Centrifugal compressors with parallel-wall and contracting wall vaneless diffuser are designed by using centrifugal compressor computer-aided integrated design system. The internal flow fields of the compressor are ca...Centrifugal compressors with parallel-wall and contracting wall vaneless diffuser are designed by using centrifugal compressor computer-aided integrated design system. The internal flow fields of the compressor are calculated by solving three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation. Four aspects are investigated and calculation results show that the total efficiencies and total pressure ratios of the compressor with contracting wall vandess diffuser is higher than that of the compressor with parallel-wall. The jet and wake don＇t mix rapidly inside vandess diffuser. The outlet blade lean angle doesn＇t affect the compressor performance. The greater the mass flow rate through impeller, the more uneven the velocity distribution at impeller outlet is.展开更多
The stability of the flow in the vaneless diffuser of a centrifugal compressor is studied with the linear theory. The characteristics of direct and adjoint perturbation modes are investigated,and the receptivity of th...The stability of the flow in the vaneless diffuser of a centrifugal compressor is studied with the linear theory. The characteristics of direct and adjoint perturbation modes are investigated,and the receptivity of the instability mode to momentum forcing or mass injection is identified based on the adjoint modes. Analysis shows that the perturbation with the largest amplitude is located at the outlet of the vaneless diffuser, while the highest-receptivity region is located in the middle of the vaneless diffuser along the radial direction. The large difference between the direct and adjoint modes indicates that the instability mechanism cannot be identified from a study of either eigenmode separately. Therefore, the structural sensitivity analysis is adopted to study the feedback of the instability mode. The structural sensitivity of the eigenvalue which is proportional to the perturbation pressure and velocity is used to explain the mechanism of flow control for the vaneless diffuser.展开更多
The unstable flow phenomena in compressors, such as stall and surge, are closely related to the e ciency and the operating region. It is indispensable to capture the unstable flow structure in compressors and understa...The unstable flow phenomena in compressors, such as stall and surge, are closely related to the e ciency and the operating region. It is indispensable to capture the unstable flow structure in compressors and understand the mechanism of flow instability at low flow rates. Cooperated with the manufacturer, an industrial centrifugal compressor with a vaneless di user is tested by its performance test rig and our multi-phase dynamic measurement system. Many dynamic pressure transducers are circumferentially mounted on the casing surface at seven radial locations, spanning the impeller region and the di user inlet region. The pressure fields from the design condition to surge are measured in details. Based on the multi-phase dynamic signals, the original location of stall occurring can be determined. Meanwhile, the information of the unstable flow structure is obtained, such as the circumferential mode and the propagating speed of stall cells. To get more details of the vortex structure, an unsteady simulation of this tested compressor is carried out. The computational result is well matched with the experimental result and further illustrates how the unstable flow structure in the impeller region gradually a ects the stability of the total machine at low flow rates. The dynamic mode decomposition(DMD) method is applied to get the specific flow pattern corresponding to the stall frequency. Both experimental and computational analysis show that the flow structure at a particular radial location in the impeller region has a great impact on the stall and surge. Some di erences between the computational and experimental result are also discussed. Through these two main analytical methods, an insight into the unstable flow structure in an industrial compressor is gained. The result also plays a crucial role in the guidance of the compressor stabilization techniques.展开更多
At present, off-design centrifugal compressor suffers from great instabilities, such as rotating stall and surge, which lead to work failure, strong pressure fluctuations, and violent vibrations of the entire system. ...At present, off-design centrifugal compressor suffers from great instabilities, such as rotating stall and surge, which lead to work failure, strong pressure fluctuations, and violent vibrations of the entire system. One cause of these instabilities is the rotating stall occurring in vaneless diffuser. In this review, recent researches on rotating stall of vaneless diffuser in centrifugal compressor are reviewed, and its inductive mechanism and characteristic description are emphatically introduced. In vaneless diffuser, the rotating stall starts up and fully develops under non-design conditions with the characteristic of increasing pressure fluctuation amplitude. The negative effects of rotating stall include reverse flow and vortex, both of which have significant effects on the instability of centrifugal compressors. Some improvement methods of rotating stall are also introduced, and a lot of examples are given. Finally, some suggestions and discussions are put forward for the future work.展开更多
