scholarly journals The Influence of Backward Sweep on Aerodynamic Performance of a 1.5-Stage Highly Loaded Axial Compressor

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Huang ◽  
◽  
Chengyu Yang ◽  
Mingyang Wang ◽  
Shenfeng Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Highly Loaded

Effect of Backward Sweep on Aerodynamic Performance of a 1.5-Stage Highly Loaded Axial Compressor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Huang ◽  
Chuangxin Zhou ◽  
Chengwu Yang ◽  
Shengfeng Zhao ◽  
Mingyang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Total Pressure ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Blade Loading ◽  
Stall Margin ◽  
Axial Compressors ◽  
Design Speed ◽  
Total Pressure Ratio ◽  
Highly Loaded

Abstract As a degree of freedom in the three-dimensional blade design of axial compressors, the sweep technique significantly affects the aerodynamic performance of axial compressors. In this paper, the effects of backward sweep rotor configurations on the aerodynamic performance of a 1.5-stage highly loaded axial compressor at different rotational design speeds are studied by numerical simulation. The aim of this work is to improve understanding of the flow mechanism of backward sweep on the aerodynamic performance of a highly loaded axial compressor. A commercial CFD package is employed for flow simulations and analysis. The study found that at the design rotational speed, compared with baseline, backward sweep rotor configurations reduce the blade loading near the leading edge but slightly increases the blade loading near the trailing edge in the hub region. As the degree of backward sweep increases, the stall margin of the 1.5-stage axial compressor increase first and then decrease. Among different backward sweep rotor configurations, the 10% backward sweep rotor configuration has the highest stall margin, which is about 2.5% higher than that of baseline. This is due to the change of downstream stator incidence, which improves flow capacity near the hub region. At 80% rotational design speed, backward sweep rotor configurations improve stall margin and total pressure ratio of the compressor. It’s mainly due to the decreases of the rotor incidence near the middle span, which results in the decreases of separation on the suction surface. At 60% rotational design speed, detached shock disappears. Backward sweep rotor configurations deteriorate stall margin of the compressor, but increase total pressure ratio and adiabatic efficiency when the flow rate is lower than that at peak efficiency condition. Therefore, it’s necessary to consider the flow field structure of axial compressors at whole operating conditions in the design process and use the design freedom of sweep to improve the aerodynamic performance.

Effect of Backward Sweep on Aerodynamic Performance of a 1.5-Stage Highly Loaded Axial Compressor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Huang ◽  
Chengwu Yang ◽  
Chuangxin Zhou ◽  
Mingyang Wang ◽  
Shengfeng Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Highly Loaded

Improving Aerodynamic Performance of a Highly Loaded Compressor Based on Coanda Jet Flap

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Du ◽  
Yiwen Li ◽  
Zhihui Li ◽  
Jichao Li ◽  
Zinan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow Rate ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Coanda Jet ◽  
Highly Loaded

Abstract A novel blowing flow control technique, called Coanda jet flap, to improve the performance of the highly loaded axial compressor is numerically and experimentally investigated in this study. A theoretical model is initially built to guide the preliminary design of the jet velocity. The design and effectiveness of the Coanda jet flap are then studied for two different blade designs: a highly-loaded double-arc blade cascade and a highly-loaded axial compressor stator. The optimal aerodynamic shape of the Coanda jet flap is achieved based on the genetic algorithm in conjunction with the artificial neural networks. A comparison of the flow details between the optimization result and the prototype is then conducted to understand the flow mechanisms responsible for the performance enhancement. The numerical and experimental results show that the Coanda jet effectively improves the aerodynamic performance of the highly loaded cascade. The total pressure loss is reduced by a maximum of 22.4% when the normalized mass flow rate of Coanda jet is equal to 1%. Meanwhile, the static pressure rise coefficient is increased by up to 14% with a 1.5% jet mass flow rate. The cantilevered stator vanes with Coanda jet flap is well-designed and embedded in a 1.5-stage highly loaded axial compressor stage. The numerical data shows that the total number of stator blades can be successfully reduced by 35% with the uncompromised overall performance when the Coanda jet flap is applied.

