Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics

Detection and Analysis of Early Stall Warning Based on Cross-correlation

  • LI Jichao ,
  • TONG Zhiting ,
  • NIE Chaoqun ,
  • LIN Feng
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  • 1. Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Received date: 2012-01-10

  Revised date: 2012-02-20

  Online published: 2013-01-19

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China (51010007,51006099)

Abstract

Cross-correlation is employed to analyze the pressure time-trace which is detected by the dynamic transducers arranged symmetrically around the casing of an axial compressor, and the experiment is performed in a low speed, single-rotor compressor. The tendency of variation of the cross-correlation coefficients is analyzed with different flow coefficients. The relevance of early stall warning and unsteadiness of tip leakage vortex is also studied, and the early stall warning is associated with the unsteadiness of the tip leakage vortex. When tip air injection is adopted as a control method, the correlation measurements will go up first, and then go down with the increase of the injected mass flow. The experimental results show that the controller can detect the destructiveness of the pressure time-trace earlier with the cross-correlation method, and the actuator can be operated timely to improve the stall margin. The feasibility of tip air injection as a control method is also demonstrated.

Cite this article

LI Jichao , TONG Zhiting , NIE Chaoqun , LIN Feng . Detection and Analysis of Early Stall Warning Based on Cross-correlation[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2013 , 34(1) : 28 -36 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0004

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