Even though interest in labyrinth seal flows has increased recently, an analytical model capable of predicting turbine flow response to labyrinth seals is still lacking. Therefore, this paper presents a new model to predict flow response in an axial turbine stage with a shrouded rotor. A concentric model is first developed, and this model is used to develop an eccentric model. Basic conservation laws are used in each model, and a nonaxisymmetric sealing gap is prescribed for the eccentric model. Thus, the two models can predict the evolution of a uniform upstream flow into a nonuniform downstream flow. In turbines with concentric shrouded rotors, the seal flow is retarded in the axial direction and tangentially underturned. In turbines with eccentric shrouded rotors, flow azimuthally migrates away from and pressure reaches its peak near the maximum sealing gap region. Finally, the rotordynamic implications of such flow nonuniformities are discussed and compared against eccentric unshrouded turbine predictions.
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Lateral Forces From Single Gland Rotor Labyrinth Seals in Turbines
Bum Ho Song,
Bum Ho Song
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Seung Jin Song
Seung Jin Song
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Bum Ho Song
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
Seung Jin Song
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 3–6, 2002; Paper No. 2002-GT-30335. Manuscript received by IGTI, Dec. 2001, final revision, Mar. 2002. Associate Editor: E. Benvenuti.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jul 2004, 126(3): 626-634 (9 pages)
Published Online: August 11, 2004
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December 1, 2001
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March 1, 2002
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August 11, 2004
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Song , B. H., and Song, S. J. (August 11, 2004). "Lateral Forces From Single Gland Rotor Labyrinth Seals in Turbines ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. July 2004; 126(3): 626–634. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1690771
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