Effect of Rotor-Stator Spacing on Compressor Performance at Variable Operating Conditions
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Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of rotor-stator spacing and operating conditions on compressor performance and the rotor-stator interaction mechanism. We focus on the interaction between the rotor wake and the stator’s flow field through several unsteady numerical simulations aiming at a transonic compressor stage in the equal radius flow path with two-axial spacing at three operating conditions. The simulation results indicate that the time-averaged efficiency almost declined by 0.6 points due to mixing loss in the spacing ranging from close to far at nominal and low load operating conditions. The deep upstream wake leads to corner separation at high load conditions due to close spacing, imposing a fluctuating efficiency at the frequency where the stator wake near the shroud oscillates, as found by the dominant frequency screening method. Under all conditions, the wake transport can reduce the static pressure on the pressure surface and weaken the hub leakage flow afterward.
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OpenAlex topics: Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization · Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies · Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
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School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Funding
National Science and Technology Major Project, China
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