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Computational fluid dynamics modelling is developed to study steam condensations within turbine blades. The numerical result is validated against experimental data available in the literature. The comparison of pressure distributions at blade pressure and suction sides demonstrates that the numerical results agree well with experimental data. The numerical result shows that the subcooling of steam can achieve 50 K which induces a maximum nucleation rate of approximately 1.77 × 1025 m−3 s−1. The produced liquid wetness reaches around 5% of the total mass of steam.
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Wen, C., Zhu, X., Ding, H., Yang, Y. (2021). Numerical Modelling of Wet Steam Flows in Turbine Blades. In: Wen, C., Yan, Y. (eds) Advances in Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_68
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