The Matching of a Vaned Diffuser With a Radial Compressor Impeller and Its Effect on the Stage Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Casey ◽  
Daniel Rusch
Keyword(s):  
Test Data ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Radial Compressor ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Matching Equation

The matching of a vaned diffuser with a centrifugal impeller is examined with a one-dimensional (1D) analysis combined with extensive experimental data. A matching equation is derived to define the required throat area of the diffuser relative to the throat area of the impeller at different design speeds and validated by comparison with a wide range of compressor designs. The matching equation is then used to give design guidelines for the throat area of vaned diffusers operating with impellers at different tip-speed Mach numbers. An analysis of test data for a range of high pressure ratio turbocharger compressor stages is presented in which different matching between the diffuser and the impeller has been experimentally examined. The test data includes different impellers with different diffuser throat areas over a wide range of speeds. It is shown that the changes in performance with speed and diffuser throat area can be explained on the basis of the tip-speed Mach number which causes both the diffuser and impeller to choke at the same mass flow. Based on this understanding, a radial compressor map prediction method is extended to include this parameter, so that more accurate maps for matched and mismatched vaned diffusers can be predicted.

The Matching of a Vaned Diffuser With a Radial Compressor Impeller and its Effect on the Stage Performance

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Casey ◽  
Daniel Rusch
Keyword(s):  
Test Data ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Radial Compressor ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Matching Equation

The matching of a vaned diffuser with a centrifugal impeller is examined with a one-dimensional (1D) analysis combined with extensive experimental data. A matching equation is derived to define the required throat area of the diffuser relative to the throat area of the impeller at different design speeds and validated by comparison with a wide range of compressor designs. The matching equation is then used to give design guidelines for the throat area of vaned diffusers operating with impellers at different tip-speed Mach numbers. An analysis of test data for a range of high pressure ratio turbocharger compressor stages is presented in which different matching between the diffuser and the impeller has been experimentally examined. The test data includes different impellers with different diffuser throat areas over a wide range of speeds. It is shown that the changes in performance with speed and diffuser throat area can be explained on the basis of the tip-speed Mach number which causes both the diffuser and impeller to choke at the same mass flow. Based on this understanding, a radial compressor map prediction method is extended to include this parameter, so that more accurate maps for matched and mismatched vaned diffusers can be predicted.

The Performance Evaluation of Variations of Diffuser Geometry of the Centrifugal Compressor in a Marine Engine (70MW) Turbocharger

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Won Kim ◽  
Jong-Il Park ◽  
Seung-Hyup Ryu ◽  
Seong-Wook Choi ◽  
Sang-Hak Ghal
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Work Input ◽  
Interior Flow ◽  
Cfd Analyses

An examination of the condition of the flow leaving the impeller exit kinetic energy often accounts for 30–50% of the shaft work input to the compressor stage, and for energy efficiency it is important to recover as much of this as possible. This is the function of the diffuser which follows the impeller. Effective pressure recovery downstream of an impeller is very important to realize a centrifugal compressor with high efficiency and high pressure ratio, and an appropriate selection of a diffuser for a specific impeller is a critical step to develop the compressor accordingly. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of how compressor performances changes as vaned diffuser geometry is varied. Three kinds of vaned diffusers were studied and its results were compared. First vaned diffuser type is based on modified NACA airfoil and second is channel diffuser and third is conformal transformation of NACA 65 airfoil. A mean-line prediction method was applied to investigate the performance and stability for three kinds of diffusers. And CFD analyses have been done for comparison and detailed interior flow pattern study. In this study, the off-design behavior of three different types of diffusers, given by mean-line prediction, was investigated using CFD results and selected the NACA 65 diffuser geometry which satisfy wider operating range and higher pressure recovery than the others. The numerical results were compared with experimental data for validation.

