The pressure fluctuation in the flow passage of both impeller and casing is addressed on design condition. The initial conditions for the unsteady turbulent simulation are resulted from the steady calculations, and th...The pressure fluctuation in the flow passage of both impeller and casing is addressed on design condition. The initial conditions for the unsteady turbulent simulation are resulted from the steady calculations, and the three dimensional unsteady turbulent simulation concerning the rotor-stator interaction is executed by a Navier-Stoke solver embedded with k -ε turbulence model and with appropriate moving interface boundary conditions. Detecting points are distributed in the flow passage in different radial and circumferential positions to capture the static pressure fluctuation character for one cycle of the impeller. The time-domain spectrums show that the static pressure curves are periodic and have five peaks and five valleys. With the radius increasing, the pressure fluctuation peak-to-peak values in the impeller are increasing, and reach the maximum value on the interface. In the casing flow passage, those values are about 7% of local static pressure except some ones near the tongue. The values become decreasingly in the diffuser pipe. The frequency spectrums transformed by fast Fourier transform （FFT） show that the dominant frequency is approximate with the blade passing frequency, and the pressure fluctuations in impeller passage have high frequency content while those in casing ones have no such information.展开更多
The paper is concerned with the fluid flow in the impeller side clearances of a centrifugal pump with volute cas-ing.The flow conditions in these small axial gaps are of significant importance for a number of effects ...The paper is concerned with the fluid flow in the impeller side clearances of a centrifugal pump with volute cas-ing.The flow conditions in these small axial gaps are of significant importance for a number of effects such as disk friction,leakage losses or hydraulic axial thrust to name but a few.In the investigated single stage pump,the flow pattern in the volute turns out to be asymmetric even at design flow rate.To gain a detailed insight into the flow structure,numerical simulations of the complete pump including the impeller side clearances are accom-plished.Additionally,the hydraulic head and the radial pressure distributions in the impeller side clearances are measured and compared with the numerical results.Two configurations of the impeller,either with or without balancing holes,are examined.Moreover,three different operating points,i.e.:design point,part load or overload conditions are considered.In addition,analytical calculations are accomplished to determine the pressure distri-butions in the impeller side clearances.If accurate boundary conditions are available,the 1D flow models used in this paper can provide reasonable results for the radial static pressure distribution in the impeller side clearances.Furthermore,a counter rotating wake region develops in the rear impeller side clearances in absence of balancing holes which severely affects the inflow and outflow conditions of the cavity in circumferential direction.展开更多
The paper refers to the analysis of interactions between the impeller and the vaned diffuser based on the air model of a radial flow pump.The study deals with a numerical simulation of the flow for a full 360°ent...The paper refers to the analysis of interactions between the impeller and the vaned diffuser based on the air model of a radial flow pump.The study deals with a numerical simulation of the flow for a full 360°entire impeller and diffuser.The task is carried out closely under the design operating conditions and for one particular position of the impeller blade with respect to the diffuser frame.Among all the results,the focus is mainly on the flow pattern at the exit part inside the impeller facing the diffuser vanes.The results are compared to the available PIV measurements.展开更多
In this paper,the response characteristics of dry friction backward whirl of a general rotor/stator model,which accounts for both the dynamics of the rotor and the stator as well as the friction and the deformation at...In this paper,the response characteristics of dry friction backward whirl of a general rotor/stator model,which accounts for both the dynamics of the rotor and the stator as well as the friction and the deformation at the contact surfaces,are investigated.The existence boundaries and the whirl frequencies of the dry friction backward whirl are determined analytically.It is found that there are two or three existence boundaries of the dry friction backward whirl that usually form two existence regions,either standing completely separately,or overlapping each other partly,or one containing the other completely,depending upon the system parameters.The whirl frequencies in the two existence regions are quite different and may jump between the lower and the higher values with the variation of the rotating speed.The results have been found to have good correspondence in the related rotor/stator rubbing experiments.展开更多
