Plasma actuated heat transfer

We introduce plasmas for film cooling enhancement in gas turbines and other engineering applications. We identify mechanisms to actuate essentially stagnant fluid just downstream of the cooling hole by employing three-dimensional body force for different hole geometries. Such methods actively alter flow structures in the vicinity of an actuator using an electrodynamic mechanism that induces attachment of cold jet to the work surface. Numerical results are compared with published experimental data and other numerical predictions for the latest film cooling technology. An effectiveness improvement of above 100% over the standard baseline design is predicted.