International Journal of Engineering and Technology

The results of strength and gas dynamic improvement of turbocharger TK-32 axial turbine are presented. Turbocharger was manufactured by LLC “Penzadieselmash” (Penza, Russian) and is used as unit boost for diesel locomotive. The goal of this work was to ensure turbine work capacity when rotor speed is increased by 10% without efficiency reduction. The strain-stress state analysis indicated the region of high stresses on rotor blade body at the level of 2/3 of root. These stresses exceed allowable values when rotor speed is increased. The variant of peripheral rotor blade section tangential displacement, allowing to reduce the level of stresses by 20%, was found. Gas dynamic calculation showed that variant of rotor blade modernization results in an increase of efficiency by 0.4%. Also it was shown that the increase in turbine efficiency by 1% can be reached if the number of rotor blades is reduced by 13%. This recommendation was implemented and confirmed experimentally on a mass turbocharger TK-32.