Numerical Simulation of Water Droplets Deposition on the Last-Stage Stationary Blade of Steam Turbine

Danmei Xie, Xinggang Yu, Wangfan Li, Youmin Hou, Yang Shi, Sun Cai

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DOI: 10.4236/epe.2010.24036                

Abstract

Based on the method of discrete phase, the law of droplets’ deposition in the last stage stationary blade of a supercritical 600 MW Steam Turbine is simulated in the first place of this paper by using the Wet-steam model in commercial software FLUENT, where the influence of inlet angle of water droplets of the stationary blades is also considered. Through the calculation, the relationship between the deposition and the diameter of water droplets is revealed. Then, the amount of droplets deposition in the suction and pressure surface is derived. The result is compared with experimental data and it proves that the numerical simulation result obtained in this paper is reasonable. Finally, a formula of the relationship between the diameter of water droplets and the inlet angle is fit, which could be used for approximate calculation in the engineering applications.

Keywords

Steam Turbine, Stationary Blade, Wet Steam, Water Droplets Deposition, Discrete Phase, Numerical Simulation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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