Sand erosion is a phenomenon where solid particles impinging to a wall cause serious mechanical damages to the wall surface. This phenomenon is a typical gas-particle two-phase turbulent flow and a multi-physics probl...Sand erosion is a phenomenon where solid particles impinging to a wall cause serious mechanical damages to the wall surface. This phenomenon is a typical gas-particle two-phase turbulent flow and a multi-physics problem where the flow field, particle trajectory and wall deformation interact with each other. On the other hand, aircraft engines operating in a particulate environment are subjected to the performance and lifetime deterioration due to sand erosion. Especially, the compressor of the aircraft engines is severely damaged. The flow fields of the compressor have strongly three dimensional and unsteady natures. In order to estimate the deterioration due to sand erosion, the sand erosion simulation for a compressor is required under the consideration of the rotor-stator interaction. In the present study, we apply our three dimensional sand erosion prediction code to a single stage axial flow compressor. We numerically investigate the change of the flow field, the particle trajectories, and the eroded wall shape in the compressor, to clarify the effects of sand erosion in the compressor.展开更多
The outlet flow fields of a low-speed repeating-stage compressor with bowed stator stages are measured with five-hole probe under the near stall condition when the rotor/stator axial gap varies. The performances of th...The outlet flow fields of a low-speed repeating-stage compressor with bowed stator stages are measured with five-hole probe under the near stall condition when the rotor/stator axial gap varies. The performances of the straight stator stages are investigated and compared to those of the bowed stator stages. The results show that using bowed stator stages could alleviate the flow separation at both upper and low corners of the suction surface and the endwalls, and decrease the losses along the flow passage as well as the outlet flow angle. As the rotor/stator axial gap decreases, although the diffusion capacity of the compressor increases obviously, the outlet flow field in the straight stator stages deteriorates quickly. By contrast, little changes occur in the bowed stator stages, indicating that as the rotor/stator axial gap decreases, improved performance is achieved in the bowed stator stages.展开更多
This paper deals with the experimental quantification of the unsteady effects of the interactions between rotor and stator rows in high speed compressors. Due to the fact that the levels of the periodic fluctuations a...This paper deals with the experimental quantification of the unsteady effects of the interactions between rotor and stator rows in high speed compressors. Due to the fact that the levels of the periodic fluctuations arising from the unsteady interaction may be low compared with the random fluctuations arising from the measurement uncertainties, it is crucial to minimize the errors inherent to the used technique. The first part of the paper concentrates on technical details relative to the experimental process. The second part is devoted to the data post-processing. Two tools for analysing the rotor-stator interactions are presented. The first tool is based on a decomposition of the flow field which was initially introduced to solve numerical problems when attempting to calculate the flow field in a multi-row configuration. The second tool is based on a spectral analysis of the signal, that qualifies the interaction in a sense of circumferential spinning lobes. Experimental results obtained within both an axial and a centrifugal high speed compressors are used to illustrate the data processing. In both cases, the effects of the unsteady interaction are quantified.展开更多
Numerical investigation of the unsteady flow variability driven by rotorstator interaction in a transonic axial compressor is performed. Two models with close and far axial gap between rotor and stator rows are studie...Numerical investigation of the unsteady flow variability driven by rotorstator interaction in a transonic axial compressor is performed. Two models with close and far axial gap between rotor and stator rows are studied in the simulation. Particular attention is attached to the analysis of mechanisms involved in driving rotor wake oscillation, rotor wake skewing and flow angle fluctuation at rotor exit. The results show that smaller axial gap is favorable to enhance the interaction in the region between two adjacent rows, and the fluctuation of the static pressure difference between two sides of rotor wake is improved by potential field from down stator, which is the driving force for rotor wake oscillation. The interaction between rotor and stator is weakened by increasing axial distance, rotor wake shifts to suction side of rotor blade with 5%-10% of rotor pitch, the absolute value of flow angle at rotor exit is less than that in the case of close interspace for every time step, and the fluctuation amplitude is also decreased.展开更多