This study presents a numerical simulation of the stall and surge in a centrifugal compressor and presents a description of the stall development in two different cases.The first case is for a compressor with vaneless...This study presents a numerical simulation of the stall and surge in a centrifugal compressor and presents a description of the stall development in two different cases.The first case is for a compressor with vaneless diffuser and the second is for a compressor with vaned diffuser of the vane island shape.The main aim of this study is to compare the flow characteristics and behavior for the two compressors near the surge operating condition and provide further understanding of the diffuser role when back flow occurs at surge.Results showed that for a location near the diffuser entrance,the amplitude of the static pressure fluctuations for the vaneless diffuser case is higher than that for the vaned diffuser case near surge condition.These pressure fluctuations in the case of the vaneless diffuser appear with a gradual decrease of the mean pressure value as a part of the surge cycle.While for the case of the vaned diffuser,the pressure drop during surge occurs faster than the case of the vaneless diffuser.Also,results indicated that during surge in the case of vaneless diffuser,there is a region with low velocity and back flow that appears as a layer connecting all impeller passages near shroud surface and this layer develops in size with time.On the other hand,for the case of vaned diffuser during surge,the low velocity regions appear in random locations in some passages and these regions expand with time towards the shroud surface.Results showed that during stall,the impeller passages are exposed to identical impact from stall cells in the case of vaneless diffuser while the stall effect varies from passage to another in the case of the vaned diffuser.展开更多
To study the stall mechanism in a wide vaneless diffuser,a three-dimensional centrifugal compressor model was established.The numerical simulation method was used to study the fluid characteristics in a centrifugal co...To study the stall mechanism in a wide vaneless diffuser,a three-dimensional centrifugal compressor model was established.The numerical simulation method was used to study the fluid characteristics in a centrifugal compressor with a wide vaneless diffuser under stall conditions.The simulated results showed that the wide vaneless diffuser stall was related to the instability of the core flow.Due to the influence of the reflow,the core flows moved between the hub and shroud side and the directions were not consistent.This was called core flow distortion,which triggered the rotating stall.The reflow first appeared at the outlet boundary of the diffuser,and the reflux gradually expanded to the inside of the diffuser as the impeller rotated.Eventually,the reflux zones grew and merged,forming a stable low-speed fluid regiment,which produced a stall cell.The stall cells rotated around themselves with an opposite direction with impeller.展开更多
Unsteady static pressure was measured and time-accurate numerical simulations were conducted in order to analyze unsteady behaviour of the centrifugal compressor diffuser. The unsteady static pressure was measured at ...Unsteady static pressure was measured and time-accurate numerical simulations were conducted in order to analyze unsteady behaviour of the centrifugal compressor diffuser. The unsteady static pressure was measured at the diffuser inlet and outlet at three different circumferential positions. Operation points near the surge, the design operation point and operation point near the choke were used in measurements. The time-accurate simulations were conducted at the design operation point and operation point near the choke. The whole compressor was modelled and the low Reynolds number k-εturbulence model was utilized in numerical simulations. The gathered numerical and experimental unsteady pressures were compared with each other.展开更多
The paper refers to the behavior of a vaneless diffuser of a radial flow pump in partial flow operating conditions. Some experimental data have been obtained using 2D/2C PIV and unsteady pressure measurements within t...The paper refers to the behavior of a vaneless diffuser of a radial flow pump in partial flow operating conditions. Some experimental data have been obtained using 2D/2C PIV and unsteady pressure measurements within the diffuser, in various operating conditions. The experimental results at the lower flow rate are compared with two-dimensional numerical calculations.展开更多
