This paper reports an experimental research undertaken to explore the performance of a suction slot located in the trailing edge of a representative low-pressure steam turbine fixed blade.
Tests have been made on a 1-in wide section of a full-size hollow blade mounted in a single-blade test section. Typical turbine pressures were reproduced down to 3 inHg (abs.), and blade exit Mach numbers varied in the range 0·57–1·10. With round entry lips, the slot operated satisfactorily in any blade orientation, as it completely removed quantities of water that were in excess of the amount expected under operating conditions. Square entry lips gave somewhat poorer performance.
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