In this study, an advanced Lagrangian vortex- boundary element method is applied to simulate the unsteady impeller-diffuser interactions in a diffuser pump not only for design but also for off-design considerations. I...In this study, an advanced Lagrangian vortex- boundary element method is applied to simulate the unsteady impeller-diffuser interactions in a diffuser pump not only for design but also for off-design considerations. In velocity calculations based on the Biot-Savart law we do not have to grid large portions of the flow field and the calculation points are concentrated in the regions where vorticity is present. Lagrangian representation of the evolving vorticity field is well suited to moving boundaries. An integral pressure equation shows that the pressure distribution can be estimated directly from the instantaneous velocity and vorticity field. The numerical results are compared with the experimental data and the comparisons show that the method used in this study can provide us insight into the complicated unsteady impeller-diffuser interaction phenomena in a diffuser pump.展开更多
For Francis hydraulic turbines, unsteady flow caused by vortex ropes in the draft tube leads to a problem of stability in operation. The unsteady flow field of a model Francis hydraulic turbine was simulated under par...For Francis hydraulic turbines, unsteady flow caused by vortex ropes in the draft tube leads to a problem of stability in operation. The unsteady flow field of a model Francis hydraulic turbine was simulated under part-load operation. A sliding mesh model was used to calculate a time-accurate solution for the strong rotor-stator interactions between the runner and guide vanes, and the draft tube. Based on three-dimensional incompressible Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations and on a renormalization group k-?turbulence model, spatial discretization was obtained by using the finite volume method with unstructured grid elements, and a second order fully implicit scheme was applied for time. Pressure fluctuations in the draft tube were recorded and analyzed via a fast Fourier transform calculation. The results were compared with the experimental data, and show that the vortex rope in the draft tube and the induced pressure fluctuations are well simulated.展开更多
An analysis of the experimental results obtained by laser two focus anemometry in the rotor-stator inter-row region of a high-speed high-pressure centrifugal compressor is presented with the aim of quantifying the uns...An analysis of the experimental results obtained by laser two focus anemometry in the rotor-stator inter-row region of a high-speed high-pressure centrifugal compressor is presented with the aim of quantifying the unsteady effects of the rotor-stator interaction. Two complementary methods are used. First, the results are analyzed in terms of the time-averaging procedure developed by Adamczyk. The purely time dependent correlations of the velocity components are quantified. They show that the unsteady interaction is mainly due to the splitter wake-vane interaction. Then, it is shown that the rotor-stator interaction produces spatial harmonics which are identified as spinning modes by means of Fourier series.展开更多
In order to ensure the safety of engine life limited parts （ELLP） according to airworthiness regulations, a numerical approach integrating one-way fluid structure interaction （FSI） and probabilistic risk assessme...In order to ensure the safety of engine life limited parts （ELLP） according to airworthiness regulations, a numerical approach integrating one-way fluid structure interaction （FSI） and probabilistic risk assessment （PRA） is developed, by which the variation of flow parameters in a rotor-stator cavity on the safety of gas turbine disks is investigated. The results indicate that the flow parameters affect the probability of fracture of a gas turbine disk since they can change the distribution of stress and temperature of the disk. The failure probability of the disk rises with increasing rotation Reynolds number and Chebyshev number, but descends with increasing inlet Reynolds number. In addition, a sampling based sensitivity analysis with finite difference method is conducted to determine the sensitivities of the safety with respect to the flow parameters. The sensitivity estimates show that the rotation Reynolds number is the dominant variable in safety analysis of a rotor-stator cavity among the flow parameters.展开更多
