Abstract: Energy companies in the power generation field are continuously searching for green technologies to reduce pollutant emissions. In that context, small hydropower plants represent an attractive solution for distributed ...

Abstract: Pressure gain combustors (PGC) exploit either their isochoric or detonative combustion increasing the theoretical thermal efficiency of a gas turbine cycle. On this basis, a constant-volume combustor (CVC) is developed ...

Abstract: A highpressure vane (HPV) equipped with a realistic filmcooling configuration has been studied. The vane is characterized by the presence of multiple rows of fanshaped holes along pressure and suction side, while the leading ...

Abstract: Problems in turbomachinery computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are often characterized by nonlinear and discontinuous responses. Ensuring the reliability of uncertainty quantification (UQ) codes in such conditions, in an ...

Abstract: This paper presents an investigation of the aerothermal performance of a modern unshrouded high-pressure (HP) aero-engine turbine subject to nonuniform inlet temperature profile. The turbine used ...

Abstract: The introduction of the tilting pad journal bearing (TPJB) technology has allowed the achievement of important goals regarding turbomachinery efficiency in terms of high peripheral speed, enhanced power density, higher ...