Leakage and Cavity Shape Studies of Labyrinth Seals
Labyrinth seals are a non-contacting sealing device consists of a series of cavities connected by small clearances. They are used in many places in gas turbine engine to optimize and improve their design using CFD, is of interest to this study with newer designs of labyrinth seal. Preliminary investigations were carried out to establish the baseline capability for CFD analysis of labyrinth seals using Fluent and also to finalize the turbulence model with mesh type, thereafter detailed 2-D axi-symmetric analyses with different geometries and configurations. The applications of the new labyrinth seal designs are important to meet future performance of gas turbine goals. This paper presents improved design of canted seal design using RANS equations, with Turbulence two equations k-w turbulence model using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