Rotor-stator cavities are frequently encountered in engineering applications such as gas turbine engines.They are usually subject to an external hot mainstream crossflow which in general is highly swirled under the ef...Rotor-stator cavities are frequently encountered in engineering applications such as gas turbine engines.They are usually subject to an external hot mainstream crossflow which in general is highly swirled under the effect of the nozzle guide vanes.To avoid hot mainstream gas ingress,the cavity is usually purged by a stream of sealing flow.The interactions between the external crossflow,cavity flow,and sealing flow are complicated and involve all scales of turbulent unsteadiness and flow instability which are beyond the resolution of the Reynolds-average approach.To cope with such a complex issue,a wall-modeled large-eddy simulation(WMLES)approach is adopted in this study.In the simulation,a 20°sector model is used and subjected to a uniform pre-swirled external crossflow and a stream of radial sealing flow.It is triggered by a convergent Reynoldsaveraged Navier-Stokes(RANS)result in which the shear stress transport(SST)turbulent model is used.In the WMLES simulation,the Smagoringsky sub-grid scale(SGS)model is applied.A scalar transportation equation is solved to simulate the blending and transportation process in the cavity.The overall flow field characteristics and deviation between RANS and WMLES results are discussed first.Both RANS and WMLES results show a Batchelor flow mode,while distinct deviation is also observed.Deviations in the small-radius region are caused by the insufficiency of the RANS approach in capturing the small-scale vortex structures in the boundary layer while deviations in the large-radius region are caused by the insufficiency of the RANS approach in predicting the external crossflow ingestion.The boundary layer vortex and external ingestion are then discussed in detail,highlighting the related flow instabilities.Finally,the large-flow structures induced by external flow ingress are analyzed using unsteady pressure oscillation signals.展开更多
For the compressor with shrouded stator blades,the stator well is a rotor-stator space between the rotating drum and the stationary shroud.Due to the pressure difference,a reverse leakage flow would travel through the...For the compressor with shrouded stator blades,the stator well is a rotor-stator space between the rotating drum and the stationary shroud.Due to the pressure difference,a reverse leakage flow would travel through the stator well and inject into the main flow path.Although,the labyrinth seal is commonly placed under the shroud,the rotation effect and seal clearance variation in actual operation process have great impact on the characteristics of this inter-stage leakage,as well as the compressor performance.In this paper,experiments were conducted at a compressor inter-stage seal test rig.The leakage flow rates,total temperatures and swirl ratios were obtained at different speeds and working clearances.The proportions of rotation effect and the clearance reduction effect were analyzed by data processing.Comparisons indicate that the working clearance and leakage flow reduce about 43%and 50%respectively,when the rotational speedω=8100 r/min.The proportion of reduction caused by the rotation effect is around 15%,while the influence of working clearance variation is much greater,accounting for about 35%.The windage heating coefficient and swirl ratio in the outlet cavity are almost in exponential relationship with the rotor speed.The increases in total temperature and swirl ratio generated by the rotation effect are found to be about 80%.In addition,the swirl and radial velocity profiles in the cavities were discussed by validated numerical simulations to reveal the typical flow characteristics.The data presented can provide guidance for better leakage conditions prediction as well as the inter-stage seal design enhancement.展开更多
基金supported by National Outstanding Young Scientists Funds of China (Grand No.50825902)
文摘The pressure fluctuation in the flow passage of both impeller and casing is addressed on design condition. The initial conditions for the unsteady turbulent simulation are resulted from the steady calculations, and the three dimensional unsteady turbulent simulation concerning the rotor-stator interaction is executed by a Navier-Stoke solver embedded with k -ε turbulence model and with appropriate moving interface boundary conditions. Detecting points are distributed in the flow passage in different radial and circumferential positions to capture the static pressure fluctuation character for one cycle of the impeller. The time-domain spectrums show that the static pressure curves are periodic and have five peaks and five valleys. With the radius increasing, the pressure fluctuation peak-to-peak values in the impeller are increasing, and reach the maximum value on the interface. In the casing flow passage, those values are about 7% of local static pressure except some ones near the tongue. The values become decreasingly in the diffuser pipe. The frequency spectrums transformed by fast Fourier transform （FFT） show that the dominant frequency is approximate with the blade passing frequency, and the pressure fluctuations in impeller passage have high frequency content while those in casing ones have no such information.
