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Effect of Reynolds number on the aerodynamic performance of highly loaded helium compressor cascade in high temperature gas-cooled reactor

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  • Sun, Ke
  • Lu, Huawei
  • Malik, Adil
  • Fan, Yingqi
  • Tian, Zhitao

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Closed Brayton cycle power plant with High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor is one of the most promising solutions for reduction in carbon emission. Helium is being used as a coolant in power conversion unit of these power plants. The output power of these systems is regulated by varying the density of helium in the power conversion unit in such a way that the compressor is required to operate over a wide range of Reynolds numbers. In this paper, the vortices structure in conventional and highly loaded helium compressor cascade are analyzed at low Reynolds numbers. Accordingly, the evolution mechanism of vortex structure in the highly loaded helium compressor cascade was studied and validated by experiments. It is concluded that with the decrease in Reynolds number, the vortex size and total pressure loss coefficient increase gradually. The loss weight factor of the passage vortex (PV) and concentrated shedding vortex (CSV) in the highly loaded helium compressor cascade increases by 262 % and 53.8 %, respectively, in comparison with the conventional compressor cascade.

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  • Sun, Ke & Lu, Huawei & Malik, Adil & Fan, Yingqi & Tian, Zhitao, 2024. "Effect of Reynolds number on the aerodynamic performance of highly loaded helium compressor cascade in high temperature gas-cooled reactor," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 289(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:289:y:2024:i:c:s036054422303311x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129917
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