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    HEAT TRANSFER IN COOLED AERO-DERIVATIVE TURBINE BLADE: A NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
    (Journal of NIMechE, 2019-03-15) Orah, A. .M.; Nasir, .A.; Hassan, .A. B.; Bori Ige
    Aero-derivative gas turbines have found extensive applications as mechanical drives and in medium-sized utility power plants. It has a higher efficiency due to its high pressure and temperature operations; hence, the need for proper cooling techniques to achieve the required creep life and attain reliability. In this paper, the heat transfer in a cooled aero-derivative gas turbine blade is determined numerically using the Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) scheme of Computational Fluid Dynamics. The convective heat transfer coefficient of the governing Newton’s law of cooling equation is the basis. A solver was developed for the heat transfer problem based on the selected boundary conditions and designed cooling parameters of the GE PGT25+ aero-derivative gas turbine to obtain the temperature distribution within a cooled blade for 30 minutes in-service operation. There is no significant change in the temperature profiles across the nodal points, varying between 90oC – 600oC. The temperatures within the blade are significantly constant throughout the operating time of the turbine blade, inferring that there was effective heat transfer from the blades to the cooling air since the temperature variation did not exceed the melting point of the blade material. The ADI strategy is, therefore, suitable for heat transfer design computations for complex systems like the gas turbine engine.
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    IMPROVEMENT OF HEAT DISSIPATION RATE OF AN AUTOMOBILE BRAKE DRUM USING FINS INCORPORATION
    (Bartin University, Turkey, 2018-12-31) Bako, .S.; Bori Ige; Musa, .N.; Nasir, .A.
    The concept of incorporation of fins in automobile brake drum came up as a measure to subdue or address the thermal problems associated with it, which ultimately leads to brake failure. In order not to compromise the original weight of brake drum,1/10th of the overall wall thickness of the brake drum was converted into fins on the outer surface of the brake drum for effective heat dissipation. Modeling and simulation analysis were carried out using Solidworks (2013) software, on both the existing and modified brake drum, followed by validation using theoretical finite element analysis. The minimum temperatures observed from the simulation analysis were 4935K and 4927K for the existing and the modified brake drum model respectively. While maximum von Mises stress were 22, 378.9 N/M2 and 21, 971.2 N/M2 and the maximum displacements were 5142 x 10(-5)and 5102 x 10(-5) for the existing and the modified brake drum model respectively. This implied that the modified brake drum have improved strength and better heat dissipation rate than the existing model.