Performance of mixed flow compressor with un-shrouded impeller strongly depends upon unsteady, asymmetrical flow fields in the axial directions. The flow through the mixed flow impeller is complex due to three-dimensi...Performance of mixed flow compressor with un-shrouded impeller strongly depends upon unsteady, asymmetrical flow fields in the axial directions. The flow through the mixed flow impeller is complex due to three-dimensional nature of geometry. In mixed flow impeller, there are clearances between the rotating impeller blades and the casing as the high pressure ratio compressors are usually open shrouded impellers. As a result, certain amount of reduction in the performance is unavoidable due to clearance flows. In the present investigations, numerical analysis is performed using a commercial code to investigate tip clearance effects on through flow. The performance of mixed flow impeller with four different clearances between impeller and stationary shroud are evaluated and compared with experimental results. The impeller performance map was obtained for different operating speeds and mass flow rates with different tip clearances. The result shows that the tip leakage flow strongly interacts with mainstream and contributes to total pressure loss and performance reduction. The pressure and performance decrement are approximately linearly proportional to the gap between impeller and stationary shroud.The analysis showed scope for improvement in design of the compressor for better performance in terms of efficiency and operating range.展开更多
Detailed experimental and numerical investigations were performed for an ultra-high-lift front-loaded low-pressure turbine cascade (Zw=1.58) with periodic wakes.The interaction mechanisms between the incoming wakes an...Detailed experimental and numerical investigations were performed for an ultra-high-lift front-loaded low-pressure turbine cascade (Zw=1.58) with periodic wakes.The interaction mechanisms between the incoming wakes and endwall secondary flow were carefully examined.Wakes were produced by moving upstream rods,and flow field downstream of the cascade was measured using a seven-hole probe.Experimental results revealed that incoming wakes influenced not only the boundary layer development of the blade suction surface but also the complex endwall secondary vortex structures.On the suction surface:Incoming wakes clearly suppressed the suction side separation bubble at a low Reynolds number of 25000.Nevertheless,the effects of different wake passing frequencies were not significantly different at Re=100000,and the profile losses under wake passing were even greater than in the absence of wakes.At the end walls:Incoming wakes more strongly suppressed secondary flow at Re=100000 than at Re=25000,because the lowmomentum fluid inside the incoming wakes clearly increased the endwall cross-passage pressure gradient at Re=25000.The experimental results indicated that periodic wakes decreased the passage vortex and counter vortex core strength by 25% and 30%,respectively,at Re=100000.Instantaneous results also demonstrated that endwall secondary vortices decreased significantly near the position of wakes passing.展开更多
A computational model is established to investigate the effects of a periodic gust flow on the wake structure of ventilated supercavities.The effectiveness of the computational model is validated by comparing with ava...A computational model is established to investigate the effects of a periodic gust flow on the wake structure of ventilated supercavities.The effectiveness of the computational model is validated by comparing with available experimental data.Benefited from this numerical model,the vertical velocity characteristics in the entire flow field can be easily monitored and analyzed under the action of a gust generator;further,the unsteady evolution of the flow parameters of the closed region of the supercavity can be captured in any location.To avoid the adverse effects of mounting struts in the experiments and to obtain more realistic results,the wake structure of a ventilated supercavity without mounting struts is investigated.Unsteady changes in the wake morphology and vorticity distribution pattern of the ventilated supercavity are determined.The results demonstrate that the periodic swing of the gust generator can generate a gust flow and,therefore,generate a periodic variation of the ventilated cavitation numberσ.At the peakσ,a re-entrant jet closure appears in the wake of the ventilated supercavity.At the valleyσ,a twin-vortex closure appears in the wake of the ventilated supercavity.For the forward facing model,the twin vortex appears as a pair of centrally rolled-up vortices,due to the closure of vortex is affected by the structure.For the backward facing model,however,the twin vortex appears alternately as a pair of centrally rolled-up vortices and a pair of centrally rolled-down vortices,against the periodic gust flow.展开更多
文摘Performance of mixed flow compressor with un-shrouded impeller strongly depends upon unsteady, asymmetrical flow fields in the axial directions. The flow through the mixed flow impeller is complex due to three-dimensional nature of geometry. In mixed flow impeller, there are clearances between the rotating impeller blades and the casing as the high pressure ratio compressors are usually open shrouded impellers. As a result, certain amount of reduction in the performance is unavoidable due to clearance flows. In the present investigations, numerical analysis is performed using a commercial code to investigate tip clearance effects on through flow. The performance of mixed flow impeller with four different clearances between impeller and stationary shroud are evaluated and compared with experimental results. The impeller performance map was obtained for different operating speeds and mass flow rates with different tip clearances. The result shows that the tip leakage flow strongly interacts with mainstream and contributes to total pressure loss and performance reduction. The pressure and performance decrement are approximately linearly proportional to the gap between impeller and stationary shroud.The analysis showed scope for improvement in design of the compressor for better performance in terms of efficiency and operating range.
基金Financial support for this work from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51876202,51836008)
文摘Detailed experimental and numerical investigations were performed for an ultra-high-lift front-loaded low-pressure turbine cascade (Zw=1.58) with periodic wakes.The interaction mechanisms between the incoming wakes and endwall secondary flow were carefully examined.Wakes were produced by moving upstream rods,and flow field downstream of the cascade was measured using a seven-hole probe.Experimental results revealed that incoming wakes influenced not only the boundary layer development of the blade suction surface but also the complex endwall secondary vortex structures.On the suction surface:Incoming wakes clearly suppressed the suction side separation bubble at a low Reynolds number of 25000.Nevertheless,the effects of different wake passing frequencies were not significantly different at Re=100000,and the profile losses under wake passing were even greater than in the absence of wakes.At the end walls:Incoming wakes more strongly suppressed secondary flow at Re=100000 than at Re=25000,because the lowmomentum fluid inside the incoming wakes clearly increased the endwall cross-passage pressure gradient at Re=25000.The experimental results indicated that periodic wakes decreased the passage vortex and counter vortex core strength by 25% and 30%,respectively,at Re=100000.Instantaneous results also demonstrated that endwall secondary vortices decreased significantly near the position of wakes passing.
基金This study was financially supported by the Taishan Scholars Project of Shandong Province(tsqn201909172)the University Young Innovational Team Program of Shandong Province(2019KJN003)the Natural Scientific Research Innovation Foundation in Harbin Institute of Technology,Weihai(2020)。
文摘A computational model is established to investigate the effects of a periodic gust flow on the wake structure of ventilated supercavities.The effectiveness of the computational model is validated by comparing with available experimental data.Benefited from this numerical model,the vertical velocity characteristics in the entire flow field can be easily monitored and analyzed under the action of a gust generator;further,the unsteady evolution of the flow parameters of the closed region of the supercavity can be captured in any location.To avoid the adverse effects of mounting struts in the experiments and to obtain more realistic results,the wake structure of a ventilated supercavity without mounting struts is investigated.Unsteady changes in the wake morphology and vorticity distribution pattern of the ventilated supercavity are determined.The results demonstrate that the periodic swing of the gust generator can generate a gust flow and,therefore,generate a periodic variation of the ventilated cavitation numberσ.At the peakσ,a re-entrant jet closure appears in the wake of the ventilated supercavity.At the valleyσ,a twin-vortex closure appears in the wake of the ventilated supercavity.For the forward facing model,the twin vortex appears as a pair of centrally rolled-up vortices,due to the closure of vortex is affected by the structure.For the backward facing model,however,the twin vortex appears alternately as a pair of centrally rolled-up vortices and a pair of centrally rolled-down vortices,against the periodic gust flow.
