NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF AERODYNAMICS AND HYDRAULIC LOSS IN THE GTÉ-150 COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF GAS-TURBINE POWER PLANT WITH THE USE OF THE FLUENT SUITE
D. A. Lysenkoa and A. A. Solomatnikovb UDC 621.438 The aerodynamic structure of the flow in the combustion chamber of the GTÉ-150 gas-turbine power plant has been simulated numerically by means of the FLUENT suite CFD. The influence of the processes of turbulent heat and mass transfer (and combustion) on the hydraulic loss in the combustion chamber has been investigated. Detailed comparison of the calculated and experimental data on the total pressure loss both n the combustion chamber proper and in its individual units has been carried out. aSt. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation, 38 Pilotov Str., St. Petersburg, 196210, Russia; bBranch of the open stock company "Silovye mashiny <197> ZTL, LMZ, Elektrosila, Énergomashéksport," St. Petersburg. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 45-49, July-August, 2006. Original article submitted November 8, 2004; revision submitted July 22, 2005.