Experimental Study on Film Cooling Effectiveness of Shallow Hole with Upstream Sister Holes

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In order to increase the thermal efficiency of a gas turbine, the operating temperature has to be increased. This increment may cause the material of the blade to melt. Film cooling is a good option to solve this problem. Various studies has been done on film cooling include the shallow hole and sister holes. The present study focused on an experimental of film cooling effectiveness on shallow hole of 20° with upstream sister holes with 3 blowing ratios which are 1.0, 15 and 2.0. The result showed significant improvement compared to shallow hole of 35°. The optimum blowing ratio is 1.5. Smaller shallow angle and upstream sister holes reduce the jet lifting effect of the secondary air flow. Future study can be done on shallow hole of shallow angle and blowing ratio around 1.5 in order to further improve the film cooling effectiveness.

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