Automatic genetic optimization approach to two-dimensional blade profile design for steam turbines
- Allen Steam Turbines, Bedford (United Kingdom)
In this paper a systematic approach to the optimization of two-dimensional blade profiles is presented. A genetic optimizer has been developed that modifies the blade profile and calculates its profile loss. This process is automatic, producing profile designs significantly faster and with significantly lower loss than has previously been possible. The optimizer developed uses a genetic algorithm to optimize a two-dimensional profile, defined using 17 parameters, for minimum loss with a given flow condition. The optimizer works with a population of two-dimensional profiles with varied parameters. A CFD mesh is generated for each profile, and the result is analyzed using a two-dimensional blade-to-blade solver, written for steady viscous compressible flow, to determine profile loss. The loss is used as the measure of a profile`s fitness. The optimizer uses this information to select the members of the next population, applying crossovers, mutations, and elitism in the process. Using this method, the optimizer tends toward the best values for the parameters defining the profile with minimum loss.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 330485
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970604-; ISSN 0889-504X; TRN: IM9915%%1
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 121, Issue 1; Conference: 42. international gas turbine and aeroengine congress and exhibition, Orlando, FL (United States), 2-5 Jun 1997; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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