In high-pressure turbines, a small amount of air is ejected at the hub rim seal to cool and prevent the ingestion of hot gases into the cavity between the stator and the disk. This paper presents an experimental study of the flow mechanisms that are associated with injection through the hub rim seal at the rotor inlet. Two different injection rates are investigated: nominal sucking of −0.14% of the main massflow and nominal blowing of 0.9%. This investigation is executed on a one-and-1/2-stage axial turbine. The results shown here come from unsteady and steady measurements, which have been acquired upstream and downstream of the rotor. The paper gives a detailed analysis of the changing secondary flow field, as well as unsteady interactions associated with the injection. The injection of fluid causes a very different and generally more unsteady flow field at the rotor exit near the hub. The injection causes the turbine efficiency to deteriorate by about 0.6%.
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