Experimental assessment of the aero-thermal performance of rib roughened trailing edge cooling channels for gas turbine blades

The heat transfer data for the three configurations have been analyzed and compared considering both local and channel-averaged features of the heat transfer fields. In particular, the flow mechanisms responsible for the existence of high or low heat transfer regions have been identified and explained. The effects of the different turbulence promoters on both the flow and heat transfer fields have been put in evidence as well. With the aim to determine the most effective configuration, area averaged heat transfer data have been compared, together with information about the channels pressure losses. Configuration G1 turned out to be the most promising, giving rise to a significant heat transfer enhancement associated to a moderate increase in pressure losses.