Free-Form Versus Ruled Inducer Design in a Transonic Centrifugal Impeller

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Hazby ◽  
Chris Robinson ◽  
Michael Casey ◽  
Daniel Rusch ◽  
Rene Hunziker
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Mechanical Constraints ◽  
Compressor Impeller ◽  
Form Design

The detailed design of the inducer of a high pressure ratio transonic radial compressor impeller with a design inlet tip relative Mach number of 1.4 is considered. Numerical analysis has been used to compare a datum impeller with ruled inducer design with a number of different free-form design concepts, generated following the same aerodynamic design philosophy. The datum stage and one with a free-form inducer, referred to as ‘barrelled forward swept’, with forward swept leading edge near the tip and increased chord at mid-span, have been manufactured and tested. The tests were performed with the same stationary components, including the casing, vaned diffuser and the volute. The design with a barrelled forward sweep of the inducer allows the designer more control of the strength and position of the passage shock at the inlet while meeting mechanical constraints. Interestingly, the performance is also enhanced at off-design points at lower tip-speeds. The measurements show that the stage tested with the swept impeller achieves higher efficiency of between 0.5% and 1.6% compared to the datum design, depending on the operating speed. The CFD simulations are used to further study the flow at part speeds, in order to explain the causes of the observed performance differences at off design conditions.

The Numerical Study on the Performance Evaluations and Flow Structures for the Diffuser of Centrifugal Compressor in a Marine Engine Turbocharger

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Won Kim ◽  
Seung-Hyup Ryu ◽  
Jong-Il Park ◽  
Sang-Hak Ghal ◽  
Ji-Soo Ha
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaneless Diffuser ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Marine Engine ◽  
High Pressure Ratio

The centrifugal compressor of marine engine turbocharger is composed of impeller, 1st vaneless diffuser, vaned diffuser, 2nd vaneless diffuser and volute casing. An examination of the condition of the flow leaving the impeller exit kinetic energy often accounts for 30–50% of the shaft work input to the compressor stage, and for energy efficiency it is important to recover as much of this as possible. This is the function of the diffuser which follows the impeller. Effective pressure recovery downstream of an impeller is very important to realize a centrifugal compressor with high efficiency and high pressure ratio, and an appropriate selection of a diffuser for a specific impeller is a critical step to develop the compressor accordingly. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of how compressor performances changes as vaned diffuser geometry is varied. Three kinds of vaned diffusers were studied and its results were compared. First vaned diffuser type is based on NACA airfoil and second is channel diffuser and third is conformal transformation of NACA 65 airfoil. Mean-line prediction method was applied to investigate the performance and stability for three kinds of diffusers. And CFD analyses have been done for comparison and detailed interior flow pattern study. In this study, the off design behavior of three different type of diffuser, given by mean-line prediction, was investigated using CFD results and selected best diffuser geometry which satisfy wider operating range and higher pressure recovery than the others. The numerical results were compared with experimental data for validation.

The Performance Evaluation With Diffuser Geometry Variations of the Centrifugal Compressor in a Marine Engine (70MW) Turbocharger

2008 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Won Kim ◽  
Jong-II Park ◽  
Seung-Hyup Ryu ◽  
Seong-Wook Choi ◽  
Sang-Hak Ghal
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Work Input ◽  
Cfd Analyses

An examination of the condition of the flow leaving the impeller exit kinetic energy often accounts for 30–50% of the shaft work input to the compressor stage; for energy efficiency, it is important to recover as much of this as possible. This is the function of the diffuser, which follows the impeller. Effective pressure recovery downstream of an impeller is very important in order to realize a centrifugal compressor with a high efficiency and a high pressure ratio, and an appropriate selection of a diffuser for a specific impeller is a critical step in order to develop the compressor accordingly. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of how compressor performances change as the vaned diffuser geometry is varied. Three kinds of vaned diffusers were studied and compared with its results. The first vaned diffuser type is based on a modified NACA airfoil, the second is a channel diffuser, and the third is a conformal transformation of NACA 65-(4A10)06 airfoil. A mean-line prediction method was applied to investigate the performance and stability for three kinds of diffusers. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analyses and a detailed interior flow pattern study have been done. In this study, the off-design behavior of three different types of diffusers, given by the mean-line prediction, was investigated using CFD results and the NACA 65 diffuser geometry, which satisfies a wider operating range and has a higher pressure recovery than the others, was selected. The numerical results were compared with experimental data for validation and showed good agreement.

