Film cooling represents one of the few game-changing technologies that has allowed the
achievement of today's high firing temperature, high-efficiency gas turbine engines. Over the …

Film cooling on airfoils is a crucial cooling method as the gas turbine industry seeks higher
turbine inlet temperatures. Shaped film cooling holes are widely used in many designs given …

The advancement of turbine cooling has allowed engine design to exceed normal material
temperature limits, but it has introduced complexities that have accentuated the thermal …

The study of gas turbine film cooling encompasses several thousands of technical papers
since the 1960's. Yet today virtually all applications use only two types of film hole …

Introduction of closed-cycle gas turbines with their capability of retaining combustion
generated CO 2 can offer a valuable contribution to the Kyoto goal and to future power …

Film cooling on airfoils is a crucial cooling method as the gas turbine industry seeks higher
turbine inlet temperatures. Shaped film cooling holes are widely used in many designs given …

The advancement of turbine cooling has allowed engine design to exceed normal material
temperature limits, but it has introduced complexities that have accentuated the thermal …

Advanced heat transfer and cooling techniques form one of the major pillars supporting the
continuing development of high efficiency, high power output gas turbine engines …

In order to predict temperature distribution of a rotor blade in a gas turbine on a rated
condition, numerical analyses of conjugate heat transfer of the internally cooled blade were …

About 60% of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect is caused by CO2 emissions, methane,
nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) are responsible for the rest. 90% of the CO2 …