Effects of stator splitter blades on aerodynamic performance of a single-stage transonic axial compressor

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 7369-7378
Author(s):  
Ky-Quang Pham ◽  
Xuan-Truong Le ◽  
Cong-Truong Dinh
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Operating Stability ◽  
Length Coverage

Splitter blades located between stator blades in a single-stage axial compressor were proposed and investigated in this work to find their effects on aerodynamic performance and operating stability. Aerodynamic performance of the compressor was evaluated using three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations using the k-e turbulence model with a scalable wall function. The numerical results for the typical performance parameters without stator splitter blades were validated in comparison with experimental data. The numerical results of a parametric study using four geometric parameters (chord length, coverage angle, height and position) of the stator splitter blades showed that the operational stability of the single-stage axial compressor enhances remarkably using the stator splitter blades. The splitters were effective in suppressing flow separation in the stator domain of the compressor at near-stall condition which affects considerably the aerodynamic performance of the compressor.

Numerical Investigation of a Cantilevered Compressor Stator at Varying Clearance Sizes

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengwu Yang ◽  
Xingen Lu ◽  
Yanfeng Zhang ◽  
Shengfeng Zhao ◽  
Junqiang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
High Flow ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Streamwise Direction ◽  
Stall Margin ◽  
Axial Compressors ◽  
Pressure Surface ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Highly Loaded

The clearance size of cantilevered stators affects the performance and stability of axial compressors significantly. Numerical calculations were carried out using the commercial software FINE/Turbo for a 2.5-stage highly loaded transonic axial compressor, which is of cantilevered stator for the first stage, at varying hub clearance sizes. The aim of this work is to improve understanding of the impact mechanism of hub clearance on the performance and the flow field in high flow turning conditions. The performance of the front stage and the compressor with different hub clearance sizes of the first stator has been analyzed firstly. Results show that the efficiency decreases as clearance size varies from 0 to 3% of hub chordlength, but the operating range has been extended. For the first stage, the efficiency decreases about 0.5% and the stall margin is extended. The following analysis of detailed flow field in the first stator shows that the clearance leakage flow and elimination of hub corner separation is responsible for the increasing loss and stall margin extending respectively. The effects of hub clearance on the downstream rotor have been discussed lastly. It indicates that the loss of the rotor increases and the flow deteriorates due to increasing of clearance size and hence the leakage mass flow rate, which mainly results from the interaction of upstream leakage flow with the passage flow near pressure surface. The affected region of rotor passage flow field expands in spanwise and streamwise direction as clearance size grows. The hub clearance leakage flow moves upward in span as it flows toward downstream.

Effect of Blade Aspiration Slot Configuration on the Aerodynamic Performance of a Highly Loaded Aspirated Compressor Cascade

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Longxin Zhang ◽  
Le Cai ◽  
Bao Liu ◽  
Jun Ding ◽  
Songtao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Active Flow Control ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Flow Path ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Flow Loss ◽  
Highly Loaded

As a promising active flow control method, boundary layer suction (BLS) can be used to enhance the aerodynamic performance of the highly-loaded compressor effectively, and due to this reason, extensive studies have been carried out on it. However, contrast to those abundant studies focusing on the flow control effects of BLS, little attention has been paid on the design method of the aspiration flow path. This work presents a 3-D steady numerical simulation on a highly-loaded aspirated compressor cascade. The aspiration slot is implemented at its best location based on the previous experimental studies and the aspiration flow rate is fix to 1.5% of the inlet massflow. The plenum configuration follows the blade shape and remains unchanged. One-side-aspiration manner is adopted to simplify the aspiration devices. Two critical geometry parameters, slot angle and slot width, are varied to study the effects of blade aspiration slot configuration on the cascade loss, radial distribution of the aspiration flow rate and inner flow structures within the aspiration flow path. Results show that the slot configuration does affect the cascade performance. In comparison with the throughflow performance, it is especially true once the flow loss caused by the aspiration flow path is also taken into account, and higher flow loss will be generated within the aspiration flow path if an inappropriate scheme is adopted. In the present investigation, apart from the cases with larger negative slot angle, a wider slot is more preferable to a narrower one, since it could enhance the aspiration capacity near the endwall regions and lower the dissipation loss within the aspiration flow path. In terms of the slot angle, a larger negative value, i.e., the slot direction more aligned with the incoming flow, is not beneficial to improve the throughflow performance, while concerning the flow loss yield by the aspiration flow path, a proper negative slot angle is always optimal.