Free-Form Versus Ruled Inducer Design in a Transonic Centrifugal Impeller

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Hazby ◽  
Chris Robinson ◽  
Michael Casey ◽  
Daniel Rusch ◽  
Rene Hunziker
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Mechanical Constraints ◽  
Compressor Impeller ◽  
Form Design

The detailed design of the inducer of a high pressure ratio transonic radial compressor impeller with a design inlet tip relative Mach number of 1.4 is considered. Numerical analysis has been used to compare a datum impeller with ruled inducer design with a number of different free-form design concepts, generated following the same aerodynamic design philosophy. The datum stage and one with a free-form inducer, referred to as “barrelled forward swept,” with forward swept leading edge near the tip and increased chord at midspan, have been manufactured and tested. The tests were performed with the same stationary components, including the casing, vaned diffuser, and the volute. The design with a barrelled forward sweep of the inducer allows the designer more control of the strength and position of the passage shock at the inlet while meeting mechanical constraints. Interestingly, the performance is also enhanced at off-design points at lower tip-speeds. The measurements show that the stage tested with the swept impeller achieves higher efficiency of between 0.5% and 1.6% compared to the datum design, depending on the operating speed. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are used to further study the flow at part speeds, in order to explain the causes of the observed performance differences at off design conditions.

scholarly journals The Design and Evaluation of a High Pressure Ratio Radial Turbine

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Pullen ◽  
N. C. Baines ◽  
S. H. Hill
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Performance Measurements ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Turbine Efficiency ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Dimensional Parameters ◽  
Very High

A single stage, high speed, high pressure ratio radial inflow turbine was designed for a single shaft gas turbine engine in the 200 kW power range. A model turbine has been tested in a cold rig facility with correct simulation of the important non-dimensional parameters. Performance measurements over a wide range of operation were made, together with extensive volute and exhaust traverses, so that gas velocities and incidence and deviation angles could be deduced. The turbine efficiency was lower than expected at all but the lowest speed. The rotor incidence and exit swirl angles, as obtained from the rig test data, were very similar to the design assumptions. However, evidence was found of a region of separation in the nozzle vane passages, presumably caused by a very high curvature in the endwall just upstream of the vane leading edges. The effects of such a separation are shown to be consistent with the observed performance.

Analysis of the Sources and the Modal Content of the Acoustic Field in a Radial Compressor Outflow

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius C. Banica ◽  
Peter Limacher ◽  
Heinz-Jürgen Feld
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Dipole Source ◽  
Grid Refinement ◽  
Step Size ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Radial Compressor ◽  
Time Step Size

In large modern turbochargers, compressors often constitute the main source of noise, with a frequency spectrum typically dominated by tonal noise at the blade passing frequency (BPF) and its harmonics. In transonic operation, inflow BPF noise is mainly generated by rotor locked shock fronts. These and the resulting acoustic fields can be predicted numerically with reasonable accuracy. Outflow noise, while also dominated by BPF tones, is linked to more complex source mechanisms. Its modal structure and the relationships between sources and modal sound pressure levels (SPL) are less well understood. Perhaps this is linked to the intrinsically non-axisymmetric geometries, which results in the need for full stage simulations if high accuracy is of paramount importance. In order to shed some light on outflow noise generation, a transient simulation of a 360° model of a radial compressor stage, including a vaned diffuser and a volute, was carried out using state-of-the-art CFD. Additionally, experimental data was gathered at a multitude of data points downstream of the volute exit for post processing and modal analysis. The sources and the propagation were calculated directly. Optimized values for tempo-spatial acoustic wave resolution and buffer layer design were chosen, based on extensive studies on simplified models. Two grid refinement levels were used to check grid convergence and time step size independence of the results was ensured. Numerical and experimental data match within 1% for total pressure ratio, volume flow and exit total temperature for the studied operating point. Both show the same modal content at the 1st BPF and indicate the presence of the same single dominating mode. The numerical results underpredict overall sound power levels (PWL) at the 1st BPF by 6.6dB. This difference is expected to decrease with further grid refinement and improved accounting for numerical damping. At the 2nd BPF, the experimental data show a significant broadening of the modal content with homogeneous modal PWL distributions. The multitude of modes leads to the generation of complex interference patterns, which shows that single-point acoustic measurements are often inadequate for component noise qualification and should be substituted by modal techniques. The dominating dipole sound sources are found in narrow areas around the vane leading edges and the rotor blade trailing edges. Because of the non-axisymmetric geometry, vane dipole source strengths become a function of circumferential position. The unsteady shedding of vortices from the vane suction surfaces is identified as a further possible source mechanism. However, the contributions of structural vibrations and mode scattering due to small manufacturing imperfections remain unclear.