文摘The paper is concerned with the fluid flow in the impeller side clearances of a centrifugal pump with volute cas-ing.The flow conditions in these small axial gaps are of significant importance for a number of effects such as disk friction,leakage losses or hydraulic axial thrust to name but a few.In the investigated single stage pump,the flow pattern in the volute turns out to be asymmetric even at design flow rate.To gain a detailed insight into the flow structure,numerical simulations of the complete pump including the impeller side clearances are accom-plished.Additionally,the hydraulic head and the radial pressure distributions in the impeller side clearances are measured and compared with the numerical results.Two configurations of the impeller,either with or without balancing holes,are examined.Moreover,three different operating points,i.e.:design point,part load or overload conditions are considered.In addition,analytical calculations are accomplished to determine the pressure distri-butions in the impeller side clearances.If accurate boundary conditions are available,the 1D flow models used in this paper can provide reasonable results for the radial static pressure distribution in the impeller side clearances.Furthermore,a counter rotating wake region develops in the rear impeller side clearances in absence of balancing holes which severely affects the inflow and outflow conditions of the cavity in circumferential direction.
文摘The paper refers to the analysis of interactions between the impeller and the vaned diffuser based on the air model of a radial flow pump.The study deals with a numerical simulation of the flow for a full 360°entire impeller and diffuser.The task is carried out closely under the design operating conditions and for one particular position of the impeller blade with respect to the diffuser frame.Among all the results,the focus is mainly on the flow pattern at the exit part inside the impeller facing the diffuser vanes.The results are compared to the available PIV measurements.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10472086,10872155 and 10772140)
文摘In this paper,the response characteristics of dry friction backward whirl of a general rotor/stator model,which accounts for both the dynamics of the rotor and the stator as well as the friction and the deformation at the contact surfaces,are investigated.The existence boundaries and the whirl frequencies of the dry friction backward whirl are determined analytically.It is found that there are two or three existence boundaries of the dry friction backward whirl that usually form two existence regions,either standing completely separately,or overlapping each other partly,or one containing the other completely,depending upon the system parameters.The whirl frequencies in the two existence regions are quite different and may jump between the lower and the higher values with the variation of the rotating speed.The results have been found to have good correspondence in the related rotor/stator rubbing experiments.
基金the Ministry of Education,Science,Sports and Culture,Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 16560158
文摘Sand erosion is a phenomenon where solid particles impinging to a wall cause serious mechanical damages to the wall surface. This phenomenon is a typical gas-particle two-phase turbulent flow and a multi-physics problem where the flow field, particle trajectory and wall deformation interact with each other. On the other hand, aircraft engines operating in a particulate environment are subjected to the performance and lifetime deterioration due to sand erosion. Especially, the compressor of the aircraft engines is severely damaged. The flow fields of the compressor have strongly three dimensional and unsteady natures. In order to estimate the deterioration due to sand erosion, the sand erosion simulation for a compressor is required under the consideration of the rotor-stator interaction. In the present study, we apply our three dimensional sand erosion prediction code to a single stage axial flow compressor. We numerically investigate the change of the flow field, the particle trajectories, and the eroded wall shape in the compressor, to clarify the effects of sand erosion in the compressor.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (50646021)Chinese Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Pro-gram of Higher Education (20060213007)
文摘The outlet flow fields of a low-speed repeating-stage compressor with bowed stator stages are measured with five-hole probe under the near stall condition when the rotor/stator axial gap varies. The performances of the straight stator stages are investigated and compared to those of the bowed stator stages. The results show that using bowed stator stages could alleviate the flow separation at both upper and low corners of the suction surface and the endwalls, and decrease the losses along the flow passage as well as the outlet flow angle. As the rotor/stator axial gap decreases, although the diffusion capacity of the compressor increases obviously, the outlet flow field in the straight stator stages deteriorates quickly. By contrast, little changes occur in the bowed stator stages, indicating that as the rotor/stator axial gap decreases, improved performance is achieved in the bowed stator stages.
