Influence of Tip Clearance on Flow Characteristics of Axial Compressor

Processes

Moru Song¹  Bo Yang¹  Shuyi Zhang¹  Hong Xie¹ 

[1] School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;

关键词: axial compressor;    tip clearance;    flow field;    numerical simulation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/pr8111445

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper studies the influence of tip clearance on the flow characteristics related to the performance. Based on full-passage numerical simulation with experimental validation, several clearance models are established and the performance curves are obtained. It is found that there exists an optimum clearance for the stable working range. By analyzing the flow field in tip region, the role of the tip leakage flow is illustrated. In the zero-clearance model, the separation and blockage along the suction side is the main reason for rotating stall. As the tip clearance is increased to the optimum value, the separation is suppressed by the tip leakage flow. However, with the continuing increasing of the tip clearance, the scale and strength of the tip clearance vortex is increased correspondingly. When the tip clearance is larger than the optimum value, the tip clearance vortex gradually dominates the flow field in the tip region, which can increase the unsteadiness in the tip region and trigger forward spillage in stall onset.

【 授权许可】

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