Numerical Evaluation in a Scaled Rotor-Less Nozzle Vaned Radial Turbine Model under Variable Geometry Conditions

[EN] The widespread trend of pursuing higher efficiencies in radial turbochargers led to the prompting of this work. A 3D-printed model of the static parts of a radial variable geometry turbine, the vaned nozzle, and the volute, was developed. This model was up-scaled from the actual reference turbi...

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Autores: Serrano, J.R.|||0000-0003-0692-3917, Tiseira, Andrés-Omar|||0000-0001-9472-2386, López-Carrillo, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-0613-6470, Hervás-Gómez, Natalia
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/193639
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/193639
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Turbocharger
Radial turbine
CFD analysis
Nozzle vane
Variable geometry turbine
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Resumo:[EN] The widespread trend of pursuing higher efficiencies in radial turbochargers led to the prompting of this work. A 3D-printed model of the static parts of a radial variable geometry turbine, the vaned nozzle, and the volute, was developed. This model was up-scaled from the actual reference turbine to place sensors and characterize the flow around the nozzle vanes, including the tip gap. In this study, a computational model of the scaled-up turbine was carried out to verify the results in two ways. For this model, firstly compared with an already validated CFD turbine model of the real device (which includes a rotor), its operating range was extended to different nozzle positions, and we checked the issues with rotor-stator interactions as well as the influence of elements such as the screws of the turbine stator. After showing results for different nozzle openings, another purpose of the study was to check the effect of varying the clearance over the tip of the stator vanes on the tip leakage flow since the 3D-printed model has variable gap height configurations.