RPM to standstill.  A computer model was developed to evaluate the sampled data. In the model, the sample points were interpolated to compensate for the insufficient sampling, enabling tip gap measurements. Measurements and calibration were done on the blisks for the possibility of using a compensation curve in order to be able to compensate for the signal error. The results show that eddy current sensors and setup used here have a good capability of capturing the tip clearance with precision in the range of hundreds of millimeter on the blisk with thicker blades and up to a certain rotational speed on the blisk with thinner blades. In regards to the tip vibration, eddy current system had problems capturing the time of arrival with sufficient precision correctly. / Den här uppsatsen har varit ett sammarbete mellan Kunglig Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) och Simens Energy vilka investerar i forskningen som bedrivs på KTH. Målet var att undersöka användningen av eddy current sensors för övervakning av turbinbliskar. Huvudfokus har varit att hitta användning av sensorerna för topspelsmätningar och ta fram en korregering av den otillräckliga insamlingen av data som eddy current sensorer lider av. Samtidigt var det önskvärt att samtidigt undersöka samma insamlade data för att utvärdera bladvibrationer. Forskning på eddy current sensorer är viktig för dess relativt låga pris jämfört med andra alternativ samt att de dess höga motståndskraft mot smuts som ofta finns i miljöer där turbiner används. Testerna har gjorts på instutitionen för Energiteknik vilka använder en nedskalad versioner av den verkliga storleken på turbinen för att utföra mätningar på. Två olika bliskar har använts för detta projekt, en med grövre men färre blad samt en med tunnare och fler blad. Stegbelastningen är dock samma för båda. På båda bladen har olika typer mätningar gjorts för att kunna fånga passade data för båda topspelsmätningar och bladvibrationer. Detta gav data med statiskt varvtal, långsamma svepningar över specialla regioner och svepningar över från designvarvtal ner till stillastående. En datormodell har utvecklats för utvärdera insamlade data. I modellen sker en interpolering som kompenserar för de låga antalet samplade punkter på bladet. Mätnigar och kalibreringar är gjorda på bliskarna för att skapa en kompenseringskurva åt signalfel i utdatan. Resultatet visar att eddy current systemet har goda möjligheter att visa rätt toppspel med god precition för blisken med tjocka blad och upp till ett visst varvtal på den med tunnare blad. När det kommer till bladvibrationer hade sensorerna och datormodellen svårt att fånga rätt ankomst tid för bladet med tillräckligt hög precision.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Animal Sciences and Industry / John A. Unruh / Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of exercise on feedlot cattle well-being, growth performance, and carcass characteristics (Experiments 1 and 2). Additionally, two experiments assessed the volatile compound profiles of beef in response to various postmortem processes (Experiments 3 and 4). Experiment 1 compared heifers (n=30) assigned to either a sedentary treatment or an exercise regimen 3 times/wk (20 min/d for the first 2 wk, 30 min/d for the next 2 wk, and 40 min/d for the final wk). Exercised heifers showed decreased blood insulin, daily gains, final body weights, and lower numerical yield grades in conjunction with decreased a* and b* color values of longissimus muscle lean. Experiment 2 exposed steers (n=419) to 1 of 4 treatments; not exercised (CON), or exercised 3 times/wk by animal handlers for 20-30 min for the first 10 wk (EARLY), the last 7 wk (LATE), or for the entire 116 d finishing period (ALL). EARLY treatment cattle exhibited a decrease in blood insulin while EARLY and ALL treatment cattle produced carcasses with decreased marbling scores in comparison to CON cattle. Experiment 3 assessed the volatile compounds generated by raw and cooked beef gluteus medius steaks (n=30) subjected to blade tenderization and aging times ranging from 5 to 61 d. Raw steaks aged longer than 19 d produced greater concentrations of heptanal, octanal, and nonanal than raw steaks aged 5 d, but cooked steaks showed no change in these compounds in response to aging. Additionally, blade tenderization reduced the concentrations of lipid oxidation and Maillard reaction products in cooked steaks. Experiment 4 investigated cross-sections, external, and internal locations of beef longissimus lumborum steaks (n=54) cooked to 63, 71, or 77 °C and aged for 5, 21, or 37 d. External locations generated aldehydes in greater amounts than internal locations while pyrazines are produced exclusively at external locations. Increases in degree of doneness increased all aldehydes, except nonanal, in steak cross-sections. Aldehydes, except hexanal and octanal, generated from external locations became similar to internal locations as aging times increased. Pyrazines from external locations were reduced by increased aging times.