The rotating stall mechanism is of high importance for the stability of centrifugal compressors and thermal power cycles.The majority of research concerning this topic has concentrated on the initial stall phase.Howev...The rotating stall mechanism is of high importance for the stability of centrifugal compressors and thermal power cycles.The majority of research concerning this topic has concentrated on the initial stall phase.However,the evolution of stall cells in wide-long diffusers has not been comprehensively studied.In this paper,the causes of rotating stall in the wide-long diffuser and the three-dimensional evolution mechanism of stall cells during the stall process were thoroughly analyzed.During the stall induction phase,an annulus vortex structure was found in the reverse-flow zone near the hub side of the diffuser outlet,which was the initial form of stall cells.The whole evolution process of stall cells was divided into three phases as the flow rate decreased.During the initial stall phase,the dynamic equilibrium was built under effects of the impeller wake and the adverse pressure gradient.As a result,the number of stall cells was kept at seven and the size of stall cells remained constant.During the transition phase,the flow in the diffuser became unstable.Stall cells extended to the impeller outlet,and the effect of the wake flow was strengthened significantly.Stall cells started integrating and separating regularly.As a result,the number and propagation speed of stall cells varied periodically at a constant mass flow rate.During the deep stall phase,the size of stall cells remained unchanged,and the number of stall cells kept at one.This study has important practical guidance and engineering value for the high-efficiency design and safe operation of centrifugal compressors.展开更多
This study focuses on the vaneless diffuser of a centrifugal compressor. The examined stage consists of an unshrouded impeller, a parallel wall vaneless diffuser and a volute. The walls of the diffuser were movable al...This study focuses on the vaneless diffuser of a centrifugal compressor. The examined stage consists of an unshrouded impeller, a parallel wall vaneless diffuser and a volute. The walls of the diffuser were movable allowing different pinch configurations to be investigated. The baseline geometry had no pinch i.e. the height of the diffuser was equal to the height of the impeller flow channel plus the axial running clearance. The work consists of both numerical and experimental parts. Quasi-steady, turbulent, fully 3D numerical simulations were conducted. The inlet cone, rotor and diffuser were modelled. Six different configurations were studied. The height of the pinch was altered and the pinch made to different walls was tested. Two of the numerically studied cases were also experimentally investigated. The overall performance of the compressor, the circumferential static and total pressure and the spanwise total pressure distribution before and after the diffuser were measured. The numerical and experimental studies showed that the pinch improved the efficiency of the compressor.展开更多
The rotating stall in a centrifugal compressor with a vaneless diffuser was investigated both experimentally and numerically with focus on the effect of the internal flow field within the impeller on the diffuser stal...The rotating stall in a centrifugal compressor with a vaneless diffuser was investigated both experimentally and numerically with focus on the effect of the internal flow field within the impeller on the diffuser stall.Through numerical analysis,the boundary layer separation at the impeller outlet was found to play an important role in the expansion and rotation processes of the diffuser stall.In particular,the expanded boundary layer separation near the hub side at the outlet of the main blade(M.B.)suction surface passage was considered to be the main cause of the expansion and rotation processes.A longitudinal vortex existed at the throat of the M.B.passage,and the mass flow rate in the M.B.passage was significantly reduced by the blockage effect.In addition,the longitudinal vortex induced the rolling up flow near the hub side at the impeller exit.Thus,the boundary layer separation expanded.展开更多
文摘Centrifugal compressors with parallel-wall and contracting wall vaneless diffuser are designed by using centrifugal compressor computer-aided integrated design system. The internal flow fields of the compressor are calculated by solving three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation. Four aspects are investigated and calculation results show that the total efficiencies and total pressure ratios of the compressor with contracting wall vandess diffuser is higher than that of the compressor with parallel-wall. The jet and wake don＇t mix rapidly inside vandess diffuser. The outlet blade lean angle doesn＇t affect the compressor performance. The greater the mass flow rate through impeller, the more uneven the velocity distribution at impeller outlet is.