文摘This paper deals with the experimental quantification of the unsteady effects of the interactions between rotor and stator rows in high speed compressors. Due to the fact that the levels of the periodic fluctuations arising from the unsteady interaction may be low compared with the random fluctuations arising from the measurement uncertainties, it is crucial to minimize the errors inherent to the used technique. The first part of the paper concentrates on technical details relative to the experimental process. The second part is devoted to the data post-processing. Two tools for analysing the rotor-stator interactions are presented. The first tool is based on a decomposition of the flow field which was initially introduced to solve numerical problems when attempting to calculate the flow field in a multi-row configuration. The second tool is based on a spectral analysis of the signal, that qualifies the interaction in a sense of circumferential spinning lobes. Experimental results obtained within both an axial and a centrifugal high speed compressors are used to illustrate the data processing. In both cases, the effects of the unsteady interaction are quantified.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (51176013)Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (20091101110014)National High-tech Research and Development Program of China (2007AA050502)
文摘Numerical investigation of the unsteady flow variability driven by rotorstator interaction in a transonic axial compressor is performed. Two models with close and far axial gap between rotor and stator rows are studied in the simulation. Particular attention is attached to the analysis of mechanisms involved in driving rotor wake oscillation, rotor wake skewing and flow angle fluctuation at rotor exit. The results show that smaller axial gap is favorable to enhance the interaction in the region between two adjacent rows, and the fluctuation of the static pressure difference between two sides of rotor wake is improved by potential field from down stator, which is the driving force for rotor wake oscillation. The interaction between rotor and stator is weakened by increasing axial distance, rotor wake shifts to suction side of rotor blade with 5%-10% of rotor pitch, the absolute value of flow angle at rotor exit is less than that in the case of close interspace for every time step, and the fluctuation amplitude is also decreased.
文摘In this study, an advanced Lagrangian vortex- boundary element method is applied to simulate the unsteady impeller-diffuser interactions in a diffuser pump not only for design but also for off-design considerations. In velocity calculations based on the Biot-Savart law we do not have to grid large portions of the flow field and the calculation points are concentrated in the regions where vorticity is present. Lagrangian representation of the evolving vorticity field is well suited to moving boundaries. An integral pressure equation shows that the pressure distribution can be estimated directly from the instantaneous velocity and vorticity field. The numerical results are compared with the experimental data and the comparisons show that the method used in this study can provide us insight into the complicated unsteady impeller-diffuser interaction phenomena in a diffuser pump.
文摘For Francis hydraulic turbines, unsteady flow caused by vortex ropes in the draft tube leads to a problem of stability in operation. The unsteady flow field of a model Francis hydraulic turbine was simulated under part-load operation. A sliding mesh model was used to calculate a time-accurate solution for the strong rotor-stator interactions between the runner and guide vanes, and the draft tube. Based on three-dimensional incompressible Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations and on a renormalization group k-?turbulence model, spatial discretization was obtained by using the finite volume method with unstructured grid elements, and a second order fully implicit scheme was applied for time. Pressure fluctuations in the draft tube were recorded and analyzed via a fast Fourier transform calculation. The results were compared with the experimental data, and show that the vortex rope in the draft tube and the induced pressure fluctuations are well simulated.
文摘An analysis of the experimental results obtained by laser two focus anemometry in the rotor-stator inter-row region of a high-speed high-pressure centrifugal compressor is presented with the aim of quantifying the unsteady effects of the rotor-stator interaction. Two complementary methods are used. First, the results are analyzed in terms of the time-averaging procedure developed by Adamczyk. The purely time dependent correlations of the velocity components are quantified. They show that the unsteady interaction is mainly due to the splitter wake-vane interaction. Then, it is shown that the rotor-stator interaction produces spatial harmonics which are identified as spinning modes by means of Fourier series.
