Computational and Experimental Study of Thermal Hydraulic Properties of Slotted Matrix of Rotary Regenerator
Andrey Veniaminovich Kostyukov1, Givi Guramovich Nadareishvili2, Lev Anatolyevich Kosach3

1Andrey Veniaminovich Kostyukov, NAMI Russian State Scientific Research Center, Moscow, Russia.
2Givi Guramovich Nadareishvili, NAMI Russian State Scientific Research Center, Moscow, Russia.
3Lev Anatolyevich Kosach, Moscow Polytechnic University, Moscow, Russia.
Manuscript received on 02 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 05 June 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 June 2019 | PP: 2292-2298 | Volume-8 Issue-8, June 2019 | Retrieval Number: H7210068819/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: This article discusses thermal properties of slotted heat transfer matrix of rotary regenerators of small scale gas turbine engines (microturbines). Thermal processes in channels of slotted matrix of rotary regenerator have been predicted, the model of rotary regenerator with slotted heat transfer matrix has been analyzed. The predictions were based on finite volume software, the experiments were carried out on test rig with the regenerator model. Distribution of Nusselt criterion along the channel length as well as stabilized Nusselt criterion are presented. The influence of velocity, sizes, and temperature on stabilized Nusselt criterion has been studied. Experimental and predicted regeneration rates of rotary regenerator with slotted heat transfer matrix are given, their close correlation has been obtained.
Keywords: Heat Exchange, Microturbine, Regenerator, Convection, Nusselt Number, Experiment.

Scope of the Article: Computational Biology