Centrifugal Compressor Impeller Aerodynamics: An Experimental Investigation

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. David Joslyn ◽  
Joost J. Brasz ◽  
Robert P. Dring
Keyword(s):  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Compressor Impeller ◽  
Surface Flow Visualization

The ability to acquire blade loadings (surface pressure distributions) and surface flow visualization on an unshrouded centrifugal compressor impeller is demonstrated. Circumferential and streamwise static pressure distributions acquired on the stationary shroud are also presented. Data was acquired in a new facility designed for centrifugal compressor aerodynamic research. Blade loadings calculated with a blade–to–blade potential flow analysis are compared with the measured results. Surface flow visualization reveals some complex aspects of the flow on the surface of the impeller blading and hub. In a companion paper, Dorney and Davis (1990), a state–of–the–art, three–dimensional, time–accurate, Navier Stokes prediction of the flow through the impeller is presented.

Centrifugal Compressor Impeller Aerodynamics: An Experimental Investigation

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 660-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. D. Joslyn ◽  
J. J. Brasz ◽  
R. P. Dring
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Compressor Impeller ◽  
New Facility ◽  
Surface Flow Visualization

The ability to acquire blade loadings (surface pressure distributions) and surface flow visualization on an unshrouded centrifugal compressor impeller is demonstrated. Circumferential and streamwise static pressure distributions acquired on the stationary shroud are also presented. Data were acquired in a new facility designed for centrifugal compressor aerodynamic research. Blade loadings calculated with a blade-to-blade potential flow analysis are compared with the measured results. Surface flow visualization reveals some complex aspects of the flow on the surface of the impeller blading and hub.

Application of a Three-Dimensional Inverse Method to the Design of a Centrifugal Compressor Impeller

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Demeulenaere ◽  
Olivier Léonard ◽  
René Van den Braembussche
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Inverse Method ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Blade Shape ◽  
Compressor Impeller ◽  
Real Performance ◽  
The Mean

The use of a three-dimensional Euler inverse method for the design of a centrifugal impeller is demonstrated. Both the blade shape and the endwalls are iteratively designed. The meridional contour is modified in order to control the mean velocity level in the blade channel, while the blade shape is designed to achieve a prescribed loading distribution between the inlet and the outlet. The method salves the time dependent Euler equations in a numerical domain of which some boundaries (the blades or the endwalls) move and change shape during the transient part of the computation, until a prescribed pressure distribution is achieved on the blade surfaces. The method is applied to the design of a centrifugal compressor impeller, whose hub endwall and blade surfaces are modified by the inviscid inverse method. The real performance of both initial and modified geometries are compared through three-dimensional Navier-Stokes computations.

Flow Around Two Intersecting Circular Cylinders

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Zdravkovich
Keyword(s):  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Drag Coefficient ◽  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Film Surface ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Oil Film ◽  
Pressure Distributions

One aspect of the flow around two intersecting cylinders, which has attracted little attention so far, is the structure of a three-dimensional near-wake behind the intersection. Some preliminary measurements of pressure distributions along the span were complemented by oil-film surface flow visualization. A strong secondary flow was found in the near-wake which extended spanwise more than three diameters from the intersection. The main feature was the formation of four symmetrically positioned pairs of swirling vortices which originated from the surface of the cylinders. The secondary flow caused an increase in the local drag coefficient.

CFD Analysis of a Centrifugal Compressor Impeller and Volute

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harri Pitkänen ◽  
Hannu Esa ◽  
Petri Sallinen ◽  
Jaakko Larjola
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Recovery Coefficient ◽  
Compressor Impeller ◽  
Compressor Performance ◽  
Pressure Recovery Coefficient

In this study, centrifugal compressor performance was predicted using CFD. Three-dimensional time-averaged impeller and volute simulations were performed using a Navier–Stokes code. The presented performance prediction method has been divided into three phases. Firstly, the impeller was calculated with a vaneless diffuser. That gives inlet boundary conditions for the volute analysis and the pressure ratio at the diffuser exit. Next, the volute analysis was performed and a static pressure recovery coefficient obtained. Finally, that result was combined with the pressure ratio prediction from the impeller analysis, and the overall compressor performance thus obtained.

Simulation of Three-Dimensional Shear Flow Around a Nozzle-Afterbody at High Speeds

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oktay Baysal ◽  
Wendy B. Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Shear Layer ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Turbulent Shear ◽  
Duct Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Eddy Viscosity Model ◽  
Pressure Distributions

Turbulent shear flows at supersonic and hypersonic speeds around a nozzle-afterbody are simulated. The three-dimensional, Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved by a finite-volume and implicit method. The convective and the pressure terms are differenced by an upwind-biased algorithm. The effect of turbulence is incorporated by a modified Baldwin-Lomax eddy viscosity model. The success of the standard Baldwin-Lomax model for this flow type is shown by comparing it to a laminar case. These modifications made to the model are also shown to improve flow prediction when compared to the standard Baldwin-Lomax model. These modifications to the model reflect the effects of high compressibility, multiple walls, vortices near walls, and turbulent memory effects in the shear layer. This numerically simulated complex flowfield includes a supersonic duct flow, a hypersonic flow over an external double corner, a flow through a non-axisymmetric, internal-external nozzle, and a three-dimensional shear layer. The specific application is for the flow around the nozzle-afterbody of a generic hypersonic vehicle powered by a scramjet engine. The computed pressure distributions compared favorably with the experimentally obtained surface and off-surface flow surveys.

