Non-adiabatic pressure loss boundary condition for modelling turbocharger turbine pulsating flow

•Bespoke non-adiabatic pressure loss boundary for pulse flow turbine modelling.•Predictions show convincing results against experimental and literature data.•Predicted pulse pressure propagation is in good agreement with literature data.•New methodology is time efficient and requires minimal geometr...

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Published in:Energy conversion and management 2015-03, Vol.93, p.267-281
Main Authors: Chiong, M.S., Rajoo, S., Romagnoli, A., Costall, A.W., Martinez-Botas, R.F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computation
Computer simulation
Mathematical models
Methodology
Modelling
Non-adiabatic pressure loss
One-dimensional
Rotors
Turbine
Turbines
Turbocharger
Turbochargers
Unsteady flow
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Summary:•Bespoke non-adiabatic pressure loss boundary for pulse flow turbine modelling.•Predictions show convincing results against experimental and literature data.•Predicted pulse pressure propagation is in good agreement with literature data.•New methodology is time efficient and requires minimal geometrical inputs. This paper presents a simplified methodology of pulse flow turbine modelling, as an alternative over the meanline integrated methodology outlined in previous work, in order to make its application to engine cycle simulation codes much more straight forward. This is enabled through the development of a bespoke non-adiabatic pressure loss boundary to represent the turbine rotor. In this paper, turbocharger turbine pulse flow performance predictions are presented along with a comparison of computation duration against the previously established integrated meanline method. Plots of prediction deviation indicate that the mass flow rate and actual power predictions from both methods are highly comparable and are reasonably close to experimental data. However, the new boundary condition required significantly lower computational time and rotor geometrical inputs. In addition, the pressure wave propagation in this simplified unsteady turbine model at different pulse frequencies has also been found to be in agreement with data from the literature, thereby supporting the confidence in its ability to simulate the wave action encountered in turbine pulse flow operation.
ISSN:0196-8904
1879-2227
DOI:10.1016/j.enconman.2014.12.058