A modified small perturbation stability prediction model for axial compressors with circumferential inlet distortions is established and applied to investigate the effect of fore/aft-loaded rotor on compressor stabili...A modified small perturbation stability prediction model for axial compressors with circumferential inlet distortions is established and applied to investigate the effect of fore/aft-loaded rotor on compressor stability under circumferentially distorted inlet conditions.The inlet total pressure distribution downstream of the distortion screen is measured in experiments and employed for simulations which are implemented via time-space spectral method.The stall inception prediction results via the stability model indicate that the compressor with aft-loaded rotor not only performs better in terms of stability under uniform inlet,but also maintains a larger stability margin under circumferentially distorted inlet.The experiments for compressors with fore-loaded and aft-loaded rotor are respectively carried out.The results validate the reliability of numerical simulations and the predicted conclusion that the aft-loaded rotor is beneficial for compressor stability.Besides,the ability of the developed theoretical model for compressor stability prediction under circumferential distortions is confirmed.In addition,dynamic pressure signals at rotor tip measured in experiments illustrate that the circumferential distortion has little effect on the compressor stall pattern.展开更多
In this paper,a numerical investigation into a spike-type rotating stall process is carried out considering a transonic compressor rotor(the NASA Rotor 37).Through solution of the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Sto...In this paper,a numerical investigation into a spike-type rotating stall process is carried out considering a transonic compressor rotor(the NASA Rotor 37).Through solution of the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS)equations,the evolution process from an initially circumferentially-symmetric near-stall flow field to a stable stall condition is simulated without adding any artificial disturbance.At the near-stall operating point,periodic fluctuations are present in the overall flow of the rotor.Moreover,the blockage region in the channel periodically shifts from middle span to the tip.This fluctuating condition does not directly lead to stall,while the full-annulus calculation eventually evolves to stall.Interestingly,a kind of“early disturbance”feature appears in the dynamic signals,which propagates forward ahead of the rotor.展开更多
Circumferentially non-uniform tip clearances induced by rotor eccentricity significantly affect the overall performance of axial compressors,particularly the stability margin.Currently,Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD...Circumferentially non-uniform tip clearances induced by rotor eccentricity significantly affect the overall performance of axial compressors,particularly the stability margin.Currently,Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)plays a crucial role in the aerodynamic analysis of eccentric compressors.However,conventional full-annulus Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS)simulations are prohibitively expensive for routine design and analysis purposes.To address this issue,the paper presents a novel Fourier-based method,called the Time-Space Collocation(TSC)method,for efficient simulations of eccentric compressors.This method coherently treats temporal and spatial harmonics,making it well-suited to tackle the rotor eccentricity problem,as the perturbation waves induced by eccentricity are time-periodic with respect to the rotor and space-periodic with respect to the stator.Three numerical cases,including NASA Rotor 67,original Stage 67,and Stage 67 with a reduced rotor-stator axial gap,were conducted to verify the effectiveness of the TSC method.The results indicate that,for the rotor eccentricity levels studied in this paper,the influence of weak rotor-stator interactions can be disregarded in the original Stage 67.In this situation,applying three harmonics can accurately capture both the performance variations and the non-uniformly distributed flowfields of eccentric compressors,while achieving a reduction in run time by two orders of magnitude compared to full-annulus URANS simulations.However,in Stage 67 with a reduced rotor-stator axial gap,the results that include rotor-stator interactions align much more closely with the URANS results.Nevertheless,the TSC simulations can still achieve speed-ups of several dozen times.Overall,the TSC method shows promising potential for application within the engineering community.展开更多
基金The research presented here was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52306036 and 52325602)the Science Center for Gas Turbine Project,China(Nos.P2022-A-II-002-001 and P2022-C-II-003-001)+3 种基金the Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2022M720346)the National Science and Technology Major Projectc,China(Nos.Y2022-II-0003-0006 and Y2022-II-0002-0005)Also,the research is supported by the Key Laboratory of Pre-Research Management Centre,China(No.6142702200101)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Nos.YWF-23-Q-1009 and YWF-23-Q-1065).
文摘A modified small perturbation stability prediction model for axial compressors with circumferential inlet distortions is established and applied to investigate the effect of fore/aft-loaded rotor on compressor stability under circumferentially distorted inlet conditions.The inlet total pressure distribution downstream of the distortion screen is measured in experiments and employed for simulations which are implemented via time-space spectral method.The stall inception prediction results via the stability model indicate that the compressor with aft-loaded rotor not only performs better in terms of stability under uniform inlet,but also maintains a larger stability margin under circumferentially distorted inlet.The experiments for compressors with fore-loaded and aft-loaded rotor are respectively carried out.The results validate the reliability of numerical simulations and the predicted conclusion that the aft-loaded rotor is beneficial for compressor stability.Besides,the ability of the developed theoretical model for compressor stability prediction under circumferential distortions is confirmed.In addition,dynamic pressure signals at rotor tip measured in experiments illustrate that the circumferential distortion has little effect on the compressor stall pattern.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51976139)the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation,China(No.ZR2019QA018).
文摘In this paper,a numerical investigation into a spike-type rotating stall process is carried out considering a transonic compressor rotor(the NASA Rotor 37).Through solution of the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS)equations,the evolution process from an initially circumferentially-symmetric near-stall flow field to a stable stall condition is simulated without adding any artificial disturbance.At the near-stall operating point,periodic fluctuations are present in the overall flow of the rotor.Moreover,the blockage region in the channel periodically shifts from middle span to the tip.This fluctuating condition does not directly lead to stall,while the full-annulus calculation eventually evolves to stall.Interestingly,a kind of“early disturbance”feature appears in the dynamic signals,which propagates forward ahead of the rotor.
文摘Circumferentially non-uniform tip clearances induced by rotor eccentricity significantly affect the overall performance of axial compressors,particularly the stability margin.Currently,Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)plays a crucial role in the aerodynamic analysis of eccentric compressors.However,conventional full-annulus Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS)simulations are prohibitively expensive for routine design and analysis purposes.To address this issue,the paper presents a novel Fourier-based method,called the Time-Space Collocation(TSC)method,for efficient simulations of eccentric compressors.This method coherently treats temporal and spatial harmonics,making it well-suited to tackle the rotor eccentricity problem,as the perturbation waves induced by eccentricity are time-periodic with respect to the rotor and space-periodic with respect to the stator.Three numerical cases,including NASA Rotor 67,original Stage 67,and Stage 67 with a reduced rotor-stator axial gap,were conducted to verify the effectiveness of the TSC method.The results indicate that,for the rotor eccentricity levels studied in this paper,the influence of weak rotor-stator interactions can be disregarded in the original Stage 67.In this situation,applying three harmonics can accurately capture both the performance variations and the non-uniformly distributed flowfields of eccentric compressors,while achieving a reduction in run time by two orders of magnitude compared to full-annulus URANS simulations.However,in Stage 67 with a reduced rotor-stator axial gap,the results that include rotor-stator interactions align much more closely with the URANS results.Nevertheless,the TSC simulations can still achieve speed-ups of several dozen times.Overall,the TSC method shows promising potential for application within the engineering community.