文摘The stability of the flow in the vaneless diffuser of a centrifugal compressor is studied with the linear theory. The characteristics of direct and adjoint perturbation modes are investigated,and the receptivity of the instability mode to momentum forcing or mass injection is identified based on the adjoint modes. Analysis shows that the perturbation with the largest amplitude is located at the outlet of the vaneless diffuser, while the highest-receptivity region is located in the middle of the vaneless diffuser along the radial direction. The large difference between the direct and adjoint modes indicates that the instability mechanism cannot be identified from a study of either eigenmode separately. Therefore, the structural sensitivity analysis is adopted to study the feedback of the instability mode. The structural sensitivity of the eigenvalue which is proportional to the perturbation pressure and velocity is used to explain the mechanism of flow control for the vaneless diffuser.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51276108)
文摘The unstable flow phenomena in compressors, such as stall and surge, are closely related to the e ciency and the operating region. It is indispensable to capture the unstable flow structure in compressors and understand the mechanism of flow instability at low flow rates. Cooperated with the manufacturer, an industrial centrifugal compressor with a vaneless di user is tested by its performance test rig and our multi-phase dynamic measurement system. Many dynamic pressure transducers are circumferentially mounted on the casing surface at seven radial locations, spanning the impeller region and the di user inlet region. The pressure fields from the design condition to surge are measured in details. Based on the multi-phase dynamic signals, the original location of stall occurring can be determined. Meanwhile, the information of the unstable flow structure is obtained, such as the circumferential mode and the propagating speed of stall cells. To get more details of the vortex structure, an unsteady simulation of this tested compressor is carried out. The computational result is well matched with the experimental result and further illustrates how the unstable flow structure in the impeller region gradually a ects the stability of the total machine at low flow rates. The dynamic mode decomposition(DMD) method is applied to get the specific flow pattern corresponding to the stall frequency. Both experimental and computational analysis show that the flow structure at a particular radial location in the impeller region has a great impact on the stall and surge. Some di erences between the computational and experimental result are also discussed. Through these two main analytical methods, an insight into the unstable flow structure in an industrial compressor is gained. The result also plays a crucial role in the guidance of the compressor stabilization techniques.
基金This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11602085)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(Grant No.2018MS107)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.E2016502098).
文摘At present, off-design centrifugal compressor suffers from great instabilities, such as rotating stall and surge, which lead to work failure, strong pressure fluctuations, and violent vibrations of the entire system. One cause of these instabilities is the rotating stall occurring in vaneless diffuser. In this review, recent researches on rotating stall of vaneless diffuser in centrifugal compressor are reviewed, and its inductive mechanism and characteristic description are emphatically introduced. In vaneless diffuser, the rotating stall starts up and fully develops under non-design conditions with the characteristic of increasing pressure fluctuation amplitude. The negative effects of rotating stall include reverse flow and vortex, both of which have significant effects on the instability of centrifugal compressors. Some improvement methods of rotating stall are also introduced, and a lot of examples are given. Finally, some suggestions and discussions are put forward for the future work.
基金NPRP grant No.4-651-2-242 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation)
文摘This study presents a numerical simulation of the stall and surge in a centrifugal compressor and presents a description of the stall development in two different cases.The first case is for a compressor with vaneless diffuser and the second is for a compressor with vaned diffuser of the vane island shape.The main aim of this study is to compare the flow characteristics and behavior for the two compressors near the surge operating condition and provide further understanding of the diffuser role when back flow occurs at surge.Results showed that for a location near the diffuser entrance,the amplitude of the static pressure fluctuations for the vaneless diffuser case is higher than that for the vaned diffuser case near surge condition.These pressure fluctuations in the case of the vaneless diffuser appear with a gradual decrease of the mean pressure value as a part of the surge cycle.While for the case of the vaned diffuser,the pressure drop during surge occurs faster than the case of the vaneless diffuser.Also,results indicated that during surge in the case of vaneless diffuser,there is a region with low velocity and back flow that appears as a layer connecting all impeller passages near shroud surface and this layer develops in size with time.On the other hand,for the case of vaned diffuser during surge,the low velocity regions appear in random locations in some passages and these regions expand with time towards the shroud surface.Results showed that during stall,the impeller passages are exposed to identical impact from stall cells in the case of vaneless diffuser while the stall effect varies from passage to another in the case of the vaned diffuser.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11602085)Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.E2016502098)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Grant No.2018MS107)。
文摘To study the stall mechanism in a wide vaneless diffuser,a three-dimensional centrifugal compressor model was established.The numerical simulation method was used to study the fluid characteristics in a centrifugal compressor with a wide vaneless diffuser under stall conditions.The simulated results showed that the wide vaneless diffuser stall was related to the instability of the core flow.Due to the influence of the reflow,the core flows moved between the hub and shroud side and the directions were not consistent.This was called core flow distortion,which triggered the rotating stall.The reflow first appeared at the outlet boundary of the diffuser,and the reflux gradually expanded to the inside of the diffuser as the impeller rotated.Eventually,the reflux zones grew and merged,forming a stable low-speed fluid regiment,which produced a stall cell.The stall cells rotated around themselves with an opposite direction with impeller.