Thesis (MEng.)-- University of Stellenbosch, 1992. 140 leaves on single pages, preliminary pages i-xi and numbered pages 1-113. Includes bibliography. Digitized at 600 dpi grayscale to pdf format (OCR),using an Bizhub 250 Konica Minolta Scanner and at 300 dpi grayscale to pdf format (OCR), using a Hp Scanjet 8250 Scanner. / Thesis (MEng (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 1992 / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The large variety of turbo-machinery blade root geometries in use in industry prompted the question if a optimum geometry could be found. An optimum blade root was defined as a root with a practical geometry which, when loaded, returns the minimum fillet stress concentration factor. A literature survey on the subject provided guidelines but very little real data to work from. An initial optimization was carried out using a formula developed by Heywood to determine loaded projection fillet stresses. The method was found to produce unsatisfactory results, prompting a photoelastic investigation. This experimental optimization was conducted in two stages. A single tang defined load stage and a single tang in-rotor stage which modeled the practical situation. The defined load stage was undertaken in three phases. The first phase was a preliminary investigation, the second phase was a parameter optimization and the third phase was a geometric optimization based on a material utilization optimization. This material optimization approach produced good results. From these experiments a practical optimum geometry was defined. A mathematical model which predicts the fillet stress concentration factor for a given root geometry is presented. The effect of expanding the single tang optimum to a three tang root was examined. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die groot verskeidenheid lemwortelgeometrieë wat in turbomasjiene gebruik word het die vraag na 'n optimum geometrie laat ontstaan. Vir hierdie ondersoek is 'n optimum geometrie gedefineer as 'n praktiese geometrie wat, as dit belas word, die mimimum vloeistukspanningskonsentrasiefaktor laat ontstaan. 'n Literatuur studie het riglyne aan die navorsing gegee maar het wynig spesifieke en bruikbare data opgelewer. Die eerste optimering is met die Heywood formule, wat vloeistukspannings in belaste projeksies bepaal, aangepak. Die metode het nie bevredigende resultate opgelewer nie. 'n Fotoelastiese ondersoek het die basis vir verdere optimeering gevorm. Hierdie eksperimentele optimering is in twee stappe onderneem. 'n Enkelhaak gedefineerde lasgedeelte en 'n enkelhaak in-rotor gedeelte het die praktiese situasie gemodeleer. Die gedefineerde lasgedeelte is in drie fases opgedeel. Die eerste fase was n voorlopige ondersoek. Die tweede fase was 'n parameter optimering. 'n Geometrie optimering gebasseer op 'n materiaal benuttings minimering het die derde fase uitgemaak. Die materiaal optimerings benadering het goeie resultate opgelewer. Vanuit hierdie eksperimente is 'n optimum praktiese geometrie bepaal. 'n Wiskundige model is ontwikkel, wat die vloeistukspanningskonsentrasiefaktor vir 'n gegewe wortelgeometrie voorspel. Die resultaat van 'n geometriese uitbreiding van die enkelhaaklemwortel na 'n driehaaklemwortel op die spanningsverdeling is ondersoek.

<p>A method has been developed for flexible modelling of multi-component twin-wire blade formers. Features such as suction devices, loadable blades, curved blades, and partial contact between the blades and the forming fabrics are easily incorporated. New results include a series of calculations demonstrating the non-trivial interaction between the pressure pulses when the blades are positioned successively closer together, the effects of suction on the pressure pulse generated by a blade applied to the opposing wire, and how blades of modest curvature do not necessarily stay in contact with the fabric along their full width and the implications of this on the pressure gradients in the machine direction. </p><p>The behaviour of the fibre mats as they experience the first of the blade pulses (after having been formed over a roll) is then considered in detail. Typically, the thickness of the mats decreases during the pulse, which reduces the rate of deposition of new fibres onto the webs. The amount of fibres in the sheets therefore changes marginally. Nevertheless, the resistance to drainage presented by the fibre network is seen to increase significantly due to the low permeability in highly compressed layers of the mat. As a result of the pressure gradients in the machine direction, the shear stresses in the plane of the fibre sheets can attain several hundred Pascal next to the forming fabrics.</p><p>Further, a model for sheared consolidation of flocculated suspensions is presented that extends the concept of a concentration dependent yield stress, previously employed in studies of uniaxial consolidation, to comprise flocculated phase shear strength. Rate-dependent viscous stresses are also incorporated. The theory is applied to the problem of combined compression and shearing of a strongly flocculated suspension contained between two plates, one being fixed and acting as a perfectly permeable filter, the other movable and acting as a piston by which the load is applied. Qualitatively, the evolution of the volume fraction of solids exhibits the same behaviour as during uniaxial consolidation without shear. Applying shear is however predicted to increase the rate of the drainage process, due to a reduced load bearing capacity of the flocculated phase, and correspondingly higher pore pressures. </p>

<p>During papermaking, the internal structure of the fibrenetwork constituting the paper is to a dominating extentdetermined in the forming zone of the paper machine. Thisthesis is aimed at studying the pressure distribution in bladeforming sections, which is commonly considered to be a keyquantity of the process.</p><p>Previous work has provided insight into the physics ofdifferent devices employed in blade forming. However, there hasbeen a lack of models enabling studies of the effects of theinteraction between different components on the pressuredistribution. In the thesis, a model is presented for a genericblade forming section consisting of three blades. The positionsof two of the blades are fix, and in between them is located asuction box. The third blade is applied by a prescribed forceto the opposing wire, in a position facing the suction box. Themodel admits the study of the interaction between the pulsesfrom the different blades in the blade/counterbladeconfiguration, and between the pulses and one-sidedsuction.</p><p>The wires are modelled as tensioned and perfectly flexibleEuler-Bernoulli beams of negligible mass. The suspension istreated like an inviscid fluid. Consideration is taken to theinfluence of fibre deposition on the permeability of thefabrics. By assuming the ratio between the length scales in thethickness direction and the machine direction to be small, aquasi one-dimensional model is obtained.</p><p>For maximum flexibility, the model domain is divided intomodules. Each module is solved individually using a finitedifference based discretisation. The solutions for thedifferent modules are matched with each other iteratively.</p><p>A comparison with published results for a single bladeindicates that the model can be used to obtain qualitativelycorrect predictions of the pressure distribution. New resultsinclude a series of calculations showing the non-trivialinteraction between the pressure pulses when the blades arepositioned successively closer together, the effects of suctionon the pressure pulse generated by a blade applied to theopposing wire, and how blades of modest curvature do notnecessarily stay in contact with the fabric along their fullwidth and the implication of this on the pressure gradient.</p><p><b>Descriptors:</b>fluid mechanics, blade forming, pressuredistribution, suction, interaction, permeable fabric,modules</p>