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Prediction of Onset of Rotating Stall Using Small Perturbation Theory for Contra-rotating Compressors

GAO Limin, LI Xiaojun, XIE Jian, LIU Bo   

  1. School of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
  • Received:2012-03-05 Revised:2012-11-28 Online:2013-03-25 Published:2013-03-29

Abstract:

With its structural and aerodynamic advantages, the contra-rotating compressor (CRC) is considered an important approach to further improve the thrust-weight ratio of an aircraft engine. The configuration studied in this paper is a dual-stage contra-rotating compressor in laboratory, and the onset of rotating stall of the contra-rotating compressor in different rotating speed match schemes is studied with small perturbation theory and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical method. The purpose of this study is to explore a fast and efficient method for prediction of the onset of rotating stall for contra-rotating compressor. Results show: (a) the small perturbation theory is a reliable and effective method for the prediction of the onset of rotating stall. At the condition of rotating speed ratio is less than or equal to 0.9, Rotor 2 is the first stall stage. Otherwise, Rotor 1 is the first stall stage; (b) the rotating speed match scheme has a significant impact on the location of the first rotating stall stage; (c) the errors of the small perturbation method arise mainly from the simplification of the flow models, and the strong disturbance between the two rotors of the contra-rotating compressor enlarges the errors.

Key words: contra-rotating, compressor, small perturbation, rotating stall, numerical simulation

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