文摘Unsteady static pressure was measured and time-accurate numerical simulations were conducted in order to analyze unsteady behaviour of the centrifugal compressor diffuser. The unsteady static pressure was measured at the diffuser inlet and outlet at three different circumferential positions. Operation points near the surge, the design operation point and operation point near the choke were used in measurements. The time-accurate simulations were conducted at the design operation point and operation point near the choke. The whole compressor was modelled and the low Reynolds number k-εturbulence model was utilized in numerical simulations. The gathered numerical and experimental unsteady pressures were compared with each other.
文摘The paper refers to the behavior of a vaneless diffuser of a radial flow pump in partial flow operating conditions. Some experimental data have been obtained using 2D/2C PIV and unsteady pressure measurements within the diffuser, in various operating conditions. The experimental results at the lower flow rate are compared with two-dimensional numerical calculations.
基金supports of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52076079)Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(E2022502048,E2020502013)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2022MS085,2023MS121)Post-graduate's Innovation Fund Project of Hebei Province(No.CXZZSS2024162,No.CXZZBS2024165)。
文摘The rotating stall mechanism is of high importance for the stability of centrifugal compressors and thermal power cycles.The majority of research concerning this topic has concentrated on the initial stall phase.However,the evolution of stall cells in wide-long diffusers has not been comprehensively studied.In this paper,the causes of rotating stall in the wide-long diffuser and the three-dimensional evolution mechanism of stall cells during the stall process were thoroughly analyzed.During the stall induction phase,an annulus vortex structure was found in the reverse-flow zone near the hub side of the diffuser outlet,which was the initial form of stall cells.The whole evolution process of stall cells was divided into three phases as the flow rate decreased.During the initial stall phase,the dynamic equilibrium was built under effects of the impeller wake and the adverse pressure gradient.As a result,the number of stall cells was kept at seven and the size of stall cells remained constant.During the transition phase,the flow in the diffuser became unstable.Stall cells extended to the impeller outlet,and the effect of the wake flow was strengthened significantly.Stall cells started integrating and separating regularly.As a result,the number and propagation speed of stall cells varied periodically at a constant mass flow rate.During the deep stall phase,the size of stall cells remained unchanged,and the number of stall cells kept at one.This study has important practical guidance and engineering value for the high-efficiency design and safe operation of centrifugal compressors.
文摘This study focuses on the vaneless diffuser of a centrifugal compressor. The examined stage consists of an unshrouded impeller, a parallel wall vaneless diffuser and a volute. The walls of the diffuser were movable allowing different pinch configurations to be investigated. The baseline geometry had no pinch i.e. the height of the diffuser was equal to the height of the impeller flow channel plus the axial running clearance. The work consists of both numerical and experimental parts. Quasi-steady, turbulent, fully 3D numerical simulations were conducted. The inlet cone, rotor and diffuser were modelled. Six different configurations were studied. The height of the pinch was altered and the pinch made to different walls was tested. Two of the numerically studied cases were also experimentally investigated. The overall performance of the compressor, the circumferential static and total pressure and the spanwise total pressure distribution before and after the diffuser were measured. The numerical and experimental studies showed that the pinch improved the efficiency of the compressor.
文摘The rotating stall in a centrifugal compressor with a vaneless diffuser was investigated both experimentally and numerically with focus on the effect of the internal flow field within the impeller on the diffuser stall.Through numerical analysis,the boundary layer separation at the impeller outlet was found to play an important role in the expansion and rotation processes of the diffuser stall.In particular,the expanded boundary layer separation near the hub side at the outlet of the main blade(M.B.)suction surface passage was considered to be the main cause of the expansion and rotation processes.A longitudinal vortex existed at the throat of the M.B.passage,and the mass flow rate in the M.B.passage was significantly reduced by the blockage effect.In addition,the longitudinal vortex induced the rolling up flow near the hub side at the impeller exit.Thus,the boundary layer separation expanded.
