Effects of the layout of film holes near the vane leading edge on the endwall cooling and phantom cooling of the vane suction side surface

In the current research, effects of the layout of film holes near the first-stage vane leading edge on the endwall cooling and phantom cooling of the vane suction side surface were numerically studied. The computational results indicate that the case with a positive film-hole angle achieves a higher cooling effectiveness level on the endwall and vane suction side surface compared to the case with a corresponding negative film-hole angle. Furthermore, the location of the film hole has a significant influence on the cooling performance of the endwall and vane suction side surface. In addition, the case with a smaller distance from film holes to the vane stagnation also attains a slightly higher cooling effectiveness (phantom cooling effectiveness) on the vane suction side surface.