基金Innovation Plan of Aero Engine Complex System Safety by the Ministry of Education Chang Jiang Scholars of China (IRT0905)
文摘In order to ensure the safety of engine life limited parts （ELLP） according to airworthiness regulations, a numerical approach integrating one-way fluid structure interaction （FSI） and probabilistic risk assessment （PRA） is developed, by which the variation of flow parameters in a rotor-stator cavity on the safety of gas turbine disks is investigated. The results indicate that the flow parameters affect the probability of fracture of a gas turbine disk since they can change the distribution of stress and temperature of the disk. The failure probability of the disk rises with increasing rotation Reynolds number and Chebyshev number, but descends with increasing inlet Reynolds number. In addition, a sampling based sensitivity analysis with finite difference method is conducted to determine the sensitivities of the safety with respect to the flow parameters. The sensitivity estimates show that the rotation Reynolds number is the dominant variable in safety analysis of a rotor-stator cavity among the flow parameters.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.5212201273)the National Science and Technology Major Project of China(No.J2019-III-0003)The CFX software and computation resource supplied by Beijing Super Cloud Computing Center,China are acknowledged.
文摘Rotor-stator cavities are frequently encountered in engineering applications such as gas turbine engines.They are usually subject to an external hot mainstream crossflow which in general is highly swirled under the effect of the nozzle guide vanes.To avoid hot mainstream gas ingress,the cavity is usually purged by a stream of sealing flow.The interactions between the external crossflow,cavity flow,and sealing flow are complicated and involve all scales of turbulent unsteadiness and flow instability which are beyond the resolution of the Reynolds-average approach.To cope with such a complex issue,a wall-modeled large-eddy simulation(WMLES)approach is adopted in this study.In the simulation,a 20°sector model is used and subjected to a uniform pre-swirled external crossflow and a stream of radial sealing flow.It is triggered by a convergent Reynoldsaveraged Navier-Stokes(RANS)result in which the shear stress transport(SST)turbulent model is used.In the WMLES simulation,the Smagoringsky sub-grid scale(SGS)model is applied.A scalar transportation equation is solved to simulate the blending and transportation process in the cavity.The overall flow field characteristics and deviation between RANS and WMLES results are discussed first.Both RANS and WMLES results show a Batchelor flow mode,while distinct deviation is also observed.Deviations in the small-radius region are caused by the insufficiency of the RANS approach in capturing the small-scale vortex structures in the boundary layer while deviations in the large-radius region are caused by the insufficiency of the RANS approach in predicting the external crossflow ingestion.The boundary layer vortex and external ingestion are then discussed in detail,highlighting the related flow instabilities.Finally,the large-flow structures induced by external flow ingress are analyzed using unsteady pressure oscillation signals.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.3132020121,No.3132020192)Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province(No.2020-BS-069),which are gratefully acknowledged。
文摘For the compressor with shrouded stator blades,the stator well is a rotor-stator space between the rotating drum and the stationary shroud.Due to the pressure difference,a reverse leakage flow would travel through the stator well and inject into the main flow path.Although,the labyrinth seal is commonly placed under the shroud,the rotation effect and seal clearance variation in actual operation process have great impact on the characteristics of this inter-stage leakage,as well as the compressor performance.In this paper,experiments were conducted at a compressor inter-stage seal test rig.The leakage flow rates,total temperatures and swirl ratios were obtained at different speeds and working clearances.The proportions of rotation effect and the clearance reduction effect were analyzed by data processing.Comparisons indicate that the working clearance and leakage flow reduce about 43%and 50%respectively,when the rotational speedω=8100 r/min.The proportion of reduction caused by the rotation effect is around 15%,while the influence of working clearance variation is much greater,accounting for about 35%.The windage heating coefficient and swirl ratio in the outlet cavity are almost in exponential relationship with the rotor speed.The increases in total temperature and swirl ratio generated by the rotation effect are found to be about 80%.In addition,the swirl and radial velocity profiles in the cavities were discussed by validated numerical simulations to reveal the typical flow characteristics.The data presented can provide guidance for better leakage conditions prediction as well as the inter-stage seal design enhancement.