Investigations of the Flow Through a High Pressure Ratio Centrifugal Impeller

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gernot Eisenlohr ◽  
Hartmut Krain ◽  
Franz-Arno Richter ◽  
Valentin Tiede
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Flow Separation ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
Angle Distribution ◽  
Blade Angle ◽  
Minor Variation ◽  
Design Point ◽  
High Pressure Ratio

In an industrial research project of German and Swiss Turbo Compressor manufacturers a high pressure ratio centrifugal impeller was designed and investigated. Performance measurements and extensive laser measurements (L2F) of the flow field upstream, along the blade passage and downstream of the impeller have been carried out. In addition to that, 3D calculations have been performed, mainly for the design point. Results have been presented by Krain et al., 1995 and 1998, Eisenlohr et al., 1998 and Hah et al.,1999. During the design period of this impeller a radial blade at the inlet region was mandatory to avoid a rub at the shroud due to stress reasons. The measurements and the 3D calculations performed later, however, showed a flow separation at the hub near the leading edge due to too high incidence. Additionally a rather large exit width and a high shroud curvature near the exit caused a flow separation near the exit, which is enlarged by the radially transported wake of the already addressed hub separation. Changes to the hub blade angle distribution to reduce the hub incidence and an adaptation of the shroud blade angle distribution for the same impeller mass-flow at the design point were investigated by means of 3D calculations first with the same contours at hub and shroud; this was followed by calculations with a major change of the shroud contour including an exit width change with a minor variation of the hub contour. These calculations showed encouraging results; some of them will be presented in conjunction with the geometry data of the original impeller design.

Aerodynamic Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization Design of a High Pressure Ratio Centrifugal Impeller

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhendong Guo ◽  
Zhiming Zhou ◽  
Liming Song ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Zhenping Feng
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Differential Evolution Algorithm ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
Tip Leakage Flow ◽  
Pareto Solutions ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
High Pressure Ratio

The design of high pressure ratio impellers is a challenging task. SRV2-O, a typical high pressure ratio centrifugal impeller is selected for the research. A good understanding of flow characteristics in the passage of SRV2-O is obtained by using 3D Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) solutions upon numerical validation. It confirms that tip leakage flow and shock wave boundary layer interactions produce the primary energy loss in this transonic impeller. A 3D multi-objective aerodynamic optimization and data mining method named BMOE is presented and programmed by integrating a self-adaptive multi-objective differential evolution algorithm SMODE, 3D blade parameterization method based on non-uniformed B-Spline, RANS solver technique and self-organization map (SOM) based data mining technique. Using BMOE, multi-objective aerodynamic design optimization and data mining is performed for SRV2-O. 14 Pareto solutions are obtained for maximizing isentropic efficiency and total pressure ratio of the impeller. Three typical Pareto solutions, Design A with the highest efficiency, Design B with the higher efficiency and larger pressure ratio and Design C with the maximum pressure ratio, are analyzed. Detailed analysis indicates that the aerodynamic performance of optimized designs is greatly improved. Furthermore, by SOM-based data mining on optimization results, trade-off relation between objective functions and parameter influence mechanism on impeller aerodynamic performance are visualized and explored.

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