Three-Dimensional Flow in an Axial Turbine: Part 1 — Aerodynamic Mechanisms

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Joslyn ◽  
Robert Dring
Keyword(s):  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Temperature Profile ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Three Dimensional Flow ◽  
Axial Turbine ◽  
Physical Mechanisms ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Flow Part

This paper presents an exhaustive experimental documentation of the three–dimensional nature of the flow in a one–and–one–half stage axial turbine. The intent was to examine the flow within, and downstream of, both the stator and rotor airfoil rows so as to delineate the dominant physical mechanisms. Part 1 of this paper presents the aerodynamic results including: (1) airfoil and endwall surface flow visualization, (2) fullspan airfoil pressure distributions, and (3) radial–circumferential distributions of the total and static pressures, and of the yaw and pitch angles in the flow. Part 2 of the paper presents results describing the mixing, or attenuation, of a simulated spanwise inlet temperature profile as it passed through the turbine. Although the flow in each airfoil row possessed a degree of three–dimensionality, that in the rotor was the strongest.

scholarly journals Centrifugal Compressor Impeller Aerodynamics: A Numerical Investigation

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Dorney ◽  
Roger L. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Elliptic Partial Differential Equation ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Design Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Impeller Blade ◽  
Compressor Impeller ◽  
Rotor Stator Interaction

A three-dimensional, Navier-Stokes analysis is presented for the prediction of viscous flows through centrifugal impellers. Based on the Navier-Stokes rotor/stator interaction procedure developed by Rai, the present analysis uses a zonal grid methodology to discretize the impeller flow field and to facilitate the relative motion of the impeller. A blade surface oriented O-grid generated from an elliptic partial differential equation solution procedure is patched into an algebraically generated H-grid which is used to discretize the inlet, exit and blade-to-blade regions. The equations of motion are integrated using a spatially third-order accurate, implicit, iterative, upwind, finite difference, time-marching technique. Predicted results are presented for flow through a low speed centrifugal compressor impeller operating at design flow conditions. Comparison of these predicted results with experimental data demonstrates the capability of this procedure to predict impeller blade loading and provide insight into the secondary flow structure within the impeller blade passage.

Three-Dimensional Flow in an Axial Turbine: Part 1—Aerodynamic Mechanisms

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Joslyn ◽  
R. Dring
Keyword(s):  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Temperature Profile ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Three Dimensional Flow ◽  
Axial Turbine ◽  
Physical Mechanisms ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Flow Part

This paper presents an exhaustive experimental documentation of the three-dimensional nature of the flow in a one-and-one-half stage axial turbine. The intent was to examine the flow within, and downstream of, both the stator and rotor airflow rows so as to delineate the dominant physical mechanisms. Part 1 of this paper presents the aerodynamic results including: (1) airflow and endwall surface flow visualization, (2) full-span airfoil pressure distributions, and (3) radial-circumferential distributions of the total and static pressures, and of the yaw and pitch angles in the flow. Part 2 of the paper presents results describing the mixing, or attenuation, of a simulated spanwise inlet temperature profile as it passed through the turbine. Although the flow in each airfoil row possessed a degree of three-dimensionality, that in the rotor was the strongest.

An axisymmetric ‘fluidic’ nozzle to generate jet precession

1998 ◽  
Vol 370 ◽  
pp. 347-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. NATHAN ◽  
S. J. HILL ◽  
R. E. LUXTON
Keyword(s):  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Sudden Expansion ◽  
Pressure Transducers ◽  
Acoustic Coupling ◽  
Response Pressure ◽  
Surface Flow Visualization

A continuously unstable precessing flow within a short cylindrical chamber following a large sudden expansion is described. The investigation relates to a nozzle designed to produce a jet which achieves large-scale mixing in the downstream field. The inlet flow in the plane of the sudden expansion is well defined and free from asymmetry. Qualitative flow visualization in water and semi-quantitative surface flow visualization in air are reported which identify this precession within the chamber. Quantitative simultaneous measurements from fast-response pressure transducers at four tapping points on the internal walls of the nozzle chamber confirm the presence of the precessing field. The investigation focuses on the flow within the nozzle chamber rather than that in the emerging jet, although the emerging flow is also visualized.Two flow modes are identified: a ‘precessing jet’ mode which is instantaneously highly asymmetric, and a quasi-symmetric ‘axial jet’ mode. The precessing jet mode, on which the investigation concentrates, predominates in the geometric configuration investigated here. A topologically consistent flow field, derived from the visualization and from the fluctuating pressure data, which describes a three-dimensional and time-dependent precessing motion of the jet within the chamber is proposed. The surface flow visualization quantifies the axial distances to lines of positive and negative bifurcation allowing comparison with related flows involving large-scale precession or flapping reported by others. The Strouhal numbers (dimensionless frequencies) of these flows are shown to be two orders of magnitude lower than that measured in the shear layer of the jet entering the chamber. The phenomenon is demonstrated to be unrelated to acoustic coupling.

scholarly journals The Experimental Investigations on the Compressor Cascades With Leaned and Curved Blade

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erbing Shang ◽  
Z. Q. Wang ◽  
J. X. Su
Keyword(s):  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Curved Blade ◽  
Probe Measurements ◽  
Surface Flow Visualization

This paper presents the results of the experimental investigations on the effects of leaned and curved blade of plane axial compressor cascade. The ink trace method has been used for the surface flow visualization. The five-hole probe measurements are performed at the cascade exit 12.5 percent chord downstream, and the static pressure distributions are measured on the endwalls and blade surfaces.

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