scholarly journals Optimization Design of a 2.5 Stage Highly Loaded Axial Compressor with a Bezier Surface Modeling Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3860
Author(s):  
Song Huang ◽  
Jinxin Cheng ◽  
Chengwu Yang ◽  
Chuangxin Zhou ◽  
Shengfeng Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
High Dimensions ◽  
Peak Efficiency ◽  
Stall Margin ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Highly Loaded ◽  
Three Dimensional Space

Due to the complexity of the internal flow field of compressors, the aerodynamic design and optimization of a highly loaded axial compressor with high performance still have three problems, which are rich engineering design experience, high dimensions, and time-consuming calculations. To overcome these three problems, this paper takes an engineering-designed 2.5-stage highly loaded axial flow compressor as an example to introduce the design process and the adopted design philosophies. Then, this paper verifies the numerical method of computational fluid dynamics. A new Bezier surface modeling method for the entire suction surface and pressure surface of blades is developed, and the multi-island genetic algorithm is directly used for further optimization. Only 32 optimization variables are used to optimize the rotors and stators of the compressor, which greatly overcome the problem of high dimensions, time-consuming calculations, and smooth blade surfaces. After optimization, compared with the original compressor, the peak efficiency is still improved by 0.12%, and the stall margin is increased by 2.69%. The increase in peak efficiency is mainly due to the rotors. Compared with the original compressor, for the second-stage rotor, the adiabatic efficiency is improved by about 0.4%, which is mainly due to the decreases of total pressure losses in the range of above 30% of the span height and 10%–30% of the chord length. Besides, for the original compressor, due to deterioration of the flow field near the tip region of the second-stage stator, the large low-speed region eventually evolves from corner separation into corner stall with three-dimensional space spiral backflow. For the optimized compressor, the main reason for the increased stall margin is that the flow field of the second-stage stator with a span height above 50% is improved, and the separation area and three-dimensional space spiral backflow are reduced.

Alleviation of Shock-Wave Effects on a Highly Loaded Axial Compressor Through Novel Blade Shaping

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair John ◽  
Shahrokh Shahpar ◽  
Ning Qin
Keyword(s):  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
3D Design ◽  
Free Form Deformation ◽  
Wave Effects ◽  
Simulation Optimisation ◽  
Highly Loaded

This paper describes the use of the Free-Form-Deformation [1] parameterisation method to create a novel blade shape for a highly loaded, transonic axial compressor. The novel geometry makes use of pre-compression (via an S-shaping of the blade around mid-span) to weaken the shock and improve the aerodynamic performance. It has been known for some time that reducing the pre-shock Mach number of transonic compressors (via pre-compression) can improve their efficiency [2]. However, early attempts at this in the 60s [3] showed undesirable results (such as bi-stable operation), leading the design community to shy away from using pre-compression [4]. This issue is re-addressed here. It is shown that using modern simulation, optimisation and a 3D design, large amounts of pre-compression may be employed without the negative effects that plagued early attempts. This paper shows how Free-Form-Deformation offers superior flexibility over traditionally used parameterisation methods. The novel design (produced via an efficient optimisation method) is presented and the resulting flow analysed in detail. The efficiency benefit is over 2%, surpassing other results in the literature for the same geometry. The pre-compression effect of the S-shape is analysed and explained, and the entropy increase across the shock (along the mid-blade line) is shown to be reduced by almost 80%. Adjoint surface sensitivity analysis of the datum and optimised designs is presented, showing that the S-shape is located in the region predicted to be most significant for changes in efficiency. Finally the off-design performance of the blade is analysed across the rotor characteristics at various speeds.

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